Burial in 1888 listed as Marylebone, how do I find out where the grave is?

[Kat7272]

Hi

The listing says 'Marylebone' for a grave that I am trying to locate, how do I find a grave plan for this grave please?

[iluleah]

A list of St Marylebone churches http://www.genuki.org.uk/church_list/MDXStMarylebone

[Bookbox]

There were next to no church burials in Marylebone in 1888. The churchyards of metropolitan London were closed to burials after the mid-1850s, and the deceased were taken to outlying cemeteries.

What sort of ‘listing’ do you have that states Marylebone? Is it a workhouse or infirmary death register?

What was the religious denomination of the deceased?

Depending on the above, the St Marylebone Cemetery at East Finchley might be a possibility. The records are not online. You would have to contact the cemetery directly, and they charge £58.94 for a single lookup.
https://www.westminster.gov.uk/east-finchley-cemetery

[dawnsh]

Finding burials in and around London/Middlesex is notoriously difficult as there are quite a few possible locations.

Maybe you could post the name of the person you are looking for along with the date of death and their last address and we can check our resources for you.

[Chris Doran]

Yes, please give the details as some of us have lists we can search.

I for one have a fair number of photographs at St Marylebone/East Finchley Cemetery and may be visiting again in the not too distant future. It's well kept, but there's a lot of bare grass and illegible headstones and the numbering system isn't logical everywhere, so there are graves I can't find even with numbers. Don't put much hope in finding a grave just wandering around.

How well off were they? This will give a clue as to whether there was a headstone and whether it had a chance of surviving legibly if at all. The common grave areas at St M are totally devoid of headstones, not even the little knee-high ones used elsewhere. Some cemeteries did not permit them.

As dawnsh says, London burials are a problem as people weren't necessarily buried anywhere related to where they lived. I tend to suspect it was related to which cemetery had a timeslot, the best prices, a contract with the undertaker/Council etc.

[Kat7272]

Hi

Thanks for the info so far everyone, it's very interesting.

The grave I am looking for is George Nelson Strawbridge (1824 - 1888) born in Bristol.

I have tried to find details by searching the internet, but it seems so complicate.

[dawnsh]

Do you have his death cert?

Dec 1888
STRAWBRIDGE    George Nelson    64    Marylebone    1a   416

[rosie99]

London Daily News 15 October 1888
Deaths
On the 10th inst. at 11 Blandford Square N.W  George Nelson Strawbridge of the London Stock Exchange age 64

[dawnsh]

According to his entry in the probate calendar

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=str&yearOfDeath=1889&page=6#calendar

he died 15th October 1888.

It might be worth getting a copy for £10 to see if he specified where he was to be buried. (The death cert won't tell you)

You can order from the linked page but you must also quote the folio number which is 469 (on the image)

He isn't at Kensal Green, could he have been returned to Bristol?