Christchurch Burials Register
Extracts from 1919/20, 1927/28, 1939/40,
1944/45 & 1947
N.B. unless otherwise stated, resident of Christchurch.
1919
Page 69:
Entry 545 - Aug 13 CHESTERFIELD, Francis, of Exmoor, age 66
(under the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880)
Entry 546 - Sep 2 BOYCE, Thomas Dolton, of Tips End, age 81
Entry 547 - Sep 25 POOLE, Ralph, of Toll House, Upwell, age 7 months
Entry 548 - Nov 3 BUZZARD, John, of Lynn Road, Wisbech, age 83
Entry 549 - Nov 5 PEEL, Ernest Edward, age 8 hours
Entry 550 - Nov 7 JOHNSTON, John Walter, 5 days
1920
Entry 551 - Jan 14 CAWTHORN, Sarah, of Tips End, age 52
Entry 552 - Mar 31 CAWTHORN, Harriet, of Chatteris, age 61
N.B. all burial ceremonies performed by Rev. Henry Sayers
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1927
Page 79:
Entry 625 - Jul 6 GOODGER, Lydia, age 50
Entry 626 - Oct 2 CHAMBERLAIN, William Frederick, age 77
Entry 627 - Oct 21 HOLLAND, Eliza Ann, of Tips End, age 80
1928
Entry 628 - Jan 13 BATES, Anne Marie, of 4 Stretford Terrace, Shakespeare St,
Nottingham, age 90
Entry 629 - Feb 13 HOLLAND, Annie, of Exmoor, age 48
Entry 630 - May 14 CAWTHORN, Joan, age 1 year and 8 months
Entry 631 - May 22 SIMMONS, Harriet, age 80
Entry 632 - Jun 17 TURNER, Alice Maud Mary, of Wisbech, age 62
N.B. all burial ceremonies performed by Rev. Henry Sayers
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1939
Page 91:
Entry 721 - Mar 30 LEMMON, Martha Jane of Crown Drove, age 71
Entry 722 - Apr 21 SHINKINS, George Linnard, of 62 Upwell Rd, March, age 82
(buried by Rev. Peyton-Burbery, Rector of St Mary's, March)
Entry 723 - Apr 29 OSLAR, Gerald William, of Sixteen Foot Bank, age 16 months
Entry 724 - Sep 27 CHAPMAN, Elizabeth, of 1 Hazelbeach Rd, Birmingham, age 78
Entry 725 - Nov 27 LISTER, Kate Elizabeth, age 42
(under the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880)
Entry 726 - Dec 20 STIMSON, John Frederick Murrell, of March, age 49
1940
Entry 727 - Jan 30 PORTER, Frederick William, of Tips End, age 64
Entry 728 - Feb 9 WATSON, Charles William John, of Dovecote, Upwell, age 80
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1944
Page 97:
Entry 769 - May 19 WALKER, Elizabeth Hannah, age 69
Entry 770 - Jun 10 CAWTHORN, Robert, of Poplar Tree Farm, age 42
Entry 771 - Jun 17 WORTS, George of The Farmer's Boy, age 60
Entry 772 - Aug 21 CAVE or COVE, Rex Arthur, age 12 hours
Entry 773 - Oct 2 MUNDEN, Eliza Hannah, of Tips End, Welney, age 87
Entry 774 - Nov 6 COBB, Ada, of Tips End, Welney, age 57
1945
Entry 775 - Feb 14 CARTER, Caroline Susan, age 78
Entry 776 - Mar 28 CAWTHORN, George Berry, of Poplar Tree Farm, age 79
Died 24 March 1945
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1946
Page 100:
Entry 793 - Sep 10 FISHER, Annie Maria, age 82
1947
Entry 794 - Jan 20 GILBERT, John William, of Howdale Home, Downham Market, age 73
Entry 795 - Feb 10 CAWTHORN, Sarah Elizabeth, age 74
(under the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880)
Entry 796 - Mar 5 THOMPSON, James, of Green Drove, Marshland Rd, Upwell, age 85
Died 2 March 1947
Entry 797 - Mar 15 EVESON, Ethwald, of Lakesend, age 89
(buried by the Vicar of Nordelph)
Entry 798 - May 1 MALT, David, of 33 Lynn Rd, Wisbech, age 82
Died 27 April 1947
Entry 799 - Oct 30 SHEPHERD, Arthur, age 67
Entry 800 - Nov 3 CAWTHORN, Grace, age 54
(under the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880)
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Note: To be buried "under Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880" means that the person buried was a non-conformist;
the burial service was performed by a Non-Conformist minister, but in a Church of England church as the
burial was going to take place in the churchyard.
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End of Extracts
Transcribed by Ann McClean - Feb. 2001
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