Cemetery and Crematoria Records on microfilm at The Hive

Worcestershire Archaeology and Archive Service

2012

Introduction

The first cemetery in England was opened in Norwich in 1819.

At the beginning of the 19th century, burying the dead was the

responsibility of the Church of England with non-conformist

ministers being forbidden to conduct funerals in the parish

churchyard. While non-conformist communities had been able

to found their own burial grounds since the later 17th century,

there were few of these.

In Worcestershire one of the earliest cemeteries to be opened

was Tallow Hill (1823). There are also a number of records for

non-conformist cemeteries including Brailes, Evesham and

Worcester Society of Friends Burial Grounds.

Modern day interest in cremation started in the 1870s. The first

official cremation took place at Woking in 1885, and the first

municipal crematorium opened in Hull in 1901. The

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service holds

registers of cremation at Worcester from 1960-1988.

Information provided by Cemetery Records

Grave number

Date of burial

Name

Rank/Profession

Street/Parish

Age

Information provided by Crematoria Records

Name, residence and occupation of deceased

Age and gender

Marital status

Date of death

Name of person applying for cremation

Names of persons certifying death

Registration district of death

How ashes are disposed of

Limitations of Cemetery and Crematoria Records

Not all records contain the information listed above

Ways of using Cemetery and Crematoria Records

Family history

Social history

Demographic trends

Using the Handlist

The handlist is an alphabetical list of cemetery and crematoria

records on microfilm located in the self service area. It also

includes records held within microfilm copies of the Bishops

Transcripts. This is indicated in the film number column in the

handlist. (See the handlist for Bishop Transcripts regarding

details of how to access these microfilms)

To find graves on the plan at Astwood Road and St Johns

Cemetery.

Find the grave number using the register of burials

Look up the grave number in the register of graves to find

the names of occupants

Use the plan of graves on the aperture cards to locate the

relevant area in the cemetery (Please note these plans do

not show the exact location of the grave)

Other Sources

Burials can also be found in the Parish Church Registers (See

the handlist for Parish Registers regarding details of how to

access these microfilms)

The National Burial Index is available on CD-ROM in the Self

Service Area.

If you need any further assistance please ask a member of staff.

Contents

Page No

Alcester Cemetery 1

Bengeworth Cemetery 1

Birmingham Bull Street Society of Friends Burial Ground 1

Brailes Society of Friends Burial Ground 2

Bromsgrove Cemetery 3-5

Eatington Society of Friends Burial Ground 6

Evesham Society of Friends burial Ground 6

Great Malvern Cemetery 7

Hagley Cemetery 7

Hartshill Society of Friends Burial Ground Warwickshire 7

Kidderminster Cemetery 8

Leamington Priors Cemetery Warwickshire 9

Lye and Wollescote Burial Ground 9

Newland Burial Ground 10

Pebworth Cemetery 10

Pershore Cemetery 10

Quinton Cemetery 11

Redditch Cemetery 11

Rugby Cemetery Warwickshire 12

Shipston on Stour Society of Friends Burial 12

Stourbridge and Upper Swinford Burial Ground 12

Stratford on Avon Cemetery 13

Upton on Severn Burial ground 13

Worcester Astwood Road Cemetery and Crematorium 14-18

Worcester St John Cemetery 19-22

Worcester Sansome Place Society of Friends Burial ground 23

Worcester Tallow Hill Cemetery 23

Alcester Cemetery Warwickshire

Description Dates Film no

Transcripts of register of burials (loose papers)

Nov 1908 - Dec 1920 Bishops Transcript film 407

Bengeworth Cemetery

Description Dates Film no Transcripts of register of burials

Jul 1857 - Dec1869 Jan1869 - Dec 1906

Bishops Transcript film no 405

Birmingham Bull Street Society of

Friends Burial Ground. West Midlands

Description Dates Film no Transcript of register of burial (1 entry)

1895

Bishops Transcripts film no 407

1

Brailes Society of Friends Burial Ground Warwickshire

Description Dates Film no Transcript of register of burials (1 entry)

