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Cemeteries information for St Mary, Great Sankey, Church of England and places above it in the hierarchy

St Mary, Great Sankey, Church of England

The church has/had a graveyard.

There is a monument with just a few tomb style graves to the front of the church also there is a graveyard to the rear and one on St, Mary's Road :-

1833 the existing graveyard was nearly full and was extended by using land between the school and the chapel. This land also filled up quickly. The churchyard was extended by using land down St. Mary's Road. This land was given to the chapel for use as a burial ground when Greystone Common (or sometimes known as Heath) Penketh when an award for enclosure was made in 1868 and confirmed in 1869. The first burials took place in 1881. Most of this land was compulsory purchased in 1969 by the Education Authorities for use as a playing field for Penketh High-School. The Cemetery on St Marys Road Cemetery is still used for internment today and within the cemetery is a War memorial.

The Graveyard in St Mary's Road is now a closed cemetery only allowing burials in existing plots where space allows. There is a "Friends of St Mary's Cemetery" to try to restore respect to this little oasis in a built up area.

Lancashire

The list of Lancashire crematoria opening dates may be useful.

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.