West Brom Gravestone Switcheroo

[PaulStaffs]

The gravestone of my 3xggm is presently standing against the south perimeter (Heath Lane) wall of West Bromwich cemetery.

She died in 1858, a year before the cemetery was opened, and I believe she was a non-conformist. Can anyone suggest the original burial place or how I might go about finding it? She died in West Bromwich but I'm not sure if there were any burial grounds associated with the various chapels or whether burials were all at Christchurch or All Saints (she is not listed amongst the MI's that I have for those two churches).

TIA

Paul

[dawnsh]

Hi Paul

I know the date is really early but have you tried contacting the cemeteries office suggested here

http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200168/burials_and_cremations/2100/cemeteries_and_crematoria

Dawn

[KGarrad]

Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry has a downloadable PDF of MIs of the Wesleyan Church?

Costs £1.50!

http://www.bmsgh-shop.org.uk//index.php?route=product/search&keyword=West%20Bromwich&category_id=0

[PaulStaffs]

Dawn, thanks for the suggestion... a visit is already pencilled in for some other graves!

KGarrad, thank you... I hadn't spotted that one last time I visited the site - worth a punt for £1.50!

Paul

[PaulStaffs]

No joy with that list of MI's I'm afraid

Note: For anyone considering buying the document, there are no Blackham's listed!

Paul

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
There was a TB hospital next door to the cemetery at Heath Lane which originally had a gate directly between.Not sure when it opened but could she have died there and been buried next door just before it officially opened?
Ciderdrinker
Ps there was also a non- conformist chapel with a burial ground in Sandwell Lane just off the High St on 1830's map..And further up the street at Hill top was St James's opened 1842 and Holy Trinity 1842 towards Birmingham.

[PaulStaffs]

Thanks ciderdrinker - I'm aware of all of those (I used to live in the area myself)

There are several headstones along the wall that have clearly been moved from somewhere...but where? Thinking....

Paul

[DMP]

Hi
I think they moved some head stones from Christ Church
i would phone the archives to see if they have any info 0121 558 2561
This is about the Providence Baptist Chapel in sandwell road
http://www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk/News/Evidence-of-body-snatching-unearthed-in-West-Bromwich-23012013.htm

Donna

[PaulStaffs]

Thanks for the suggestions Donna. I have the MI's for Christchurch and she's not amongst those but of course that doesn't mean she wasn't buried there. That said, her stone is in remarkably good condition so I guess it would have been recorded it it had been at Christchurch.

I came across that link about the Sandwell Road burial ground a couple of weeks ago - fascinating stuff!

Cheers

Paul