Links: London Burials & Cemeteries (a rough guide!)

[Biker]

London Burials - a Rough Guide

It is notoriously difficult to find the place of burials for those who lived in London, so I’ve put together a ‘very rough guide’ of online resources for research purposes.  A brief background and guide to archival holdings is here http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc/pdfs/burial_records.pdf

There are a few things worth bearing in mind:

1)   In such a metropolis people were not always buried in their ‘local’ cemetery, and there were often ‘arrangements’ between specific burial grounds to bury those from certain geographical areas.  There were also similar arrangements between certain London parishes/hospitals/workhouses/societies and cemeteries – as an example see Brookwood Cemetery in Woking Surrey http://www.tbcs.org.uk/parishes.htm

2)   Many cemeteries have been destroyed either through redevelopment and bombing during WW2 and for those that do remain many have been neglected and the gravestones have been degraded by pollution and general age – the state of those which remain often depend on the quality of the materials used.  See http://www.derelictlondon.com/cemetery.htm for some contemporary photos.

3)   Common graves were non unusual especially for the less well-off and plague pits in earlier days were part of the fabric of London life.

4)   Burial Indexes and archives such as the National Archives and City of London Archives are not covered here but are of course integral to the research.



Having said that here are some useful online resources some with searchable databases:

London Burials
www.londonburials.co.uk
A good site with a map which indicates burial grounds by geographic region with notes about periods of use.


London Cemeteries
http://www.londoncemeteries.co.uk/?page=holmes
Partial transcription of a seminal work on London Cemeteries, includes a list of churches and chapels with vaults as opposed to cemetery grounds.


Victorian London Cemeteries
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/cem.html
A useful site listing cemeteries in large geographic areas of the city, also includes faith/cultural specific cemeteries.


London Jewish Cemeteries
http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/brit/london.html
A list with explanatory notes and contact details for further information.


Brookwood Military Cemeteries
http://www.tbcs.org.uk/military.htm
Near Woking Surrey this was once one largest cemeteries in the world with Military graves from WW1 and WW2 – some online military burials of those from Australia and the United States, mostly WW1.


Military/War Death Burials
Commonwealth War Graves Commission has a search by Cemetery facility (mostly WW1) http://tinyurl.com/bbtbp



Part 2 to follow ...

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BY LONDON BOROUGH -  websites with information, contacts or online search facilities – may not include private cemeteries – note that some burial grounds are outside of the borough boundaries


City of London

City of London Cemetery (Manor Park) E12
http://tinyurl.com/bxrhx

City of London Cemetery
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Community_and_living/Deaths_funerals_and_cremations/burial_registers.htm
The link is at the bottom of the page. There is no name search facility, but is free of charge. 

City of London & Tower Hamlets Cemetery (also known as Bow Cemetery)
http://tinyurl.com/bxrhx

Bunhill Fields
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/living_environment/open_spaces/bunhill.htm
Former non-conformist burial grounds.


Lambeth
http://tinyurl.com/bopcf
Lambeth Cemetery
Streatham Cemetery
West Norwood Cemetery - Online search by name providing grave details http://tinyurl.com/dkpgd


Southwark
http://tinyurl.com/9u4cw
Camberwell Old Cemetery
Camberwell New Cemetery
Nunhead Cemetery (link)


Lewisham
http://tinyurl.com/e3ka8
Hither Green Cemetery
Grove Park Cemetery
Ladywell Cemetery
Brockley Cemetery


Greenwich
http://tinyurl.com/cw7kg
Charlton Cemetery
Greenwich Cemetery
Woolwich Cemetery
Eltham Cemetery
Plumstead Cemetery


Wandsworth
http://tinyurl.com/22xak
Wandsworth Cemetery
Putney Vale Cemetery
Putney Lower Common Cemetery
Battersea New Cemetery
St Mary’s Cemetery



Westminster
http://www.westminster.gov.uk/communityandliving/burials/index.cfm
East Finchley Cemetery
Hanwell Cemetery
Mill Hill East Cemetery
Paddington Cemetery (link)



