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Title: London Burial Grounds website
Post by: tillypeg on Thursday 27 February 14 11:33 GMT (UK)
http://www.burial.magic-nation.co.uk/bgpage1.htm

This lists burial grounds by parish and shows which ones no longer exist.  Some lovely old photos and maps.
Title: Re: London Burial Grounds website
Post by: Ruskie on Thursday 27 February 14 11:45 GMT (UK)
This is an excellent site. I've put it into my favourites.  :)
Title: Re: London Burial Grounds website
Post by: gumnut2 on Monday 20 September 21 08:24 BST (UK)
can someone tell me if tits possible to look up an ancestor buried in Edmonton Middlesex? All I have is that Susannah Charlotte Nairne (nee Smith) did at Edmonton, Middlesex, England 1902. I can't get a grasp on  how any cemeteries there might be in that area. TIA (Thank you in advance).
Title: Re: London Burial Grounds website
Post by: KGarrad on Monday 20 September 21 09:20 BST (UK)
There s a series of threads on the London & Middlesex board.
Start here: https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=403485.0
Title: Re: London Burial Grounds website
Post by: gumnut2 on Monday 20 September 21 09:39 BST (UK)
Thank you - much appreciated.

Title: Re: London Burial Grounds website
Post by: turnover267 on Thursday 23 September 21 13:05 BST (UK)
Hope you can help - I have a burial record for a relative in Streatham Cemetery (Garratt Lane). Whilst I have a plot reference, can anyone point me to a map / index of plot numbers within the cemetery ground? Thanks.
Title: Re: London Burial Grounds website
Post by: BumbleB on Thursday 23 September 21 15:32 BST (UK)
Welcome to RootsChat.  I haven't looked at it, but Find a Grave say that they have one!

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2284453/streatham-cemetery

Not the map I expected  :-[
Title: Re: London Burial Grounds website
Post by: turnover267 on Thursday 23 September 21 16:32 BST (UK)
Thanks for the reply. Yes - FindAGrave have maps showing the cemetery location, but not layout of individual plots / numbers. DeceasedOnline is similar - they show the 'block' assignments, but not individual grave numbers within. I was hoping someone might have found a detailed map elsewhere, but thanks anyway.
Title: Re: London Burial Grounds website
Post by: BumbleB on Thursday 23 September 21 20:43 BST (UK)
A thought - if you have the grave number, perhaps you could ask the Cemetery staff for a location!  :-\
Title: Re: London Burial Grounds website
Post by: turnover267 on Thursday 23 September 21 21:01 BST (UK)
The simplest approaches are usually the best!! Yes thanks - I hadn't yet asked them but should!

My initial query by email to the cemetery showed that the staff are very loaded at the moment with the direct and indirect impact of Covid! However you are right that I should ask - if they have image files it would be  a simple / quick reply by email.

Thanks again for your thoughts.
Title: Re: London Burial Grounds website
Post by: Chris Doran on Thursday 23 September 21 23:29 BST (UK)
I am quite familiar with Streatham Cemetery and if you give me the names, dates, and plot numbers, here or by PM, I may be able to assess whether the grave can be found without need to involve the office. I might even have a photo.

If you go the PHOTOS tab on Find a Grave's main page for the cemetery. you'll find a photo of the plan on a big sign by the main gate. Click on "View original" (bottom right) to expand it in a new browser tab, and then on the map to see it at full resolution. This just shows the sections, though, not individual graves. The plot numbering is reasonaby logical, though sometimes you have to struggle to work out what that logic is! Most sections have the low numbers going around the first few rows near the paths, but in the middle may switch to running in parallel lines. There are a lot of war graves with their distinctive gravestones, and if you look at the listing on the CWGC page, you may find some near yours. But there's a lot of bare grass and some reused graves, which doesn't help.

Good luck!