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Wearsider
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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According to the booklet 'Cemeteries in County Durham' published by Durham County Record Office, Blackhill Cemetery opened on 21st May 1862.
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UK - County Durham : Bell, Collinson, Drummond, Fullerton, Maughan, Messenger, Nichol, Pallister, Stobbs, Telford, Vickers, Watson.
Northumberland : Armstrong, Foster, Gill. Nichol.
County Durham Local & Mining History
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pb3
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Sue
I have attached a PDF of the burial records available for the Bushby/Bush family in Blackhill cemetery. The two earliest records may prove useful.
The most useful place to look for information prior to May 1862 would probably be the records of St. Cuthbert's C of E church on Church Bank, Shotley Bridge. You should be able to access these through Durham Records Office as mentioned by other respondents.
PatB
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pb3
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Sue
I have attached a PDF of the Turner burials in Blackhill cemetery. I re-read your posts after sending my previous reply regarding the Bushby burials and decided to check on the Turners. I think Jane may have just scraped in as the third burial in the Old (South) graveyard.
Unfortunately, the luxury of proper addresses was not available until several years after the Blackhill cemetery opened. You may get some clues from the later Turner burials - assuming that they are related; alternatively, the relevant death certificates may, as you mentioned, contain address details. The 1881 census may also provide information.
Good luck with your researches.
PatB
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Scottydog
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Hi
I'm new to Roots Web but found the Turner Burial records fascinating & managed to locate several members of my family. Thank-you for the information. However I would also like to check the Richardson & Scott families from that area, can you please tell me how to go about this.
Many thanks
Linda
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Scott, Richardson, Turner, Harrison, Robson, Harkness all Co Durham
Turner, Williams, Richardson, Wood all Northumberland
Harkness & Dixon - Cumbria
Also Freeman Harden and Farthing
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pb3
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Sue
I apologize for the delay in replying to this thread - family illness. I notice that you said you would be visiting our green and pleasant land in November so I hope I'm not too late with this reply. There are no headstones whatever in Section H of the Old graveyard - just grass - so there are no points of reference for the grave you are trying to locate.
I rang my contact at the Cemetery section this afternoon to explain the situation and he said that he would have the grave marked first thing on Monday morning next week. The markers used are simple wooden stakes with the name written on with marker pen. The Council do not charge for this. I'll print out a sheet showing all of the details available and attach it, in a plastic envelope, with a couple of drawing pins to make it easier to find. The only other grave - in the North graveyard - identified like this is that of the Countess of Derwentwater; so there's posh.
I've attached a photograph of the display plate at the entrance of the South graveyard which shows the layout of the graveyard and the location of all of the sections. It also shows contact details for the cemetery staff, if you need them.
I hope this is useful and that you have a good visit.
PatB.
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pb3
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The attached photos show a general view of the location of Jane Turner's grave and a close-up shot of the burial details attached to the gravemarker. I may have to go back and re-attach the burial details with a couple of galvanized clout nails as the drawing pins do not appear to have penetrated very deeply into the whitewood gravemarker stake.
I hope this helps with locating and identifying Jane's burial spot.
PatB.
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Blackhill_Burial_Records_Report_Bushby_1862-1962.pdf