1869

Bishops transcripts film no 407

2

Bromsgrove Cemetery

Description Dates Film no Register of Burials 1858-1868 17 do 1868-1875 17 do 1875-1887 17 do 1887-1898 17 do 1898-1911 17 do 1911-1922 17 do 1922-1935 17 do 1935-1947 18 do 1947-1961 18 do 1961-1975 18 do 1975-1984 18 Register of Graves

1 1933-1993 19

Register of Purchased Graves 1933-1989 19 Register of Purchased Graves sects C & D

1956-1983 19

Register of Public Graves sects A & B

1951-1994 19

Register of Private Graves sects A & B

1951-1994 19

Register of Interments sects C & D

1951-1994 19

Scattering of Ashes Register sects K & M

1962-1994 19

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Bromsgrove Cemetery (cont’d)

Description Dates Film no Sections Register. New sections H & L and Exclusive Burial Rights

1972-94 19

Sections Register. New sections L and Exclusive Burial Rights

1987-95 19

Plans of Graves 2 (see also aperture cards)

Sections A - Z 20

Sections H, I & L Perimeter 20

Parts A - D extensions to graveyard

20

Garden of Remembrance kerb numbers and names

20

Sections [A] - L [c.1912] 1-12

Sections A - L 13-28

Sections M - T 29-36

Sections U - Z 37-43

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Bromsgrove Cemetery (cont’d)

Plans of Graves Aperture card no

Sections H, I & L Perimeter 44-53 Parts A-D extensions to graveyard [c1958-60] 54-57 Garden of Remembrance kerb numbers and names

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Bromsgrove Cemetery

notes 1 These show the number and situation of grave or vault,

name and age of person buried, date of interment, fee and number in register of burials etc.

2 Several shots have been taken of each plan. see

Aperture cards for best single shot off each plan.

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Eatington Society of Friends Burial Ground. Warwickshire

Description Dates Film no Transcripts of

register of burials 1805-77 Bishops Transcripts

film no 407

Evesham Society of Friends Burial Ground

Description Dates Film no Transcripts of

register of burials .

1869-1887 Bishops Transcripts film no 407

Evesham Society of Friends Burial Ground

Note

There is a transcript of the inscriptions of the Waterside Cemetery Evesham in a volume of monumental inscriptions entitled Bengeworth, Evesham & Hampton

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Great Malvern Cemetery

Description dates Film no Transcripts of register of burials

Nov 1861 – Dec 1942

Bishops Transcripts film no 407

Note

For other cemetery records contact: Great Malvern Town Council

Hagley Cemetery

Description Dates Film no Register of Graves 1908-1994 19

Hartshill Society of Friends Burial Ground. Warwickshire

Description Dated Film no Transcripts of register of burials (1 entry)

1895 Bishops Transcripts film no 407

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Kidderminster Cemetery

Description Dates & Numbers

Film no

Index to Register of Burials

1878-1962 24

do 1940-1993 25 Register of Burials 13559-16830 25 do 15201-20302 26 do 18567-23718 27 do 23719-28500 28 do 27001-30000 29 Register of Graves volumes 1-7

consecrated portion 30

do volumes 8-10 consecrated portion

31

do Children's graves 31 do unconsecrated portion 31 do unconsecrated portion

(R.C.) 31

Register of Graves 1865-1892 (3313) 32 do 1892-1913

(3314)-(8366) 33

do 1913-1927 (8367)-(13558)

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Transcripts of Register of Burials

Jun 1878 - Dec 1885 Bishops Transcript Film

406

See note over page

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Kidderminster Cemetery Note

A plan of the new cemetery, dated July, 1876, is available in original format at Ref. No. 899:310/BA 10470/273. Please ask staff for details.

