Leeds University Digital Library

Copy Burial Register

  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Copy Burial Register
  • Description:

    Manuscript contemporary copy of the first burial register for the Leeds General Cemetery Company. The last page of the volume has not been used, there are 626 entries.

    A handwritten note attached to the the fly-leaf by Reverend James Rawson, Registrar, explains that the original register was sent to the Office of the Registration Commission on 27 July 1837. The fly-leaf also includes an attached receipt from the Office of the Registration Commission for the original register.

  • Date range: 23 Jul 1835-29 Jun 1837
  • Date: 1836
  • Keywords: Cemeteries - England - Yorkshire - Recording, Registers of births, etc. - England - Yorkshire - 19th century, Registers of births, etc. - England - Yorkshire - 20th century
  • Subjects: University Subjects > History
    University Subjects > Sociology and Social Policy
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2016 18:05
  • Last Modified: 19 Oct 2016 19:42