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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