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Where would a resident of Colston's almshouses be buried?
« on: Sunday 06 October 19 13:55 BST (UK) »
Title says it all really. I'm trying to find the burial of Joseph Trump who died in 1874, a resident of Colston's almshouses. There was another discussion on here regarding burials of Colston's residents but it didn't really answer where the burials might take place.

Thanks if you can help.

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Re: Where would a resident of Colston's almshouses be buried?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 06 October 19 16:40 BST (UK) »
Try Bristol City Council ;D

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages/cemeteries-and-crematoria

Email contact and phone no on that page - they are usually quite helpful.
I would try an email first, as they could look up ALL their cemeteries.

The other option is to try Arno's Vale?
Their email address is also on the BCC page.
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Re: Where would a resident of Colston's almshouses be buried?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 11 October 19 14:53 BST (UK) »
Colston's Almshouses are a stone's throw from St. Michael's Church on St. Michael's Hill.  Could he have been buried there?

Snippet of info re church:-

The Bristol Town Plan of 1884 shows there were several areas surrounding the Church set out as graveyards, all by then disused, but not - apparently - closed by 1854, under the requirements of the Burial Act of the previous year, since the above list of parish registers indicate burials were seemingly still taking place as late as 1878.
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Re: Where would a resident of Colston's almshouses be buried?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 12 October 19 11:21 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the replies. I'll follow them up.