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Offline LizzieL

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Re: Elizabeth churchyard biggleswade
« Reply #9 on: Friday 30 January 15 11:22 GMT (UK) »
Looks like a second one at Stratton Way, though not sure if this is new since 1935, 

There's also a history society

http://www.biggleswadehistory.org.uk/

Berks / Oxon: Eltham, Annetts, Wiltshire (surname not county), Hawkins, Pembroke, Partridge
Dorset / Hants: Derham, Stride, Purkiss, Sibley
Yorkshire: Pottage, Carr, Blackburn, Depledge
Sussex: Goodyer, Christopher, Trevatt
Lanark: Scott (soldier went to Jersey CI)
Jersey: Fowler, Huelin, Scott

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Re: Elizabeth churchyard biggleswade
« Reply #10 on: Monday 09 February 15 13:34 GMT (UK) »
I have found the grave of Elizabeth Churchyard. She is buried along with her husband in the cemetery on Drove Road. The stone is very clear and reads:
In affectionate and loving memory of
 James
The beloved husband of
Elizabeth Churchyard
of Yoxford Suffolk
Who departed this life at Shillington
Feb 17 1899
aged 64
Again that door has opened
And a dear one gone to rest
In through the gate of heaven
Into the home of the blessed
Not lost but gone before
Also in affectionate and loving memory of
 Elizabeth
wife of the above
who passed away April 6 1935
aged 96 years
May God in his mercy unite them in heaven

The grave is in section 5 of the cemetery ( which is the first section on the right if the cemetery is entered from Drove Road.
I got the details from the local town council office who were very helpful, photocopying a map etc. Amazingly one of the people working there was entering records for that section of the cemetery onto the computer when I visited. She  knew the name instantly as she had not long before entered the record!

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Re: Elizabeth churchyard biggleswade
« Reply #11 on: Monday 09 February 15 15:02 GMT (UK) »
Hello Beavances and thankyou so very much ,you don't know what that means to us. We shall be going down there at the first opportunity you've made my day.  ;D ;D
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