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Offline Johnsonsyard

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Burial when poor.
« on: Tuesday 30 April 24 09:10 BST (UK) »
Hi hope someone can help. My 5x Grt Grandfathers dearh recorded  as
Stephen Hardy Allerston Yorkshire , Shepherd , poor 1st April 1782.
Where would his grave be. I assume no gravestone, just wondered what happened if youl were poor. Thanks.

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Re: Burial when poor.
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 30 April 24 10:00 BST (UK) »
Usually in the Parish Churchyard in an unmarked grave, often  a communal grave for the poor.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Burial when poor.
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 30 April 24 10:37 BST (UK) »
Many churchyards have Burial Indexes that quote a grave reference.
Often worth seeking out.
Try local Family History Society or local Archive.
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)
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