Leamington Priors Cemetery

Warwickshire

Description Dates Film no Transcripts of Register of Burials Transcripts of Register of Burials Transcripts of Register of Burials

Oct 1868 - Jun 1880 Jun 1880 - Aug 1887 Aug 1887 - Jan 1894

Bishops Transcripts film no 404 Bishops Transcripts film no 404 & 405 Bishops Transcripts film no 405

Lye and Wollescote Burial Ground

Description Dates Film no Register of Burials 1904 14

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Newland Burial Ground

Description Dates Film no Burial Ground

Register with plan

1863 - 1919 Newlands Parish Register

film no 195/2

Pebworth Cemetery

Description Dates Film no Register of Burials [1894]-1978 Bishops Transcripts

film no 405

Pershore Cemetery

Description Dates Film no Transcripts of

register of burials Nov 1875-Dec1883 Bishops Transcripts

film no 405

Note

For Pershore Cemetery, we also have several documents available in original format only. These are:

1. Plan, [1900]: s260.32:1 BA 2385/2 2. Plan of extension, 1906: r260.32:1 BA 2385/3 3. Registers of graves, 1865-1942: b260.32:1 BA 2385/8

Please ask staff for details.

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Quinton Cemetery Warwickshire

Description Dates Film no Transcripts of

register of burials

The transcripts cover the non-conformist portion of the cemetery only.

Jan 1891-Dec 1903 Bishops Transcripts film no 407

Redditch Cemetery (Plymouth Road)

Description Dates Film no Register of Burials 1855 - 1921 35 Register of Burials 1921 - 1996 36 Register of Burials 1855 - 1950 37

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Rugby Cemetery Warwickshire

Description Dates Film no

Transcripts of register of burials

Nov 1863-Dec 1893

Bishops

Transcripts film no 407

Shipston on Stour Society of Friends Burial

Ground. Warwickshire

Description Dates Film no

Transcripts of register of burials

Transcripts of

register of burials

1865-1869 1879

Bishops Transcripts

film no 407

do

Stourbridge and Upper Swinford Burial Ground

Description Dates Film no

Register of Burials

Transcripts of register of burials

1879 - 1910

Feb 1879-Mar 1887

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Bishops Transcripts film no 406

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Stratford on Avon Cemetery Warwickshire

Description Dates Film no Transcripts of

Register of burials Oct 1881-Sep 1896 Bishops Transcripts

Film no 404

Upton on Severn Burial Ground

Description Dates Film no Register of Burials 1866-1905 22 Register of Burials 1905-1930 23 Register of Burials 1930-1956 23 Register of Burials 1956-1971 23 Register of Burials 1971-1979 23 Register of Burials 1979-1996 23

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Worcester Astwood Road Cemetery and Crematorium

Description Dates Film no Register of Burials

do do do do do do do

Register of graves2

do do

1858-1876 1876-1889 1889-1902 1902-1918 1918-1935

1935-19521

1952-1977 1977-1989

1-12000 12001-24000 24001-37866

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11

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Worcester Astwood Road Cemetery and Crematorium (cont’d)

Plan of Graves by Grave Number

Grave no Aperture Card no. 1 - 107A 53-55

108 - 143 50-52 147 - 220 53-55 221 - 224 47-49 227 - 273 50-52 277 - 352A 53-55 353 - 356 47-49 359 - 405 50-52 409 - 487 53-55 488 - 491 47-49 494 - 540 50-52 625 - 628 47-49 631 - 653A 50-52 749 - 828 47-49 850 - 866 50-52 847 - 1086 53-55 [ - ] - 1180s 3-5

1090 - 1188 62-64 1189 - 2415 3-5 1277 - 2248 9-10 1852 - 19934 44-46 2287 - 2344 17-19 2345 - 2415 20-22 2416 - 3920 11-13 3921 - 5264 14-16 52[-] - 7099 17-19

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Worcester Astwood Road Cemetery and Crematorium (Cont’d)

Grave no Aperture card no 5276 - 5322 43-43 5323 - 5450 44-46 5451 - 5452 6-8 7100 - 8013 20-22 8014 - 8[9]16 23-25 8917 - 998[-] 26-28 9865 - 9987 65-67 9988 - 11564 29-31

11565 - 12515 32-34

12516 - 13656 35-37

13657 - 154[48] 38-40

15489 - 18521 41-43

15763 - 16876 47-49

19936 - 22985 47-49

22986 - 24472A 50-52

24473 - 26867 53-55

26868 - 29047 56-58

29048 - 30951 59-61

30952 - 33380 62-64

33381 - 34359 65-67

34360 - 35557 68-70

33558 - 36050 71-75

36051 - 36694 76

36695 - 38266 77

37047 - 37866

78 79

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Worcester Astwood Road Cemetery and Crematorium (cont'd)

Plan of Graves

3

Dates Aperture card no

General Plan General Plan

1909 1988

1 2

Notes

1. This includes a register of service burials 1940-1948. 2. This shows the number of and situation of the grave or

vault, name and date of interment and number in register of burials.

