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Westmorland Lookup Requests / Re: Burials in the Arnside area
« on: Thursday 06 March 25 17:44 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Martin,
I have the Cumbria Family History Society booklet on the MIs at Arnside and Beetham.  If, like me, you have lots of relatives buried there, it would be worth buying one (about £10 I think)'
Yes, they are both in Arnside cemetery - if you count from the gateway on Silverdale Road they are roughly in the middle of Row 19.  Inscription reads
In loving memory of Elizabeth Dennison Wilson died 22nd Sept. 1963 aged 87 years.  And James Davis Wilson died 7th Jan. 1970 aged 93 years.

Regards
Ian

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Lancashire / Re: Warton Lancaster St Oswald's Churchyard
« on: Monday 27 January 25 08:51 GMT (UK)  »
I don't know this link, but if you are interested in the MIs at Warton St. Oswald, I can tell you that the Lancaster & District Family History Group have published a  complete survey of the MIS there (as they have most of north Lancs).  Available from them for about £10.  If like me you have many relatives buried there it would be worth buying a copy.
Happy hunting
Ian

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Lancashire / Re: R B Lees Coaching Inn
« on: Tuesday 06 August 24 18:05 BST (UK)  »
Hi - the date 1907 is the date of the postmark, so the photo was taken any time in the few years before that.
Ian

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Lancashire / Re: R B Lees Coaching Inn
« on: Saturday 03 August 24 12:49 BST (UK)  »
I have a postcard of the Black Bull at Bolton le Sands (postmarked 1907).  it says very clearly who the landlord was at that time - and it was not R B Lees.
Ian

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Lancashire / Re: PARKINSON of Lancaster. Bleasdale and Chipping
« on: Thursday 02 November 23 08:41 GMT (UK)  »
Just as a matter of detail - Cecil Parkinson wasn't actually born in Carnforth, but in Lancaster Royal Infirmary (first words of his autobiography - I only read the Carnforth chapters which I felt gave a fair picture of the town in the 1930s and 1940s).  I researched his tree and found that his family had moved to Carnforth in the later 19th century (like many of my ancestors and relatives).  Cecil descends ultimately from Robert Parkinson, born Thurnham 1789 and baptized at Cockerham 3 May 1789, son of John Parkinson.  So far I have not discovered that I am related to him, but I found that we have relatives in common through several Carnforth / Warton marriages.
Ian

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Lancashire / Re: PARKINSON of Lancaster. Bleasdale and Chipping
« on: Monday 30 October 23 18:37 GMT (UK)  »
My grandparents lived in the same Carnforth street as Cecil's family, so I did once look at his ancestry and found that he descends from the Cockerham Parkinsons (via a Parkinson who lived in Levens and then Carnforth).  My Parkinsons are also from Cockerham / Ellel but there was no immediate connection to Cecil as far as I could see.  Parkinson is a common name in north west Lancs - yes, I know that's no help.  Part of the challenge!
Ian

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Lancashire / Re: Garstang, St Helen’s MIs
« on: Thursday 20 April 23 18:21 BST (UK)  »
The Lancaster & District Family History Group have recorded the MIs and published a booklet.  Their website gives a list of publications with an order form.  You will need to order St. Helen's Churchtown (the historical name for St. Helen's Garstang).
I have bought several of their booklets (they have now covered many churchyards and cemeteries in north Lancashire) and have found them very useful.
Ian

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Lancashire / Re: Morecambe Methodist 1901 burial
« on: Friday 31 March 23 18:11 BST (UK)  »
following on from my earlier email re the MI. --the cemetery you want is actually next to Holy Trinity Church, the old Parish Church for Morecambe (but not the church graveyard - it's a separate area next to it).  It's also not far from the police station  (the one which appears in the current detective programme "The Bay" on television).   If this helps, the entrance to the cemetery is at the end of Church Street, just at the point where the metalled road becomes the back street for Hornby Terrace.
Have a look on streetview and you can see this clearly.
Ian
 

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Lancashire / Re: Morecambe Methodist 1901 burial
« on: Saturday 11 March 23 21:37 GMT (UK)  »
There is a booklet for the MIs of "Morecambe Municipal Cemetery" - this is the cemetery just off Hornby Terrace - published by the Lancaster & District Family History Group (which you can buy from them - see their website).  I have several relatives buried there, so it was worthwhile buying a copy. 
Yes, there is an MI for Henry Marshall and the following people are mentioned on it:
1)  Henry Marshall died July 2nd [sic] 1901 aged 68
2)  Eliza his wife died June 12th 1903 aged 72
3)  Evelyn, daughter of J.W. & Eva Marshall and grand-daughter of the above, died Feb 21st 1899 aged 6 months
4)  Clara, daughter of the above H. & E. Marshall died July 14th 1930 aged 68.

no other people called Marshall with an MI in that cemetery.
Ian

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