Bradford Metropolitan District manages 24 cemeteries and crematoria.
Cemeteries and crematoria
|
Address
| Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Bingley Cemetery | Bailey Hills Road Bingley | 1870 |
| Bowling Cemetery | Rooley Lane Bradford | 1889 |
| Charlestown Cemetery | Otley Road Charlestown | 1863 |
| Clayton Cemetery | Middle Lane Clayton Bradford | 1928 |
| Gods Acre Cemetery | Bradford Road Burley in Wharfedale | 1873 |
| Haworth Cemetery | Cemetery Road Haworth | 1893 |
| Ilkley Cemetery | Ashlands Road Ilkley | 1878 |
| Menston Cemetery | Bradford Road Menston | 1927 |
| Morton Cemetery | Bradford Road Sandbeds Keighley | 1916 |
| Nab Wood Cemetery and Crematorium | Bingley Road Shipley | 1895 |
| North Bierley Cemetery | Cemetery Road Buttershaw Bradford | 1933 |
| Oakworth Cemetery and Crematorium | Wide Lane Oakworth Keighley | 1906 |
| Oxenhope Cemetery | Hebden Bridge Road Oxenhope | 1887 |
| Queensbury Cemetery | West End Queensbury Bradford | 1905 |
| Scholemoor Cemetery and Crematorium | Necropolis Road Bradford | 1860 |
| Silsden Cemetery | Howden Road Silsden | 1930 |
| Stanbury Cemetery | Sladen Bridge Stanbury Keighley | 1888 |
| Steeton Cemetery | Elmsley Street Steeton | 1896 |
| Thornton Cemetery | Thornton Road Bradford | 1907 |
| Tong Cemetery | Tong Street Bradford | 1860 |
| Utley Cemetery | Skipton Road Keighley | 1857 |
| Wilsden Cemetery | Shay Lane | 1922 |
| Windhill Cemetery | Owlet Toad Windhill Shipley | 1835 |
Not included on this list is Undercliffe Cemetery which is managed by Undercliffe Cemetery Charity in partnership with Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
Sadly, as far as I can tell, none of these have information from burial registers or memorial inscription transcriptions online. It appears a search of original records at Bradford or Keighley Local Studies Libraries is required, or you can pay for a search at a cost of £12 (about $20 Cdn).
Findmypast has 45,982 records for the Bradford area in the National Burial Index mostly from churchyards and including 9,240 records from Eccleshill St Luke's and Norman Lane Wesleyan Burial Ground.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission show 259 burials in Bowling Cemetery, 238 at Scholemoor, 134 at Undercliffe and a few at other locations.
Find information on Bradford Jewish Cemeteries.
As a professional researcher I have found the staff in the Keighley Bereavement Office are extremely helpful answering queries about the graves and burials. Whilst there are many MIs available in Keighley Local Studies Library, not all graves have memorial stones of course. The LOcal Studies Library has a large collection of MIs from various churches across the district too.
ReplyDeleteAnother CWG grave will officially be dedicted at Utley Cemetery on 15 July 2017 for Ivor Tempest Greenwood. I am pleased to have been involved in seeking his descendants, who now seemingly live in Australia, in order to advise them of the ceremony.
Sylvia Valentine
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