3. These show grave numbers and some names. 4. The plan shows the grave numbers, but many of the

numbers are out of sequence.

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Worcester Astwood Road Cemetery and Crematorium (cont'd)

Registers of Cremation Film no 1 - 5000 1960-67 5001- 9990 1967-71 9991- 15000 1971-74 15000 – 20050 1974-78 29951 – 25050 1978-81 25051 – 30060 1981-84 30061 – 35060 1984-86 35061 – 37560 1986-88

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Crematorium

Notes The registers give date of cremation, name, sex, age, marital status, residence, occupation and date of death. Also name of person applying for cremation, where the death was registered and how the ashes were disposed of. Any queries contact The Manager at Astwood Cemetery

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WORCESTER ST JOHN'S CEMETERY

Description

Date Film no

Register of burials

Register of graves

1893 – 1989 1

1-7558

12

13

Plan of graves by aperture card no.

Grave Numbers Aperture card no

1-394, 1612-204[-], 2526-2649 80-81 395-848, 959-1355, 1443-1611 82-83 849-958, 1356-144[-], 3004-375[-] 84-85 2046-2285, 2374-2525, 2650-3003A 86-87 3753-4247, 4401-4733 88-89 4734-5850 (some numbers deleted) 90-91 6699-7137 92-94 7138-7565A extension 95

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Worcester St John's Cemetery (cont’d)

Plan of graves by grave number Some of the numbers are missing

Grave Nos Aperture Card Nos

1 - 394 80-81 395 - 848 82-83 849 - 958 84-85 959 - 1355 82-83

1356 - 144[-] 84-85 1443 - 1611 82-83 1612 - 204[-] 80-81 2046 - 2285 86-87 2374 - 2525 86-87 2526 - 2649 80-81 2650 - 3003A 86-87 3753 - 4247 88-89 4401 - 4733 89-89 4734 - 5850

2 90-91

6699 - 7137 92-94 7138 - 7565A

extension 95

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St John’s Cemetery (also called Western Cemetery)

NOTES 1. Includes a register of service burials 1939-1947. 2. Some numbers have been deleted

The following notes should be used in conjunction with the aperture cards and the annotated aerial photo of the cemetery. Main Drive is an extension of McIntyre Road. The Lich Gate, now removed was originally positioned in the middle. For convenience it has been assumed that McIntyre Road is aligned east – west. Near and Far are used to denote distance from the Lich Gate.

There are eight main divisions: The plot numbers are generally read like a page, i.e. left to right and continued on the line below. The top of each page is usually north; therefore the numbers increase towards the south west. Additional plots that have been inserted have been prefixed with ‘a’.

Aperture cards 80 – 81 This is the far north west division. This is the first area to be used.

Aperture cards 82 – 83 This is the near north west division (The curved paths are difficult to trace.)

Aperture cards 84 – 85 This is the south west division adjacent to the railway line.

Aperture cards 86 – 87 This is the near south east division.

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Aperture cards 88 – 89 This is the near north east division.

Aperture cards 90 – 91 This is the far north east division.

Aperture cards 92 – 94 This is the far south east division adjacent to car park.

Aperture card 95 This is the very far north eastern division.

The Manager at Astwood Cemetery, should be consulted regarding any queries.

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Worcester Sansome place Society of Friends

Burial grounds

Description Dates Film no Transcript of register of burials

1865 - 1896

Bishops transcripts no 407

Worcester Tallow Hill Cemetery

Description Dates Film no Register of burials

1823 - 1895 16

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