British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

All records for Kensal Green Cemetery and West London Crematorium are now available to search on the database From this week, all 330,000 records for Kensal Green Cenetery and West London Crematorium can be searched on Deceased Online . They include all burial and cremation records from 1833 to 2010. This release heralds the exclusive digitisation of records on the site from two of the 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries. And we have more to come soon. Watch this space! Among the famous names included in this latest release of records is the iconic sixties and seventies designer, Ossie Clark (1942-1996) . Immortalized in the 1971 painting (above), Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy , by his friend, David Hockney, Clark dressed Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Liza Minnelli and the Beatles. His clothes are still highly sought after, with his vintage designs being worn by Kate Moss and other modern trend-setters. Clark's style continues to influence designers sich as Anna Sui, C...

As all records for 1901-1930 have now been added to the Deceased Online database, I conclude the series of posts on Kensal Green Cemetery with a look at its more recent history After 1900, the Cemetery of All Souls at Kensal Green continued to be a popular burial ground with all classes. Several of the remains buried were of those who died far from London. That year, the popular musician, Henry Russell (1812-1900) , was buried beneath a large stone seat, erected in memory of his emotional ballad 'My Old Armchair'. A pianist and baritone singer as well as compose, Russell is perhaps better known today for his work, 'A Life on the Ocean Wave'. 1904 saw the burial of General Sir Collingwood Dickson (1817-1904) , who was awarded the Victoria Cross in the Crimean War for his courage at the Siege of Sebastopol on 17 October 1854.  The Mausoleum of the Duke of Cambridge Above is the striking Egyptian-style Mausoleum of Prince George William Frederick Cha...

Records for the second ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemetery in the Deceased Online database will be released on Boxing Day We are delighted to announce, just in time for Christmas, that all cremation and burial records from 1833 to 1901 for Kensal Green Cemetery will be launched on the database this week. Later records will be available in the New Year. When all 340,000 records are on the site (by early February), there will be over 3 million individual burial and cremation records for London available on Deceased Online representing approximately 8 million data items. The Kensal Green records include those of the West London Crematorium (est. 1939), which is located in the grounds of the Cemetery. The Main Entrance to Kensal Green Cemetery 1833-1860 was a busy time for this part of West London and the new Kensal Green Cemetery, which was the first commercial burial ground in London. Laid out between the Harrow Road and the Regent’s Canal in 1832, the cemetery w...