CITY OF LONDON
CEMETERY ADDRESSES, BURIAL DATES, REGISTER LOCATIONS
Bunhill Fields
City Road
London EC1Y 8ND
- First burial 1713
- Former Dissenters' burial ground
- For information regarding burial records, please contact the Guildhall Library or visit the Burial Ground itself
- The Public Records Office contains records of burials at Bunhill from 1713 to 1854
- Link to web site
- Link to Guild Hall Library
- Link to Public Records Office
City of London Cemetery and Crematorium
- Aldersbrook Road
- Manor Park
- London E12 5DQ
- First burial (unconsecrated ground): 24 June 1856
- First burial (consecrated ground): 19 November 1857
- First cremation: 18 March 1905
- Registers held at Cemetery
- Personal searches allowed
- Fee based searches
- Enquiries for death before 1956 should state name and actual date of death or burial
- After 1956 state name and year
- The cemetery covers 200 acres and is the largest municipal cemetery in Europe
- A project is now underway that will make all of this historical information available on the internet for users who are unable to visit us in person
- The first eight registers covering the dates 24 June 1856 to 1865 (as at Jan 2010) are currently available for viewing online and the remaining registers will be made available in the coming months
- You will need to enter a month and year for both the start and end date of your search so have your search criteria ready.
- You may also use the burial number if it is known.
- Please note that the records are arranged by date of burial, not date of death
- Click here to search the registers online
- Note that you will need the Flash player to view the Burial Registers.
- For a link to the Flash download site see the about this site page
The Registers contain:
- Burial number
- Date of burial
- Name of person buried
- Description, avocation, and parochial residence of person buried
- Sex and age
- District in which the death is registered
- From what parish removed
- Situation of grave (square and number)
- Number of grant
- Description of interment
- Consecrated or unconsecrated ground
- Ceremony performed by
