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Cemeteries information for Ashby de la Zouch and places above it in the hierarchy
Ashby de la Zouch
- The cemetery is on the west end of town on Moira Road (B5003), originally covering 4 acres and was enlarged in 1905 to 11 acres. It was managed by the Burial Board of the parish council.
- The Ashby de la Zouch cemetery is located on the Moira Rd (B5003) about half a mile westwards from the centre of the town. It is on the south side of the road and is set back behind houses along the road frontage.
- The Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society have published details of Ashby burials from 1857 - 1880 on microfiche.
- The Ashby Town Council has Burial Registers for 1857 - 1995 that you can download (MS Word format).
Leicestershire
Cemeteries, list of addresses and phone numbers, choose Cemeteries, then England, then Leicestershire
Hinckley and Bosworth District Council also have a page on cemeteries they maintain.
Cemeteries of the City of Leicester, from Leicestershire and Rutland FHS.
You can e-mail the Burial Board of the City of Leicester, but they won't do blanket searches for you. You must be precise. Or you can phone them at: 0116-252-7382
England
- For details of the graves of the rich and famous, together with biographical information, look at the Find-a-Grave (England) page.
UK and Ireland
- The National Burial Index is hosted by findmypast (subscription site).
- List of Registered Cemeteries from Historic England.
- Gravestone photograph resource: an "index of the names that appear on photos taken by the Gravestone Photographic Resource Project team". This valuable project provides email copies of any of its collection of grave monument images free of charge on request.
- The Deceased Online website -"the first central database of statutory burial and cremation registers for the UK and Republic of Ireland" (subscription site).
- The Church Monuments Society provides photographs of the more interesting monuments (NOT monumental inscriptions) in a limited number of church yards.
- Index for Burials at Sea - from Ancestry and FindaGrave.