Burial at York St Michael Spurriergate

[heathers]

Can anyone check out a burial on 28 Jan 1793  at St Michael Spurriergate, York.
The name is Margaret Fryer  and according to the NBI she was 67.
As this is during the period of Dade Registers I hope there may be a bit more  information available.

Sue

[The Mc]

A photo of the grave here with 4 family members......


http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?available=yes&fullname=Margaret Fryer&grave=232345&personid=488147&db=232345

Note that the church is on a city centre street corner that has no graveyard.....

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/PhotoFrames/ARY/YorkStMichaelSpurriergate_1.html

[Treetotal]

How interesting....nice one 
Carol

[diana43]

This may be IN the church. I will look when I return to York in a couple of weeks.

[The Mc]

This may be IN the church. I will look when I return to York in a couple of weeks.

Bear in mind that it is no longer in use as a church, it is now the Spurriergate restaurant and shop, there are tables, carpets, chairs etc all over the place.

[heathers]

Thanks for the link to the photograph. The husband's name seems correct;  but I wonder if he had been marriage before.

If the church had no graveyard would burials have been below the church in vaults ?  The Margaret Fryer I am looking for had been married before and her first husband Amos Horseman was also buried at St Michael Spurriergate.

Sue

[heathers]

I sent for an enhanced picture - the stone is definately in the floor.

A check of the register would still be very helpful if anyone has access to them

Sue

[PFG]

The linked page suggests that the St Michael Spurriergate once had a churchyard, although, as other posters have said, it's landlocked now in the middle of the shopping area.  York City Council may be able to help.

http://www.york.gov.uk/environment/Parks_and_open_spaces/churchyards/

[diana43]

I went into the church yesterday and presume your photo is of Margaret & James Fryer, their 12 year old daughter, and the
son who 'lived respected and died universally lamented'. Francis Drake the York historian says the church yard was built over in 1736. However there is a very small part left which has railings and a locked gate. Within this are about 6 standing gravestones and a table tomb.
Having read medieval history at the university 40 years ago I am quite sure the church registers will exist. However the place I used to study them is now used for something else. If you can establish their wherabouts which I expect to be in York I can go and look for you.
Diana Davies