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Burial Details of Some of the Men
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This section records the burial details of some of the men who died in pit accidents. Up to the 1850s all burials were usually in the local church yard but as the industrial revolution took hold populations of Nottingham and the County towns expanded very rapidly. The first municipal cemetery, Nottingham General opened in 1837, followed by the Church or Rock cemetery in 1856, though the smaller village cemeteries continued within Church grounds around the County boundaries. No cremations are noted they started in 1919 at Wilford Hill. The bulk of the first tranche I have taken is from on line sources. Ashfield District Council Cemeteries and Cemeteries Gedling Borough Council. Others are from parish records in Nottingham County Archives. To which I will add as and when I do further research.


Alan Beales March 2013.

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Annesley
1870 - 1959

This Chapel of Rest (or "the Mortuary" as it was originally known) serves the parishes of Annesley and Felley. It was opened in 1872

Annesley All Saints

Samuel Burgess

50

24 May 1870

26 May 1870

Accidently killed (Annesley)

Annesley Cemetery

Name Age Died Buried Cause
Harry Yull

28

11 Feb 1922

14 Feb 1922

Accidently killed (Annesley)

Walter Wharmby

62

00 Dec 1923

20 Dec 1923

Accidently killed (Annesley)

John Willie Lowe

28

28 Mar 1926

02 Apr 1926

Accidently killed (Annesley)

John Granville Preston

46

26 Sep 1944

30 Sep 1944

Accidently killed (Annesley)

Gordon Kelley

20

25 Feb 1949

01 Mar 1949

Accidently killed (Thoresby)

Ernest Albert  Bradbury

43

15 May 1952

17 May 1951

Accidently killed (Annesley)

Arthur Chadbourne

55

00 Jul 1957

11 Jul 1957

Accidently killed (South Normanton)

 

Awsworth St Peter

Name Age Died Buried Cause
George Chambers

14

22 Feb 1844

04 Mar 1844

Accidently killed (Turkey Field)

Joseph Reeves

19

08 Nov 1844

10 Nov 1844

Accidently killed (Eastwood)

Meshach Chambers

20

10 Oct 1866

12 Oct 1866

Accidently killed (Digby)

William Varley

11

16 Jul 1868

19 Jul 1868

Accidently killed (Digby)

William Robinson

56

29 Aug 1883

01 Sep 1883

Accidently killed (Cossall)

George Henry Statham

17

12 May 1885

14 May 1885

Accidently killed (Cossall)

William Green

15

09 Oct 1888

12 Oct 1888

Accidently killed (Cossall)

William Horton

15

09 Oct 1888

12 Oct 1888

Accidently killed (Cossall)

Henry Horton

29

25 Jan 1901

29 Jan 1901

Accidently killed (New London)

James Briggs

28

05 Jan 1928

09 Jan 1928

Accidently killed (Digby)

George Dawes

54

14 Jan 1928

18 Jan 1928

Accidently killed (Digby)

Jack Ashmore

16

19 Apr 1928

23 Aug 1928

Accidently killed (New London)