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Durham County Council (2009 - )

Reference: DCC/NS 5 Catalogue Title: Durham County Council (2009 - ) Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Neighbourhoods and Climate Change: Bereavement Services

Covering Dates: 1878-2019

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  • Durham County Council (2009 - )
    • Bereavement Services (Ref: DCC/NS 5/)
    • Cemetery plans (Ref: DCC/NS 5/1/)
    • Crook Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/1/1)
    • Horden Church Burial Ground (Ref: DCC/NS 5/1/2)
    • Indexes to registers of burials (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/)
    • Blackhill Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/1)
    • Castleside Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/2)
    • Collierley Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/3)
    • Coundon Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/4)
    • Durham South Road Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/5)
    • Frosterley Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/6)
    • Hamsterley Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/7)
    • Hare Law Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/8)
    • Heatherycleugh Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/9)
    • Howden Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/10)
    • Hunwick Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/11)
    • Lanchester Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/12)
    • Langley Park Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/13)
    • Low West Wood Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/14)
    • Moorside Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/15)
    • Stanley Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/16)
    • Rookhope Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/17)
    • South Church Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/18)
    • Stanhope-Crosshill Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/19)
    • Ushaw Moor Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/20)
    • West Auckland Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/21)
    • Unknown Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/22)

Catalogue Contents

Bereavement Services (Ref: DCC/NS 5/)Cemetery plans (Ref: DCC/NS 5/1/)Crook Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/1/1)Ref: DCC/NS 5/1/1/1

Plan of Crook Cemetery, October 1878 John Graham, Architect and Surveyor Plan shows numbered grave spaces to 2019, so the grave registers are required to identify who is buried in each plot. The registers are held by Durham County Council Bereavement Services. The cemetery was opened by Crook Urban District Council, was managed by Derwentside District Council between 1974 and 2009, then by the new unitary Durham County Council from 2009.
(4 plans: 129cm x 120cm; 123cm x 119cm; 113cm x 109cm; 109cm x 105cm)

Horden Church Burial Ground (Ref: DCC/NS 5/1/2)Ref: DCC/NS 5/1/2/1

Plan of Horden Church Burial Ground [Horden, St Mary churchyard], n.d. [19th-20th centuries] Also known as Horden Old Cemetery Plan shows numbered grave spaces, with some names The burial registers have been lost, but there is an index of memorial inscriptions at Horden Library
(1 plan)

Indexes to registers of burials (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/)Blackhill Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/1)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/1/1

Blackhill cemetery index, 1981-2016
(1 volume)

Castleside Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/2)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/2/1

Castleside cemetery index, 1957-1998
(1 volume)

Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/2/2

Castleside cemetery index, 1957-2016
(1 volume)

Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/2/3

Castleside cemetery index, n.d. [1957-1990s]
(1 volume)

Collierley Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/3)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/3/1

Collierley Cemetery index, n.d. [c.1860s-1900s]
(1 volume)

Coundon Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/4)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/4/1

Coundon cemetery index, n.d. [c. 2 January 1992-n.d.]
(1 volume)

Durham South Road Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/5)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/5/1

Durham South Road cemetery index, 1947-2016
(1 volume)

Frosterley Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/6)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/6/1

Frosterley cemetery index, 2 January 1992-n.d.
(1 volume)

Hamsterley Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/7)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/7/1

Hamsterley cemetery index, 1941-1998
(1 volume)

Hare Law Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/8)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/8/1

Hare Law cemetery index, 1891-2016
(1 volume)

Heatherycleugh Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/9)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/9/1

Heatherycleugh cemetery index, 2 January 1992-n.d.
(1 volume)

Howden Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/10)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/10/1

Howden cemetery index, 2 January 1992 - n.d.
(1 volume)

Hunwick Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/11)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/11/1

Hunwick cemetery index, 2 January 1992-n.d.
(1 volume)

Lanchester Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/12)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/12/1

Lanchester cemetery index, 1939-2016
(1 volume)

Langley Park Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/13)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/13/1

Langley Park cemetery index, 1953-2016
(1 volume)

Low West Wood Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/14)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/14/1

Low West Wood cemetery index, 1941-2016
(1 volume)

Moorside Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/15)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/15/1

Moorside cemetery index, 2010-2016
(1 volume)

Stanley Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/16)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/16/1

Stanley cemetery index vol.1, 1914-2016
(1 volume)

Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/16/2

Stanley cemetery index vol.2, 1971-2016 [contains only letters B,C,S but they are continuation of vol.1]
(1 volume)

Rookhope Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/17)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/17/1

Rookhope cemetery index, 2 January 1990 - n.d.
(1 volume)

South Church Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/18)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/18/1

South Church cemetery index, 28 August 1990-n.d.
(1 volume)

Stanhope-Crosshill Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/19)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/19/1

Stanhope-Crosshill cemetery index, 2 January 1992-n.d.
(1 volume)

Ushaw Moor Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/20)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/20/1

Ushaw Moor cemetery index, 1920-n.d.
(1 volume)

West Auckland Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/21)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/21/1

West Auckland cemetery index, 2 January 1992-n.d.
(1 volume)

Unknown Cemetery (Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/22)Ref: DCC/NS 5/2/22/1

Unknown cemetery index, 1937-1964
(1 volume)



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