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Title: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: P136_XWRO on Saturday 03 August 13 23:46 BST (UK)
Hi, I have quite a few graves I need finding. If anyone can take the pictures of these graves I'd be very grateful.
James Stuttard (d.1927)
Henry Edward Hilditch (d.1931)
Elizabeth Ann Stuttard (d.1940)
Hannah Maria Horrocks (d.1888)
Joseph Cottrell (d.1934)
Irene Cottrell (d.1917)
Robert Parrott (d.1903)
Lily Gibbins (d.1923)
John William Burns (d.1912)
Harriet Edna Lomas (d.1946)
Eric Lomas (d.1924)
Arthur McLay (d.1917)

I was only looking for Henry E Hilditch when I looked and I couldn't find him after a half-hour search.
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 04 August 13 00:04 BST (UK)
Hi

Have you confirmed that there are headstones on these graves otherwise there is nothing to take a photo of.  Also - without a headstone or a plot number it makes it difficult to find a grave
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: P136_XWRO on Sunday 04 August 13 00:09 BST (UK)
I'm only getting the names off the burial registers on Ancestry, and they didn't supply me with any grave references. I know how hard it is trying to find them, don't worry if you aren't up to looking.
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: P136_XWRO on Sunday 04 August 13 00:11 BST (UK)
I know for a fact the Cottrell graves are there as I remember seeing them last time I looked, before I knew they were related to me.
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 04 August 13 00:51 BST (UK)
Hi

Have a look at reply 5 on this website - dated 2009 - which may be of help to you

http://manmates.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=574
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: P136_XWRO on Sunday 04 August 13 01:15 BST (UK)
There's no transcriptions available though, it looks like I'll just have to wait until I go next time.
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 04 August 13 14:33 BST (UK)
Why not register on the site and then post a message asking if the transcriptions were done and where they can be viewed.  They were supposed to be doing them 4yrs ago so they must be somewhere
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: heatherjulie on Sunday 04 August 13 19:41 BST (UK)
Hi
The church burial registers are on www.familysearch.org.uk

For example

Joseph Cottrell April 25th 1934 92 Bank Street aged 56

There is a number at the side of the record 523- could this be the grave number?

It might help with the search

Heather
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: heatherjulie on Sunday 04 August 13 19:47 BST (UK)
Henry Edward Hilditch 25 Devonshire Street, Ardwick  February 12th 1931 aged 61.
1218/1257
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: heatherjulie on Sunday 04 August 13 19:54 BST (UK)
James Stuttard 128 Church Street Bradford 13th January 514A
If you haven't used familysearch registers before

www.familysearch.org
Don't put a name in
click united kingdom
click lancs,chesh,yorks parish registers
browse all images
Lancashire
choose the church you want.

You can save a copy of the register to your computer.

Heather

Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: P136_XWRO on Sunday 04 August 13 22:05 BST (UK)
Thanks for all the info, it's very useful.
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: Lexiebabe on Sunday 15 September 13 22:50 BST (UK)
Hi there,

I live not far from this cemetery, it is really quite overgrown and in a bit of a sorry state for the most part. Most headstones are still standing, but they've not been very well looked after.
Also, it really isn't all that big, it wouldn't take long to wander round and look at all the headstones, definitely less than an hour.
If you have any more information regarding plot numbers etc. i'd be more than happy to have a walk through and see if there is anything to take a picture of for you; I have great grandparents in there too :)

Hope this might help you out a bit
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: Barbara.H on Monday 16 September 13 12:53 BST (UK)
Hi,

There are memorial inscriptions for St Cross by the MLFHS, available on CD. I think these are the ones mentioned on the manmates forum

http://www.genfair.co.uk/product_details.php?pid=36653

I smiled at this response on the ManMates site re collecting the MIs:
" we hope to complete every one in a single weekend"

We said exactly the same thing in 2011 about Manchester General Cemetery! It does take a bit longer than you think...

 :) Barbara
Title: Re: St Cross's Church Ashton New Road, Clayton,m/c. Several graves
Post by: P136_XWRO on Friday 20 September 13 18:13 BST (UK)
Ah, thanks :)