Hammersmith & Fulham
http://tinyurl.com/87vva
Mortlake Cemetery
Fulham Palace
Margravine Road
North Sheen Cemetery


Kensington & Chelsea
http://tinyurl.com/7e29n
Brompton Cemetery
Kensal Green Cemetery http://www.kensalgreen.co.uk
Gunnersbury Cemetery
Hanwell Cemetery


Haringey
http://tinyurl.com/be9ba
Tottenham Cemetery
Wood Green Cemetery
Enfield Cemetery
All Hallows Tottenham – online search facility for Monumental Inscriptions http://tinyurl.com/ythpq



Richmond
http://tinyurl.com/92345
Richmond and area burials with a surname search facility with details including full name, age, cemetery, plot number.
East Sheen Cemetery
Old Mortlake Burial Ground
Richmond Cemetery (includes Star & Garter military section and South Africa memorial)
Teddington Cemetery
Twickenham Cemetery


Barking & Dagenham
http://tinyurl.com/ahdtz
Chadwell Heath Cemetery
Eastbrook End Cemetery (known as Becontree Cemetery)
Rippleside Cemetery


Hackney
http://tinyurl.com/bmnm9
Abney Park Cemetery Hackney - online access to details of those buried with name, age, plot location etc. http://tinyurl.com/bcf5c

 
Havering
http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=569
Hornchurch Cemetery
Rainham Cemetery
Romford Cemetery (known as Crow Lane)
South Essex Crematorium
Upminster Cemetery


Newham
http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/eolcem06.htm
East London Cemetery Co Ltd http://www.eastlondoncemetery.co.uk
Manor Park Cemetery & Crematorium plc
West Ham Cemetery
Woodgrange Park Cemetery



Waltham Forest
http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/environment/env-funerals/cemeteries.htm
Mount Cemetery
Roman Catholic Cemetery
Cemetery (known as Queens Road)



Camden
http://tinyurl.com/aoyyj
Hampstead Cemetery, St Pancras Cemetery



Islington
http://tinyurl.com/9px4h
East Finchley Cemetery
Trent Park Cemetery



FreeReg
Are currently constructing a datbase which to incorporate burial records  http://freereg.rootsweb.com/search/searchform.htm but it is not in operation yet.


Of course there are lots of other online resources available, Googling can sometimes be extremely productive.

Hope that is of help.  If you have any specific queries please post to the London board, thanks.

If anyone has any suggestions, please PM me and I'll add it to the list.

***  PLEASE POST ANY LOOKUP REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ON LONDON BURIALS ON THE LONDON LOOKUP REQUEST BOARD - THANKS ***

Regards 
Biker


 

[Jones the Search]

Thank you Biker 

You have put in a lot of work
 very much appreciated.
My lot are in there  somewhere 

Thank you    Patricia 

[celia]

Hi Biker
 I have just found this topic,What a fantastic amount of work you are doing.Having just reopened my London ancestors file. I am sure i will find this topic and it's links very useful, as a lot of the areas mentioned are where My Mathew lived most of their lives. Well Done, great work

Celia

[poppymilly]

hi not sure if you have mentioned chingford mount cemetery
telephone 02085245030 realy helpful
poppy
ps my relatives died in islington and shoreditch

[Stephee]

What a lot of work you have done Biker, again some of my family are somewhere in London. On recent visit to London I managed to pick up a book from Waterstones. Its part of the Metro Guides called London's Cemeteries a very handy pocket sized book. Anyone interested then try the web site www.metropublications.com

[darealjolo]

You can also try Find a Grave, i am a contributor there and have photo's from the following cemeteries. I still have lots more to take.

Enfield Crematorium
Lavender Hill Cemetery
Edmonton Cemetery
Feltham Cemetery
Clacton Cemetery
St James church, Enfield
Cheshunt Cemetery
Chingford Mount Cemetery.

[darealjolo]

Forgot to add Waltham abbey church.

[casalguidi]

Patients from the "City of London Lunatic Asylum" at Stone near Dartford in Kent can be found in the online burial registers for the borough council cemeteries of Stone and Dartford http://www.rootschat.com/links/04ty/

Casalguidi