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I am trying to find the burial place of Thomas & Dinah LOVELESS. Thomas died Jan-Mar qtr 1868 aged 77 Bridport. Dinah LOVELACE (LOVELESS) died Jan-Mar qtr 1869 aged 72 Bridport. I just cannot find where they were buried!

Can anyone help please?

Get copy death certs for last address, then look for nearest cemetery

What research have you done so far?

Not all burials or gravestones are listed online.
You may have to contact possible cemeteries and churches directly.

Bridport Cemetery
Address: 11 Gundry Rd, Bothenhampton, Bridport DT6 4SE

From a Google search:
"Bridport Cemetery was opened in 1856 when St Mary's Churchyard was closed to new burials. "

Whilst the Death occurred in the Bridport Registration District, do you actually know that Bridport itself is where they died?

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Mar 1869 (>99%)
Lovelace Dinah 72 Bridport 5a 285

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The 1851and 1861 census shows them in Walditch, a village close to Bridport, which had it's own church.

http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/index.php/our-churches/9-churches/468-walditch -

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1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
East Road, Walditch, Bridport, Dorset, England

Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Loveless Head Married Male 58 1793 Gardener Dorset, England
Dinah Loveless Wife Married Female 54 1797 - Dorset, England

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1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Hyde Corner, Walditch, Bridport, Dorset, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Lowles Head Married Male 68 1793 Gardener Dorset, England
Dinah Lowles Wife Married Female 64 1797 Gardeners Wife Dewlish, Dorset, England

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Bridport RD covered Walditch from 1837-1894
https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/bridport.html

Info on the Church - you may be able to contact them to ask if they have a record of burials or advise where you could get the information from

https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/9237/find-us/

Assuming this list is complete (as it says it is) , it doesn't look as if they are in St Mary's Walditch churchyard - but there's a link to contact the Monumental Inscription Co-ordinator:

http://www.opcdorset.org/WalditchFiles/WalditchMIs.htm

Of course, it may be that they are buried there, but no stone has survived. Still worth contacting the church.

Thank you everyone, appreciated. We are in contact with Bridport council who will be visited next week, weather permitting.