Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards of Greater Manchester (Lancashire)

Image Right - Southern Cemetery, Manchester

...a large municipal cemetery in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Greater Manchester

The aim of this project is to gather together information regarding cemeteries and graveyards in the county which either have available transcriptions or have been photographed and transcribed.

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List of Towns

This list will need refining - not all places listed necessarily have graveyards

Abram, * Abram, St. John - Churchyard

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

Altrincham,

Ashton-in-Makerfield,

• Ashton-in-Makerfield, Holy Trinity - Churchyard

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

• Ashton-in-Makerfield, St. Oswald Roman Catholic - Churchyard

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

• Ashton-in-Makerfield, St. Thomas - Churchyard

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

• Ashton-in-Makerfield, St. Thomas - Churchyard, Heath Road Extension

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

Ashton-under-Lyne

• Ashton-under-Lyne, Christ Church - Churchyard

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

• Ashton-under-Lyne, Hurst Cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

• Ashton-under-Lyne, St. Peter - Churchyard

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

Aspull,

• Aspull, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Churchyard

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

Astley,

Astley Bridge

• Astley bridhe, St. Paul - Churchyard

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGW

Atherton,

• Atherton Cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

Audenshaw,

• Audenshaw Cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

• Audenshaw, St. Stephen - Churchyard

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

Birtle

• Birtle, St. John the Baptist - Churchyard

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

Blackley,

Blackrod,

Bolton,

• Metropolitan Borough
• Bolton, St. Anne Churchyard High Street, Chapeltown, Turton

Interment.net

• Bolton, Tonge Fold Cemetery

Find a Grave
Interment.net

Bowdon,

Bramhall,

Bredbury,

Broadbottom,

Bryn,

Bury, Metropolitan Borough

• Bury, Affetside Congregational Chapelyard

Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC

• Bury Cemetery St. Peter's Road

Billion Graves ✘
Billion Graves page 2 ✘

• Bury Civilian War Dead

Find a Grave 6 entries

• Bury - Greenmount United Reformed Churchyard

Find a Grave 1 entry

• Bury St Anne Churchyard

Find a Grave 10 entries

• Bury, St. Mary Churchyard, Bolton Road, Hawkshaw Bury

Interment.net

• Bury, St Mary the Virgin

Find a Grave 144 entries
Find a Grave 2nd Page - 6 entries

• Bury, St Paul Churchyard

Find a Grave 7 entries

• Bury, Wellington Barracks

Find a Grave 1 entry

• Elton All Saints Churchyard, Bury

Find a Grave 9 entries

• Unsworth Weslyan Methodist Church Hollins Lane, Unsworth

Find a Grave 246 entries

Cadishead

Chadderton

• Chadderton Cemetery

Interment.net

• Chadderton, St. Matthew Churchyard

Interment.net

Cheadle,

Cheetham Hill,

• Cheetham Hill, Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery

Interment.net

Chorlton-cum-Hardy,

Denton,

Didsbury,

• Didsbury, St. James - Church

The Church Monuments Society

Droylsden,

Dukinfield,

Eccles,

Failsworth,

Fallowfield,

Farnworth,

Gatley,

Golborne,

Hale,

Hattersley,

Hazel Grove,

Heaton Chapel,

Heaton Mersey,

Heaton Moor,

Heaton Norris,

Heywood,

• Heywood cemetery Rochdale Road East

Interment.net

Higher End,

Hindley

Hollingworth,

Horwich,

Hulme,

Hyde,

Ince-in-Makerfield,

Irlam,

Kearsley,

Lees, Royton,

Leigh,

Little Lever,

Littleborough,

Longdendale,

Manchester, Metropolitan Borough

Marple,

Marple Bridge,

Mellor,

Middleton (Rochdale)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleton,_Greater_Manchester
  

• Middleton, St. Gabriel Churchyard

Interment.net

• Middleton, St. Leonard - Church Norman, Grade I listed building.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Leonard,_Middleton
  

The Church Monuments Society

Milnrow,

Moss Side,

Mossley,

Mottram-in-Longdendale,

Newhey,

• Newhey, St. Thomas Churchyard

Interment.net

• Interment.net Photo
  

Newton Heath,

Northenden,

Old Trafford,

Oldham, Metropolitan Borough

• Oldham, Hollinwood Cemetery

Interment.net

Ordsall,

Orrell,

Pendlebury,

Prestwich,

Radcliffe,

Ramsbottom,

Reddish,

Ringway,

Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough

• Rochdale, Bamford Cemetery Jowkin Lane, Bamford

Interment.net

Romiley

Rusholme,

Saddleworth

Sale,

Salford, Metropolitan Borough

• Salford, Weaste Cemetery off Eccles New Road

Find a Grave
Interment.net

Shaw and Crompton,

Shevington,

South Turton,

Stalybridge

Standish-with-Langtree,

Stockport, Metropolitan Borough

Stretford

Tameside, Metropolitan Borough

Timperley,

Tottington,

Trafford, Metropolitan Borough

Tyldesley,

Unsworth (also under Bury above)

• Unsworth Weslyan Methodist Church Hollins Lane, Unsworth

Find a Grave 246 entries

Urmston

Walkden,

Wardle

Westhoughton

Whitefield

Wigan, Metropolitan Borough

Winstanley

Withington,

Worsley,

Wythenshawe,

References and Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Greater_Manchester