Plan of churchyard burial plots for St Thomas a Beckett Chapel-En-Le-Frith

[Danielle98]

Does anyone know if a plan exists showing the burial plots of the churchyard of St Thomas a Beckett church in Chapel-En-Le-Frith, Derbyshire.

I'm looking for the burial plot where a little girl called Judith Barratt was buried in 1942. I'm doing this research on behalf of a friend (I'm an amateur genealogist). They paid for some research to be done at the DRO to confirm she was buried there as I live in Hants and can't do the leg work myself. The Derbyshire FHS have confirmed that there is no headstone.

[Girl Guide]

How about writing to Chapel-en-le-Frith Parish Council and asking them if they can help you?

http://www.chapelpc.org/contact

If they can't I'm sure that they will point you in the right direction.

[arthurk]

The following page at Rootsweb mentions memorial inscriptions, so the person doing look-ups might also have a plan: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dusk/chapel-e-l-f.htm

If you follow the link there to "St Thomas P Reg" it looks as though the same person has a transcript available on CD - and this kind of publication often includes a plan.

Arthur

[Marmalady]

The following page at Rootsweb mentions memorial inscriptions, so the person doing look-ups might also have a plan: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dusk/chapel-e-l-f.htm

If you follow the link there to "St Thomas P Reg" it looks as though the same person has a transcript available on CD - and this kind of publication often includes a plan.

Arthur

I have the CDs -- and they do include a plan

Who are you looking for?

As I live in Chapel, if the grave can be identified, I could probably take a photo for you too -- although a lot of graves are very overgrown

[Ray T]

Have you been over there recently Marmalady? The front part and that adjacent to the path leading to the lower area is reasonably accessible but most of the graveyard beyond that is more like something from a hammer horror film.

I thought the churchyard records had been destroyed a numb of years ago - are there (m)any Vernons on the CD?

[Marmalady]

There was a graveyard survey done in 1990 -- the CD contains these records -- so isn't a full list of everyone in there

I had a walk around the graveyard sometime over the summer -- and yes, a lot of it is pretty impassable --tho should be improving slightly now as the vegetation dies off for the winter.

But with luck, Danielle is looking for someone in the more accessible part!

Ray -- theres quite a lot of Vernons listed in the index -- are you wanting anyone in particular?

[pc99]

Hello Marmalady,

If you don't mind - are there any Atkiin/s on the index. ?

Thanks.

pc99

[Ray T]

There was a graveyard survey done in 1990 -- the CD contains these records -- so isn't a full list of everyone in there

I had a walk around the graveyard sometime over the summer -- and yes, a lot of it is pretty impassable --tho should be improving slightly now as the vegetation dies off for the winter.

But with luck, Danielle is looking for someone in the more accessible part!

Ray -- theres quite a lot of Vernons listed in the index -- are you wanting anyone in particular?

Marmalady - I understand now; it's from a survey rather than from the church's records which were allegedly destroyed.

We were in there a couple of months ago looking at the state of a grave we know. We meant to go back with the strimmer but it didn't happen. They did start a series of clearing parties but I'm not sure what happened to them.

As for the Vernons, there isn't anyone in particular - as yet. The Vernons in my tree are likely to grow quite considerably but they currently seem to be going in the direction of Wormhill and Peak Forest. Is the CD availabe anywhere?

[Marmalady]

Ray -- the CDs were compiled by Guy Martin / Martin Guy (can never remember which way round his name is!) who is something to do with the Parish Council - so maybe call in the Town Hall next time you're in Chapel. Or I can message you his email address.
The Index & graveyard plans are on one disc, the actual MIs on a second disc.
The CDs also include the survey of the Methodist Church taken around the same time -- but as I am Graveyard Steward for the Methodists I have more up-to-date info on that graveyard.

PC99 Theres about a dozen ATKINs in 4 or 5 graves -- any particular person you are looking for ?