Burial Records Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire 1884 to 1911

[Thief2]

Just an update on the records that Jomot / David provided.

I visited the Leicestershire Records Office yesterday and found the burial details of a possible relative.

The record was found in Volume DE3058/78 as Jomot suggested.

Unfortunately, the name was only listed as AINGE with no christian name.

The date and location are exact though and show a burial at that church in May of 1884.

No further records found for AINGE though
The search continues ....

[Thief2]

Final update here.

I have now traced the final location ( burial ) of Jane Ainge d.1884.

She was originally buried in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel graveyard on Sage Cross street.

This church was demolished some time after and the land sold to a well known supermarket chain.

The graves were exhumed and interned again in the Thorpe Road cemetery in 1987 in a grave with 11 soles.

Jane is one of them.

Still no signs of Alban though ( Jane's husband d.1911).

[nogbat1]

Hi,
     I live in Melton and remember the gravestones which were behind the old Sage Cross Methodist Church. I'm not sure what happened to the stones when the burials were removed, my dad would have known as he was on the Church committee at that time.
                                                                                           Pete.

[Thief2]

Thanks Pete.

I can ask that question of our local council and see if they know what happened to them.

They have the records of the relocation and may have some answers.

There is a single gravestone at the 11 burials on Thorpe Road , but it has deteriorated so much, that it is unreadable.

One step forward and two back!

[nogbat1]

There's a picture of the stone dedicated to the 11 who were reburied on the fb page Memories of Melton Mowbray.
In the library they have old Melton Times papers on microfilm, so maybe you could check the November 1987 issues to see if anything is mentioned.

                                   Good luck,
                                      Pete.