Canwick Road Cemetery - Lincoln

[GeoffE]

is this part of the old or new cemetery? Just to give me an idea of where to start as I will be looking for graves for the years 1864,1874,1894,1898 & 1905.

Luckily, the names of the cemeteries are given on my 1960s Lincoln street plan, otherwise I'd have had no idea!

Referring to the link I posted earlier which shows the three cemeteries-

The one on the left with the long E-W path and the many curves is Canwick Rd Old
(then it's the football pitches - the Cow Paddle)
The cemetery with the A, B, C etc blocks is Canwick Rd New
The final one, next to the Crem is St Swithins.

Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Lincoln/#Cemeteries says-

"The Lincoln Burial Board was formed in 1854-5 for the nine parishes of St. Benedict, St. Botolph, St. Mark, St. Martin, St. Mary-le-Wigford, St. Michael, St. Paul, St. Peter at Arches and St. Peter at Gowts. They opened the Canwick Road Cemetery in the summer of 1856. Two funeral chapels were built and a portion of the cemetery set aside for Catholic burials. Canwick Road Cemetary is south of Lincoln and is situated off the Washingborough Road."

I would expect most - perhaps all - of yours to be in the old cemetery.  You will see from the aerial photo that most of it seems to be devoid of gravestones.

[sallyduk]

Hi Geoff

Thanks for clarifying the Cemeteries for me - I can see from the map where you mean.

I now have received the fiche and have plot numbers (LFHS) which I gather don't tie up to the cemetery plot numbers?  Must admit I was slightly disappointed as I expected these MI's to quote what was written on the graves but they just give name, age, date of burial and plot number!!

If anyone knows the roughly the whereabouts of LFHS plot numbers A861, A117 & C585 it would be a great help 

Thanks again for all your help.

Regards
Sally 

[Eilleen]

  Going by the live map that Geof put a link to.
the old cemetery is on the left .
the picture I took was in this cemetery.
 right in the corner as you turn onto Washingborough road.

if that makes sense 

  but some of my family in B plots were in the second cemetery 

   Eilleen.   just back from work, so may not be fully functional 

[Patricia jackson]

Hi there, a few years ago I was looking for my grandfather's grave in the St Swithins part,  I found an address and phone no which proved extremely useful. the address is  - Crematorium and Cemetaries general enquiries, Washingborough Road, Lincoln, sorry I do not have a post code, Tel 873646. The person I spoke to was extremely helpful and efficient and gave me directions to the grave  and the plot no and there was no mention of a  payment,  he was more tham  happy to help.  Hope this will help.

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

If you check the details you have from the FHS for the following chap (old cemetery)  he should have a reference number.

George Chambers, aged 58, died 1901.

The cemetery register records the plot as Plot B794 but the reference from the FHS Monumental inscriptions are different.

I have some credits left for familyhistoryonline, if you want me to have a look i can see if there are any results from the cemetery registers for you.

Just send a message (with a couple of names/approx dates) if you want me to have a look.

[sallyduk]

Pejay - Thanks, I will try phoning & hope I'm as lucky as you were 


Glen in Tinsel Kni -

Thanks very much for your kind offer but I have looked at familyhistoryonline and the Plot No's on that site are the same as the ones I have from the LFHS Microfiche    - does this mean I do have the right Plot No's?

Sally

ps.   

Pejay, I have now phoned and waiting for them to phone back with details of the plot numbers ;-)

Glen in Tinsel Kni, I checked my fiche for your George Chambers and it has Plot No. B794 which is the same as the one you have from the Cemetery Register    I'm confused now 

[Patricia jackson]

Hi there, yes hope you will be lucky. Cemetary register records are the ones you need - you will get the correct plot no, also family history online are very good  with plot no's too 

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

It looks like the details you have are from the cemetery register and not the monumental inscriptions

If you check the details for George Graby or Eliza Graby they should have an adjacent plot number, this would be the number from the cemetery register so all the plot numbers you have would be the same as used in the cemetery.

[sallyduk]

I think you're right....

I have found a George Graby buried in 1896 ( Plot B793) but can only see an Eliza who was buried in 1888 at Plot C1882.

My mistake, I thought I had ordered MI's but maybe there aren't any for such a large cemetery?

Thanks again for your help.

Regards
Sally