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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Essex => Topic started by: moscan on Thursday 08 April 04 01:31 BST (UK)
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I wonder if anyone out there would know of an address I could write to to find a burial in the Ilford area. My grand mother died in 1943 and I would like to find out where she is interred or if she was cremated.. any help would be gratefully received
Thanks
MO
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Hi Mo,
you could try:
London Borough of Redbridge
Town Hall
PO Box 2
Ilford IG1 1DD
Telephone: 020 8554 5000
theres more info on the website:
http://www.redbridge.gov.uk
customer care email: customer.cc@redbridge.gov.uk
they note "If you wish to trace a grave in Redbridge, genealogy searches can be undertaken by our cemetery staff for an hourly fee"
??? hopefully that wont be the case.
jaq
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Hi Mo,
Further to jaq's posting I thought maybe this way might turn out to be free. It if from the EoLFHS.
http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/eolcem07.htm
Happy Hunting, Frances
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Thank you both so very much for the assist... I appreciate it all.
Mo
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The "Mother Church of Ilford" is St Mary The Virgin, Great Ilford, which is in the High Street. Despite being in the High Street St Mary's still has a burial ground and next to that is an extensive graveyard run by the local Council. If your grandmother had a headstone, if she was buried there, it could well still be there. I am a bit confused about Ilford as it is covered by the London Borough of Redbridge, but is officially in Essex, as witness the post codes IG1 etc. So it might also be worth checking with Essex Records Centre or the Local History Library to see who's got copies of the burial records.
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Thank you so much for that info... I will investigate that further
Best Wishes
Mo
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Hi Mo,
This is the information to enable you to follow the Buckingham Road Cemetery search, as it is now called. If you do not have any luck with this one there are many more cemeteries in the area. All the Best, Frances
Barkingside Cemetery
Longwood Gardens
Barkingside
Ilford
Essex
IG5 0ET
Tel: 0181 478 9479
Fax: 0181 550 9904
First burial: 1 February 1923
Barkingside Garden of Rest
Longwood Gardens
Barkingside
Ilford
Essex
IG5 0ET
Tel: 0181 478 9479
Fax: 0181 550 9904
First interment: 8 October 1954
Buckingham Road Cemetery (formerly Great Ilford Cemetery)
Buckingham Road
Ilford
Essex
First burial: 4 September 1881
Roding Lane Cemetery
Roding Lane North
Woodford Bridge
Essex
First burial: 17 September 1940
All registers for London Borough of Redbridge held at Barkingside Cemetery, Longwood Gardens.
No personal searches. No charge at present.
Written requests should include name of deceased, month and year of burial.
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Thanks Frances for those addresses... I really appreciate your help...
and will post the results if any lol...
;D
Best wishes
Mo
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Hi, If you have not found where you were looking for yet, the City of London Crem. is just 10 minutes from Ilford at Manor Park.
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Thanks to all that helped, I actually only got the grave number the other day, she was buried in the Buckingham road graveyard, but don't know if there is a headstone there. one day I will get over to UK and will be able to go and check it out...
Best wishes
Mo
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Hello Mo
My brother is buried in the Buckingham Road Cemetary, and I hope to visit there in the next couple of months. If you like I could have a look for your grandmother's grave to see if there is a headstone, if you'd care to give me the grave number.
Regards
Audrey
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Hello Audrey,
Thank you so much for your kind offer, I really appreciate it the number is
Grave No.6240
thanks again
Mo
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Hello again, Mo
I will see what I can do, and let you know. If I remember I'll take my camera and try to get a half-decent picture for you. Or even a decent one!
Regards
Audrey
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Hi Mo and Schumi
I work in Ilford - if either of you want me to look for the graves for you, I'm happy to - although it sounds as though you might want to visit for yourself, Schumi, and if you're in no hurry Mo, you might prefer to wait.
JB
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Hi JB
I'm coming to Ilford next week, probably on the 31st. My brother died when he was a baby, back in 1944, and I've never been to the grave, so two birds with one stone. I'll have a quick look for Mo's while I'm there, if I have time, but she may like someone to have a more thorough search. Thanks for the offer anyway.
I left Ilford in 1959, and haven't been back since about 1972, so it has probably changed out of all recognition since then.
Regards
Audrey
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Audrey,
If you haven't been since 1972, I'd definitely say be prepared for a surprise!
If you do decide that you want any help, just let me know
JB
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Hello again Mo
I went to the cemetery yesterday as promised, and saw the two graves. Your grandmother's doesn't have a headstone unfortunately, just a small stone vase or urn which has got broken in half over the years. I took the liberty of putting a bunch of flowers on it, as well as on my brother's.
It's quite a large cemetery, so it was a good job the church warden had looked everything up and marked the graves for me. He's even given me the map he'd printed of the places marked off, and one of his assistants went round with me. All very helpful - they even gave me a cup of coffee and some biscuits beforehand! Hope this has been of some help. I did try getting a couple of photos but the camers was playing up, so I'm not sure if they came out or not. If they did I'll send you them.
Regards
Audrey
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Hello Audrey
Oh how kind of you to put some flowers on the grave... it is really appreciated... ah well never mind about the headstone... maybe one day I will be able to put some sort of marker on the grave... she deserves that much...
how kind of the staff there to give you a cuppa...
as for photos if they came out well that would be great but if not its no problem I am just so grateful for the time you put in... will light a candle for your brother and my gran tomorrow up in the church
Thanks again
Mo
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Hello Mo
Glad I could be of assistance.
If you are lighting a candle for your Gran and my brother it sounds as if you are a Catholic lady. If so you must be feeling very sad today, with the Pope so ill. Although I am not particularly religious you and all other Catholics have my sympathy. He did a great deal to help bring religions together and the Church will be the poorer without him. Let's hope his successor is as popular.
Regards
Audrey
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Hello Mo
Glad I could be of help.
If you are lighting a candle for your Gran and my brother you sound as if you are a Catholic lady. You must be feeling very sad today, with the Pope so ill. Although I don't share your faith you and all other Catholics have my sympathy. He did a great deal to towards getting religions together, and the Church will be poorer without him Let's hope that his successor will be as popular.
Regards
Audrey
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Yes Audrey I am Catholic, my father became one when Mum and him got married, I am not a in your face Catholic I tend to regard myself as a Christian who happens to have been baptised a catholic.
Yesterday we lost a pope who seemed to unite many religions throughout the world... he was a good living man... I did not agree with all his more conservative messages for the Catholic church but I do feel the world has lost someone that tried to bring a message of peace for the world and therefore that is a dreadful loss.
May his soul be at peace now as he suffered so much... and like you I pray that his successor will be as honest and peaceloving as John Paul 2..
again thanks for all you did
Mo