Deceased Online looks forward to an exciting 2018
Happy New Year to all readers of this blog! 2017 was an eventful year for Deceased Online with diverse additions of cremation and burial records to the Deceased Online database and this year we are looking forward to even more.
We are pleased to have ready for release the burial and cremation data of more than 6 million people over the next 12 months, including:
Lancashire (The National Archives)
Cumbria
Greater Manchester
Trafford Council Collection (in partnership with Trafford Council)
Merseyside
Merseyside (The National Archives)
Other highlights from last year were the additions of more records in the North East Lincolnshire Council Collection.
As well as two cemeteries, North East Lincolnshire also manages a crematorium and the full site names and records details are as follows:
Happy New Year to all readers of this blog! 2017 was an eventful year for Deceased Online with diverse additions of cremation and burial records to the Deceased Online database and this year we are looking forward to even more.
We are pleased to have ready for release the burial and cremation data of more than 6 million people over the next 12 months, including:
- several cities
- the largest cemetery in the UK (covering 460 acres)
- the 5th of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries on Deceased Online - West Norwood Cemetery & Crematorium
- 1 million records from the North West and Manchester area.
Deceased Online has a strong London Collection and I was delighted to see the first tranche of cemetery and crematorium records from the borough of Lambeth. 90,000 names were added to the database in November, making it a useful resource for anyone with south London ancestors.
Coverage for London now contains cemeteries and crematoria across the following boroughs:
London records from The National Archives include:
Spa Fields
Bunhill
Wandsworth
Newham
Tower Hamlets
Croydon
Barnet
Southwark
Camden
Greenwich Royal Hospital
Royal Garrison Church of St George
Having grown up in North West England, I was pleased to see data from the council of Cheshire East added this year.
North West England coverage now includes:
Cheshire East Collection (in partnership with Chester East Council/Orbitas Bereavement Services)
• Congleton Cemetery – 500 records from 2004 to 2015
• Coppenhall Cemetery - 10,400 records from 1861 to 2015
• Crewe Cemetery - 51,750 records from 1872 to 2016
• Nantwich Cemetery - 11,150 records from 1870 to 2015 *
• Sandbach Cemetery - 3,950 records from 1935 to 2015
• Weston Cemetery - 1,150 records from 1908 to 2015
• Crewe Crematorium - 52,100 records from 1954 to 2009
Coverage for London now contains cemeteries and crematoria across the following boroughs:
- Lambeth
- Camden (including Highgate Cemetery)
- Islington
- Southwark
- Lewisham
- Sutton
- Brent (Kensal Green Cemetery)
- Kensington & Chelsea (Brompton Cemetery)
- Newham (Manor Park Cemetery)
- Greenwich
- Harrow
- Bexley
- Havering
- Merton
Gravestone of the poet, William Blake at London's Bunhill Fields |
London records from The National Archives include:
Spa Fields
Bunhill
Wandsworth
Newham
Tower Hamlets
Croydon
Barnet
Southwark
Camden
Greenwich Royal Hospital
Royal Garrison Church of St George
Having grown up in North West England, I was pleased to see data from the council of Cheshire East added this year.
Fleetwood Cemetery |
Cheshire East Collection (in partnership with Chester East Council/Orbitas Bereavement Services)
• Congleton Cemetery – 500 records from 2004 to 2015
• Coppenhall Cemetery - 10,400 records from 1861 to 2015
• Crewe Cemetery - 51,750 records from 1872 to 2016
• Nantwich Cemetery - 11,150 records from 1870 to 2015 *
• Sandbach Cemetery - 3,950 records from 1935 to 2015
• Weston Cemetery - 1,150 records from 1908 to 2015
• Crewe Crematorium - 52,100 records from 1954 to 2009
Wyre Council Collection (in partnership with Wyre Council)
- Fleetwood Cemetery, Beach Road, Fleetwood, opened 1841 (nearly 27,000 burials)
- Poulton New Cemetery, Garstang Road, Poulton le Fylde, opened 1929 (2,552 burials)
- Poulton Old Cemetery, Moorland Road, Poulton le Fylde, opened 1895 (3,660 burials)
- Preesall Cemetery, Cemetery Lane, Preesall, opened 1856 (3,000+ burials)
- Blackburn Cemetery (aka Whalley New Road): 1859 - 1997
- Darwen Cemetery: 1861 - 1998
- Pleasington Cemetery: 1969 - 2001
- Pleasington Crematorium: 1957 - 2003
Bethesda Congregational Churchyard, Blackpool | Lancashire | North West | 1844 to 1917 |
Congregational Church, Southport | Lancashire | North West | 1828 to 1885 |
Mount Street Burial Ground, Blackburn | Lancashire | North West | 1813 to 1867 |
Old Church of St John, Bury | Lancashire | North West | 1753 to 1880 |
Preston St Paul Churchyard, Preston | Lancashire | North West | 1810 to 1951 |
Redundant Church of St Johns, Silverdale, Blackburn | Lancashire | North West | 1838 to 1915 |
Salford Northern Cemetery, Salford | Lancashire | North West | 1904 to 1973 |
St Bartholomew (Ewood), Blackburn | Lancashire | North West | 1958 to 2003 |
Cumbria
Church of Holy Trinity, Mardale | Cumbria | North West | 1750 to 1915 |
Greater Manchester
Trafford Council Collection (in partnership with Trafford Council)
