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Title: Morley
Post by: tiawooster on Monday 23 April 18 13:40 BST (UK)

My aunt married into the Morley family, Barnsley and Wakefield. I am have problems founding out where a Allen Morley was buried, he died 16 Sep 1908 in Wakefield Asylum, he family went to Canada, was there a cemetery at the Asylum, seem to be at a brick wall, can any one help please.

Mary

Title: Re: Morley
Post by: tonyfebruary on Monday 23 April 18 16:51 BST (UK)

Mary
Allen Morley was buried in Wakefield cemetery on the 19th of September 1908 he is in plot H 1585 place of abode at time of death Wakefield Asylum.
Tony

Title: Re: Morley
Post by: dobfarm on Monday 23 April 18 17:15 BST (UK)

Quote from: tonyfebruary on Monday 23 April 18 16:51 BST (UK)

Mary
Allen Morley was buried in Wakefield cemetery on the 19th of September 1908 he is in plot H 1585 place of abode at time of death Wakefield Asylum.
Tony

Just to add  as its on line and for your own viewing of TONY's find.


(Click on image in link to enlarge)

http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/Burial%20Images/WAKEF/1888/279.jpg

2nd up from the bottom on Wakefield register page in link above

General link

http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/libraries-and-local-history/local-and-family-history/genealogy-searches

Also

est Yorkshire Archives (WYAS)

http://www.catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/CalmView/Overview.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog

put - Stanley Royd Hospital - in the search engine

see C85, has records of inmates

and

http://www.wakefieldasylum.co.uk/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Riding_Pauper_Lunatic_Asylum

https://maps.nls.uk/view/100948316#

See map link above

top margin under the bold word Second -see in map -West Ridng Lunatic Asylum

Title: Re: Morley
Post by: dobfarm on Monday 23 April 18 19:05 BST (UK)

For exact grave location plot & section maps of Sugar Lane cemetery Wakefield opened 1859 and the much later across the road Doncaster road cemetery, Wakefield opened 1961 are on deceased online website.

https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?AcctView=Login&SrchView=Basic&DetsView=Content&ListSource=Contributors&section=CONTRIBUTORS&context=WAKEFIELD&lang=E

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.6708614,-1.4830655,605m/data=!3m1!1e3

Title: Re: Morley
Post by: tiawooster on Tuesday 24 April 18 06:53 BST (UK)

Thank everyone for their help, answers at last.  Mary

Title: Re: Morley
Post by: dobfarm on Thursday 26 April 18 21:08 BST (UK)

Information map from Wakefield council Bereavement services

Allen Morley approx unmarked (No headstone) grave site marked with Red X
on map on section H

Photo (Bit fuzzy) by me. note grave site in relation to the tower in photo and tower ringed on the map in red

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.6708614,-1.4830655,605m/data=!3m1!1e3

Click on images and save images copies to your pictures in pop up box that comes up

Title: Re: Morley
Post by: dobfarm on Friday 27 April 18 03:49 BST (UK)

View of Allen Morley unmarked grave site approx area from the opposite direction from Benjamin Edward (Surname) gravestone

Title: Re: Morley
Post by: tiawooster on Friday 27 April 18 10:51 BST (UK)

Many thanks, Mary