British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

 All burial and cremation records from Trafford Council can now be searched on Deceased Online This week we completed the digitization of the burial and cremation records for Trafford Council in Greater Manchester. The final set of records to be uploaded to the database is for Altrincham Crematorium in Whitehouse Lane, Dunham Massey, Cheshire. Altrincham Crematorium Altrincham Crematorium opened in 1959, during a time of increased building of municipal crematoria. At first, Altrincham served those who lived locally in areas like Hale, Timperley and Knutsford, as well as those who had moved further afield. Records show that some committals took place of those who lived in North Wales. In this way, Altrincham is similar to Overdale Crematorium in Bolton, which holds records for many former residents who remained loyal to their hometown. One of the notable people commemorated here is John Mansfield Maxted (1914-1990), who served as Mayor of Stretford from 195...

All records from Trafford Council’s cemetries are now on the database Full details of Dunham Lawn Cemetery, Sale Cemetery, and Urmston Cemetery have now been uploaded to the Deceased Online website joining records for Hale (Altrincham) and Stretford cemeteries. Although all are situated in the Trafford area of Greater Manchester, the three latest editions are quite distinct. The oldest is Sale Cemetery , also known as Sale Brooklands after its Cheshire location. The Brooklands area is named after a local businessman, Samuel Brooks, who bought a plot of land there in 1856. Sale Cemetery opened in Marsland Road a few years later on 29 August 1862. The popular Gothic Revival style of the High Victorian period is still much in evidence in the cemetery through numerous memorials, the lodge by the entrance, and the disused chapels. Dr. James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) The cemetery contains the grave of one of Britain's most renowned physicists, Dr. James Presco...

Records for Hale (Altrincham) and Stretford Cemeteries are now online This week at Deceased Online we began adding burial records for Trafford Council in Greater Manchester. T rafford is the second council in Greater Manchester to add records to our website – the first being Bolton. You can read more about Bolton cemeteries here .    Over the next few weeks, Deceased Online will feature records for nearly 300,000 burials and cremations from Trafford’s seven boroughs: Altrincham, Bowdon, Bucklow, Hale, Sale, Stretford and Urmston. Outside Manchester, Trafford is probably best known as the home of two of England’s most historic sporting venues: Manchester United’s home ground of Old Trafford, and Lancashire Cricket Club’s Old Trafford cricket ground. I grew up in Lancashire and watched my first game of county cricket at Old Trafford, when West Indian legend Clive Lloyd wowed the crowd by hitting a six into the members’ car park. Emirates Old Trafford -...