- Dunham Lawn Cemetery
- Hale Cemetery (Altrincham)
- Sale Cemetery
- Stretford Cemetery
- Urmston Cemetery
- Altrincham Crematorium
- Astley Bridge Cemetery, opened 1884
- Blackrod Cemetery, opened 1887
- Farnworth Cemetery, opened 1876
- Heaton Cemetery, opened 1879
- Horwich (Ridgemont) Cemetery, opened 1928
- Tonge Cemetery, opened 1856
- Westhaughton Cemetery, opened 1858
- Overdale Crematorium, opened 1954
Manchester and Lancashire FHS Collection/Bolton Monumental Inscription Records (in partnership with Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society)
- St Peter, Belmont
- St Katherine, Blackrod
- St Peter, Bolton Le Moor
- St Stephen, Lever Bridge
- Emmanuel. Bolton
- St Paul, Astley Bridge, Bolton
- Wesleyan Chapel, Fletcher Street, Bolton
- Christ Church, Walmsley
- Unitarian Chapel, Walmsley
- Old Chapel, Walmsley
- St James, Breightmet
- St Maxentius, Bradshaw
- St Mary Deane (Old and New)
- St Michael, Bolton
- St John, Farnworth
- St Paul, Halliwell
- Holy Trinity, Horwich
- Lea Lane Chapel, Horwich
- Congregational United Reform, Little Lever
- St Bartholomew, Westhoughton
Ardwick Cemetery, Ardwick | Greater Manchester | North West | 1750 to 1963 |
Burial Ground of St James Church, Birch in Rusholme | Greater Manchester | North West | 1681 to 1980 |
Chorlton Green Graveyard, Chorlton-cum-Hardy | Greater Manchester | North West | 1708 to 1963 |
Dob Lane Chapel, Failsworth | Greater Manchester | North West | |
Platt Chapel Graveyard, Rusholme | Greater Manchester | North West | 1746 to 1885 |
Rusholme Road Cemetery, Chorlton Upon Medlock | Greater Manchester | North West | 1806 to 1949 |
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-cum-Hardy | Greater Manchester | North West | 1868 to 1917 |
St Marys Graveyard, Leigh | Greater Manchester | North West | 1770 to 1965 |
St Peters Church Yard, Oldham | Greater Manchester | North West | 1768 to 1876 |
Weaste Cemetery, City of Salford | Greater Manchester | North West | 1508 to 1969 |
Merseyside
Merseyside (The National Archives)
Christ Church Burial Ground, Hunter St, Liverpool | Merseyside | North West | 1784 to 1877 |
Holy Trinity Churchyard, St Anne St, Liverpool | Merseyside | North West | 1790 to 1887 |
St James Cemetery, Liverpool | Merseyside | North West | 1756 to 1926 |
Wallasey Cemetery, Wallasey | Merseyside | North West | 1892 to 1955 |
Other highlights from last year were the additions of more records in the North East Lincolnshire Council Collection.
As well as two cemeteries, North East Lincolnshire also manages a crematorium and the full site names and records details are as follows:
- Cleethorpes Cemetery, Beacon Avenue, Cleethorpes, DN35 8EQ: records from 1877 - 1999
- Scartho Road Cemetery, Scartho Road, Grimsby, DN33 2AL: records from 1889 - 1994
- Grimsby Crematorium, Weelsby Avenue, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN32 0BA: records from 1954 - 1992
In October 2017, Deceased Online added burial registers for the closed Ainslie Street Cemetery (now a public park) for nearly 15,000 burials, 1855-1943. There are approximately 400,000 records for over 185,000 burials and cremations available and the range of records comprises: digital scans of burial and cremation registers, grave details of all burials and cemetery section maps for each grave (excluding Ainslie Street).
In 2018, there are plans to add millions more burial and cremation records from across the UK. This includes the exciting release of 'magnificent' West Norwood Cemetery.
Also, records for the Macclesfield area of Cheshire have been digitised and will be released later this year. The cemeteries are:
• Alderley Edge Cemetery – 4,000 records from 1906 to 2015
• Knutsford Cemetery – 7,200 records from 1902 to 2015
• Macclesfield Cemetery – 62,000 records from 1866 to 2015
• Meadowbrook Cemetery – 500 records from 2006 to 2015
• Wilmslow Cemetery – 6,600 records from 1907 to 2015
• Macclesfield Crematorium – 64,000 records from 1960 to 1997
Some of the Deceased Online team attended Who Do You Think You Are? Live at Birmingham NEC in February 2017 and enjoyed meeting readers and database users, but are sorry that the show will not be continuing this year.
We would love to hear what you are looking forward to this year, and what plans you have for your family history research. Do let us know in the Comments Box below or via our Facebook and Twitter platforms.
• Alderley Edge Cemetery – 4,000 records from 1906 to 2015
• Knutsford Cemetery – 7,200 records from 1902 to 2015
• Macclesfield Cemetery – 62,000 records from 1866 to 2015
• Meadowbrook Cemetery – 500 records from 2006 to 2015
• Wilmslow Cemetery – 6,600 records from 1907 to 2015
• Macclesfield Crematorium – 64,000 records from 1960 to 1997
Some of the Deceased Online team attended Who Do You Think You Are? Live at Birmingham NEC in February 2017 and enjoyed meeting readers and database users, but are sorry that the show will not be continuing this year.
We would love to hear what you are looking forward to this year, and what plans you have for your family history research. Do let us know in the Comments Box below or via our Facebook and Twitter platforms.
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