British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

This week we continue our series on Weaste Cemetery in Salford by looking at the burial record of one of its most famous inhabitants, Sir Charles Hallé Sir Charles Hallé (1819-1895)   is among the notable Victorians buried in Weaste Cemetery.   A musical prodigy from an early age, Hallé went on to found  Manchester's Hallé Orchestra  in 1858. The orchestra  continues playing today.  In 1891, he helped to found the Royal Manchester College of Music.   Hallé also invented a mechanical page-turner for pianists, which allowed manuscript pages to be turned using a foot mechanism;  a spectacle of wonder for Victorian people. Memorial to Sir Charles Hallé (1819-1895) Searching for Charles Hallé in the index on the Deceased Online database reveals the burial date (29 October 1895), authority (Salford City Council), and location (Weaste Cemetery, Salford (Greater Manchester). By clicking on his entry, you will discover the followi...

In honour of Black History Month , Camden Local Studies and Archives  Centre  is holding a special event honouring Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who is buried in Bandon Cemetery Samuel Coleridge-Taylor On Thursday 31 st  October at 7.15pm, Camden Archives and Local History Centre hosts a talk with music for Black History Month by Richard Gordon-Smith (composer) and Martin Anthony Burrage (violin, piano) of the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation. The venue is significant as it is located in the street where the celebrated composer was born. Although he was born in Holborn, now in the north London borough of Camden, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's was buried in Bandon Hill and his record can be found in Deceased Online's South London Collection.  Search the database for the full set of burial records for  Bandon Hill Cemetery , Wallington , in the  London Borough of Sutton . Bandon Hill is situated in Plough Lane, Wallington SM6 8JQ and is a working cemete...