Hello Betty
This is a bit early. The Returns of Papists 1767 (Vol 2 by the Catholic Record Society, p.51).
However, the 1767 Return of Papists for much of Yorkshire, only used first initial and first letter of surname, with the first initial of spouse adjacent, ages, some occupations and how long the person had been resident.
Parts of North Yorks have a forename and surname.
Wakefield, 21
12 sets of letters and 2 boys, 7 girls under 18, noted
In 1767 no S surnames are listed, under the main Wakefield heading.
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In old Parish Burial Registers, occasionally you see Papist written against a name, but they were not always highlighted, neither were Nonconformists (NC), although some NC Ministers were noted at burial.
One newspaper claimed, some not baptised C of E were buried under [next to] the Wall in Parish Churchyards and at night after dark.
However, my late Grandfather whose Father was Butler to a Lord of the Manor said, if you were a wealthy local businessman or Lord, you could get the prominent plot you wanted in the C of E whatever your faith was.
So where the grave location was (is now) in a C of E Churchyard (if it has not been cleared of memorials and the Sexton Grave Plan lost), does not always suggest what religion your Ancestors were.
Local Burial Boards / Borough (Council) Cemeteries (generally start as Churchyards were closed in the 19th Cent) and General Cemetery Company cemetries (started from about the 1830s onward) tend to have Consecrated and Non Consecrated grounds.
Some Nonconformist (NC) who could afford the transport and the grave, were taken to places like Bunhill Fields Cemetery (nondenominational), London. Looks to be quite old.
The Memorial Inscriptions for Ballast Hills Burial Ground (NC) at Newcastle upon Tyne taken about 200 years ago, indicate that Cemetery goes back over 300 years. Sadly the early Registers are missing before about 1792 and the Memorials taken out and laid in the ground for paths.
Oh I have rambled!
Mark
