Genealogy Chat

thanks for everyones help, I think i need to be a bit more proactive and not be afraid of banging on peoples doors

I must be very lucky. High Peak Borough Council is in charge of a very large cemetery at Glossop and Macclesfield Council in charge of a slightly smaller one and have a detailed plan of each "block" - there are dozens of blocks at Glossop - with every block with a reference number and every grave number shown. The kind and efficient people in charge will send me a copy of the relevant block with my plot highlighted.

I have sometimes had to pay (a relatively small amount for the value to me) and sometimes sent a donation to a local charity instead.

It can be a little difficult to find the actual grave where there is no headstone and the graveyard area is now all grass, but a little counting of rows and columns usually works. Also probably impossible to find a very old common grave location, even with the number.

Once I was on holiday in Devon and had a mind to look up my great-aunt's grave. The staff at Newton Abbott couldn't have been more helpful, even told me who purchased the grave and for how much.

Somebody must have records of grave numbers for various reasons, e.g. to know who is responsible for the safety of a headstone, which graves are "lapsed" (i.e. no further burials can take place without a further payment for the right to the grave), and, sad to say, where to locate a body for exhumation if it ever should be needed.

I know that churchyards were perhaps less meticulous in their record-keeping but municipal yards are much newer and are responsible to the public.

Hope you are as lucky as I have been.

Margaret

armley is very big....otley is sort of medium sized- I'll call the numbers and let you know how I go on
cheers
ang

oh thats a good idea, never thought of that, i know him too! thanks

thanks for all help
ive been to otley quite a lot and walked round and round looking at the graves, but i dont think ive noticed an office so how would i go about finding the book to look in?
ang

I am truly stunned. I deal regularly with three graveyards, two municipal and one a churchyard, and they provide me with maps and locations with no problem. After all, it is only right that if a relative wants to visit a grave that they are able to tell them where is it.

Regards

Margaret

thanks netty will try that, ive been on all sorts of sites and ebay!

Hi ang, i would give them a call, sometimes they are really helpful. I've obtained a few Cemetery plans this way, if they have any that is.


Armley Cemetery
Oldfield Lane Leeds LS12 4EX
Tel: 0113 2673188

Otley Cemetery
Poole Road Leeds LS21 1HE
Tel: 0113-267 3188

does anybody know how to get hold of cemetery plans. i know where my relatives are buried and also know grave numbers but when I have visted them its like a needle in a haystack without a plan. I emailed the council but they say they dont have plans with grave numbers. the cemeteries Im looking for are Armley and otley in leeds
thanks