Middlesex (St George Hanover Sq) Burial Register - Format?

[laren]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone can help with this one. I've found an entry in the burial register for St George Hanover Square for 1848. All entries seem to be the same:

Date of event
Age at event
Name of person
Address

Then it's a bit different.

Longitude and Latitude (presumably location of burial?)

Then what I thought were two names, but as I'm going back, it might be further location details?

P. S. Foot is repeated often, followed by a name.
P. S.  Head followed by a name?

Sound like references to body parts?

Could this be a shared grave or maybe the grave it is near??

Any assistance gratefully received,
Michelle

[Ruskie]

I think it might be the location of the grave in the churchyard. Sometimes they even refer to other graves eg, "next to the grave of John Smith"

[Guy Etchells]

Without seeing the register or the layout of the graves I would guess that the PS Stone refers to Position Stone  Head and Position Stone Foot.
I.E. Headstones and Footstones many graveyards used to mark graves with both a headstone (which would be engraved with inscriptions) and a small footstone (which would often be engraved with only initials or a name rather than a full inscription).

The reason for this was to ensure a new grave would not be cut through the existing grave.

Cheers
Guy

[laren]

Without seeing the register or the layout of the graves I would guess that the PS Stone refers to Position Stone  Head and Position Stone Foot.
I.E. Headstones and Footstones many graveyards used to mark graves with both a headstone (which would be engraved with inscriptions) and a small footstone (which would often be engraved with only initials or a name rather than a full inscription).

The reason for this was to ensure a new grave would not be cut through the existing grave.

Cheers
Guy

Thanks, Guy. That makes perfect sense.

Cheers,
Michelle

[Bookbox]

Looking at the actual images, the grave locations have eastings and northings, followed by (for example)
2 P. S. Foot <name>
1 P. N. Head <name>

I believe the above would indicate that the graves in question are unmarked but are respectively 2 Paces South of the foot of a named grave, and 1 Pace North of the head of a named grave.

On the few pages that I've looked at, I haven't seen the word Stone at all.

If you can post the name of the person concerned, those with access could perhaps look at the actual entry.

[dawnsh]

Or you can post a small snippet of the image which would be more useful for those who don't have a valid subscription for this dataset but who might have an answer.

[laren]

Thanks everyone. I think I've got the info now. On further investigation, the whole cemetery has been cleared so really only of academic value. But I've learned alot, which I'm sure will come in handy in the future.

Thanks again to all those who responded.

Cheers,
Michelle