The Manchester Collection
Cemetery Records
These records include around 175,000 names for the period 1750-1968.
Ardwick Cemetery
Ardwick opened 1838 as a non-denominational cemetery and closed in 1950. It was located on Ford Street, Hyde Road, Ardwick in south Manchester and about 80,000 people were interred there. This included John Dalton (Scientist), Sir Thomas Potter (first Mayor of Manchester), and Sir Ernest Jones (Chartist). The burial registers also include signature of Karl Marx at the burial of Wilhelm Wolff on 13 May 1864.
These burial registers cover 1838-1950 and give:
- Entry no.
- Date of burial
- Name of person
- Address
- Age
In many cases the 'disease' or cause of death is given.
Ardwick Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions 1845-1938
This is a record of 6,249 gravestones circa 1845-1938, in Ardwick Cemetery (ref M74/5/35/1).
The original records are held by Manchester Archives and Local Studies (ref: GB127.M74/5).
Rusholme Road Cemetery, Chorlton Upon Medlock, Manchester
This cemetery opened 1821 and closed in 1933 and is sometimes known as the 'Dissenters Burial Ground' or 'Chorlton Row Cemetery'. It was located in Chorlton Upon Medlock in south Manchester and about 80,000 people were interred there. The cemetery was transferred to Manchester Corporation in 1954 for a recreation ground and the cemetery site became Gartside Gardens.
These burial registers cover 1821-1933 and give:
- Entry no.
- Date of burial
- Name of person
- Township or address
- Disorder
- Age
Rusholme Road Cemetery Inscriptions 1821-1933
This is a record of approximately 7,000 tombstones in Rusholme Road Cemetery circa 1821-1933 (ref M74/3/18/1).
The original records are held by Manchester Archives and Local Studies (ref: GB127.M74/3).
Cheetham Hill Wesleyan Cemetery
The cemetery opened in 1834 and closed in 1968 and was located on Bury Old Road, Cheetham Hill, in north Manchester. It transferred to Manchester Corporation under the Manchester Corporation Act, 1967. In 2003 the remains of 20,000 bodies were then re-interred in a mass grave at Bury, Lancashire.
These burial registers cover 1815-1968 and give:
- Entry no.
- Date of burial
- Name of person
- Township or address
- Disorder
- Age
The original records are held by Manchester Archives and Local Studies (ref: GB127.M74/12).
Withington Workhouse (Chorlton Union) death registers 1857-1949
These records give:
- Name
- Date of death
- Age
- Township admitted from
- Place of burial
The original records are held by Manchester Archives and Local Studies (ref: GB127. GB127.M327).
Withington Workhouse (Chorlton Union) interment registers 1898-1922
These records give:
- Name
- Date of admission
- Age
- Religion
- Date of burial
- Place of burial
- Grave number (this is sometimes omitted)
- Details of the next of kin including their address
- Signature of the undertaker
The original records are held by Manchester Archives and Local Studies (ref: GB127. GB127.M327).
Giles Shaw Transcripts for Oldham St Mary 1662-1826
These transcripts comprise around 160,000 names and date c1662-1826.
John Owen Transcripts for Flixton, Gorton and Newton 1571-1785
These transcripts comprise around 30,000 names and cover c1571-1785.