West Orchard Chapel headstones Coventry LU Please

[suedougherty67]

Is there anyone willing to do a headstone lookup for me. I would love to get dates and photos of headstones for the warden family. they are :
charlotte, john, mary ann, rebecca ,william. west orchard chapel hill st. coventry warwick england. thank you. sue

[julieproctor61]

hi sue,
i live a few miles outside of coventry.

i honesty don't think you will find any headstones, the chapel was bombed  in world war II, there is a plaque in west orchards shopping centre placed on the exact site of the chapel.  see link http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/image_galleries/west_orchard_windows_gallery.shtml?2

Hill street partly exists but has substantially been reduced due to a ringroad circling the town centre.  see link - it shows  hill street and the west orchards area as it is today. click the satelite button to get the best view.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=hill+street+coventry&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl


you might also be interested in this link it has loads of pictures old and new of coventry

http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/

julie

[suedougherty67]

Is there away i cant get the dates and relationships of them from the records. or were they detroyed too? if so do you know were i can find them?

[suedougherty67]

Sorry, forgot to ask. what about london road cem.coventry. i have family there too. richard thomas stilwell 1825-1895, ellen carroll-stilwell 1829-1882. do you think they may have survived?

[julieproctor61]

hi
try coventry family history society, they have loads of stuff for sale and info about where to find records.  i think coventry archives might hold the records.  cov fhs also sell a map of london road cemetery, its huge, you might be able to locate the positon of the stillwell graves.

http://www.covfhs.org/

if and when i finally get to coventry records office i need to go as i'm stuck with one branch of my tree and need to look at parish registers i'll bear you in mind and if i get a chance i'll try and look for info for you.

on cov fhs homepage if you click members interests and enter surnames interested in you might be lucky and get a member interested in same family.
julie

[suedougherty67]

Thank you for ALL your help . i will try the web page you sent. best luck with your search of your family.sue

[cov2811]

Here is the grvae information for London Road
Richard Thomas Stilwell 14 Feb 1895
Ellen Stilwell 4 Arpil 1882
Square 129 Grave 163

If you give the cemetry a call I am sure they will be able to tell you if a headstone is still in place

[cov2811]

Coventry Local studies hold information on West Orchard Chapel they are in Coventry Libary in the town center