Warton Lancaster St Oswald's Churchyard

[rosie99]

I agree that Lancs OPC is brilliant but they do not do memorial inscriptions.  I have a few parishes on fiche but sadly not this one and certainly no photos. Have you tried findagrave for that parish.

[towthorpe32]

Hi Rosie

To be fair, LAN-OPC is created from parish registers so no memorial inscriptions. I'm trying to create a FAG memorial for every entry in LAN_OPC for my family. I check the photos they said they had at LFHHS and there was only one not on FAG so I'm not worried about that. I like building famiy relations in FAG
M

[Pennines]

On the face of it - St Oswalds at Warton is included on the website;

Gravestone Photographic Resource;

https://www.gravestonephotos.com/search/cemetery.php?cemetery=&location=warton&county=lancashire&search=Cemetery

However I think you may need to search it by name to see the gravestone. It's free to obtain a 'proper' image as far as I can remember.

Certainly I have found gravestones for different locations on there and all the organiser wants is a note of 'thank you'.
That's a while ago though.

[towthorpe32]

Hi Pennines

Thanks for reminding me of this site - must be 10 years since I looked at it and I've found some interesting stuff on it, including a relative who's mentioned on two gravestones!

Regards
M

[Pennines]

Oh Towthorpe - I could not be more pleased. Like you - it's ages since I've used it and was thrilled when I found St Oswald's, Warton on there.

There are huge cemeteries on it as well.

Thank you for your message.

[towthorpe32]

Hi all - hope it's okay to keep this thread going...!!  Here's one burial entry for St Os that I cannot find any birth/death/census entries for....from the glorious LAN-OPC:

Burial: 13 Jun 1857 St Oswald, Warton Nr Lancaster, Lancashire
Richard Cock -
    Age: 8
    Abode: Carnforth
    Buried By: Thomas Dean, Vicar
    Register: Burials 1813 - 1863, Page 181, Entry 1441
    Source: Film 1849663

Many thanks
Martin

[Pennines]

I am wondering if it's a mistranscription of the surname 'Cook' - but having said that - I can find a couple in Cumberland in 1851 of the correct age - but checking those parents in 1861 - they are not in Carnforth.

So this message is of no help whatsoever (sorry) -- but I have searched, sadly to no avail.

[towthorpe32]

Thanks Pennines - I am a Cock as it were and I've seen lots of sources where Cock is transcribed as Cook but it's reassuring to hear you are alos struggling

Cheers
M