Visiting Wolverhampton Archives

[cati]

I don't have your Catherine (yet! - you never know) - but do feel free to follow the link on my profile to my website.

Cemetery records:
Bilston 1865 -1981
Danescourt 1959- 1972
Merridale 1850 - 1937 (some gaps)
Bushbury Cemetery 1949 -1989
Beacon Hill Sedgley 1960-1993

[markyb74]

Thanks for the dates Cati, I presume by Bushbury Cemetery it means the Crem rather than the Church next door (St Mary's)?

I had a look at your family tree and didn't see any common ancestors (mine is now hopefully linked on my profile)

Mark

[cati]

The printed catalogue says

'Bushbury Cemetery, Underhill Lane, opened in August 1949 and closed in March 1994   (except for cremated remains)'. so I'd think this is St Marys

Can't see anything in the catalogue for crematoria.

Cati

[markyb74]

Hi Cati,

Busbury Crematoria is actually within Bushbury Cemetery and the whole area is often known  locally as the Crem. The main entrance is in Underhill Lane.

The church is very close to the cemetery (but has an address of Bushbury Lane) and is several hundred years old with a small graveyard attached to it.

From the description in the catalogue it is not St Mary's but the main cemetery that the records are for.

Sorry for any confusion by me calling the cemetery the crem!

Mark

[cati]

Oh, thanks for that useful bit of info, marky!

I have been to the graveyard of St Mary's, but it was many years ago

[weste]

My catalogue is older than cati's it's 2001. Also some cemetry reels are divided into conformist and non conformist. I used bilston cem i was looking at one from 1874 onwards and it had addresses on. Also there is some very old stuff on wolvo archives web site.  I.e. some of the older registers. Some churches are pictured as well.

[markyb74]

Thanks Weste, I had found the old records on the archives website. It is a shame they don't digitize more of their stuff (or get a company in to do it)