British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

The Deceased On line database has featured in a host of family history events in 2013 - and there are more to come!   On 27 April 2013, Jamie from Deceased Online was delighted to give a talk on the website at the A nnual Family History Day in Pudsey, West Yorkshire. Organised by Your Fair Ladies , the fair was a great success, with attende es travelling to Leeds from across the north of England. Jackie Depelle of Your Fair Ladies said : “We were delighted when Deceased Online accepted our invitation to join us - particularly with the prospective West Yorkshire content.   So many family historians know Deceased Online for its London, Manchester and Scottish records, and tickets for Jamie’s lecture were snapped up as soon as the doors opened.   I’m hearing reports of many exciting discoveries made using the pre-launch West Yorkshire databases of indexed burial and internment books.     It’s wonderful to be able to see images of these original reco...

 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...