England, Lancashire, Oldham Cemetery Registers, 1797-2004

This collection contains cemetery registers from Hollinwood, Failsworth, Royton, Crompton, Chadderton, Lees, and Greenacres cemeteries in Oldham. Most registers contain, name, address, date of death, date of burial and burial location.

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England, Lancashire, Oldham Cemetery Registers

What is in This Collection?

This collection contains records from the city of Oldham for the years 1797-2004. The records come from multiple cemeteries, including Hollinwood, Failsworth, Royton, Crompton, Chadderton, Lees, and Greenacres.

Cemetery records are kept as a permanent record of who was buried and usually who purchased the burial plot. The information in these records is usually reliable, but depends upon the reliability of the informant.

Now incorporated into the Greater Manchester metropolis, Oldham is a fairly recent English city. Prior to the period of this collection, it was a somewhat unimportant site, but it rose to prominence during the nineteenth century as a major industrial center. For a list of parishes historically belonging to this city, see the Oldham Parishes page.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Cemetery

  • Name of deceased
  • Age of deceased
  • Date and place where death occurred
  • Date and place of burial
  • Grave number
  • Plot owner's name
  • Residence
  • Religious preference
  • Gender

Stillborn

  • Grave number
  • Names of the parents
  • Residence
  • Name of the person bringing the child and their residence
  • Date of the burial

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