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Lancashire, England : Classification : Monumental Inscriptions


Monumental Inscriptions are the transcriptions of the text on the gravestone or tombstone of an individual. In many cases there will be multiple burials in one grave so the inscription will provide information about other family members.

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Classification:Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ormandy/misc/
Description:Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool , Burials and Monumental Inscriptions
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, DNA Project, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:AUDLEY Family History
Link:https://www.audleyfamilyhistory.com/
Description:AUDLEY Family History
Extra Info:Research for the name AUDLEY and variants such as AIDLEY.
Classification:Burials / Cremations, Burial Plots, Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Billion Graves
Link:https://billiongraves.com
Description:Billion Graves
Extra Info:Billion Graves says it is the world's largest resource for searchable GPS cemetery data.
Classification:Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:BOLSTRIDGE One Name Study
Link:http://www.bolstridge.co.uk/genealogy/index.php
Description:BOLSTRIDGE One Name Study
Extra Info:Use sources to search for types of information such as burials.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:BOYD Family and Information Centre
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20120716201636/http://c...
Description:BOYD Family and Information Centre
Extra Info:This is an archived copy of the website. Most features appear to work. There may be some delay in loading.
Classification:Births, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate
Title:BRAILSFORD Family Name
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brailsford/genealog...
Description:BRAILSFORD Family Name and Variants
Extra Info:Includes some not in the published indexes. 1849, 1856, 1858, 1861.
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate
Title:BREW One Name Study
Link:http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm
Description:BREW One Name Study
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, One Place Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:Briercliffe Society
Link:http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/
Description:Township of Briercliffe-cum-Entwistle History and Records
Extra Info:Census, church records and images of grave stones for Briercliffe-cum-Extwistle
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Wills / Probate
Title:British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay
Link:http://www.argbrit.org/
Description:British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay
Extra Info:Many of the marriage records indicate place of birth.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Cemeteries - British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia
Link:https://www.bacsa.org.uk/
Description:British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia
Extra Info:Click on BACSAarchives for some transcriptions and gallery for pictures.
Classification:Burials / Cremations, Burial Plots, Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Cemeteries of the World
Link:http://www.interment.net/uk/index.htm
Description:Cemeteries of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
Extra Info:Some places are under the new counties, such as some areas of Yorkshire and Durham are under Cleveland, Lancashire places under Greater Manchester etc.
Classification:Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study
Link:http://www.cluett.org.uk/
Description:CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study
Extra Info:Part way down the home page is the Search link.
Classification:Baptisms, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study
Title:DUCKETT One Name Study
Link:https://duckett.one-name.net/
Description:Research News for Duckett, Ducat, Duckitt, Duggett & other Variations of Duket
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:DUGMORE's of the Past
Link:http://www.ancestorsofbirmingham.com/dugmore/dugmo...
Description:DUGMORE's of the Past
Extra Info:DUGMORE's family name, mainly concentrated in the Midlands area.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:EARDLEY Family Genealogy Resources
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20150813093905/http://...
Description:EARDLEY Family Genealogy Resources
Extra Info:An archived copy of the site. Most information still seems to be accessible.
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:EARLAM Family History
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20150411030403/http://...
Description:EARLAM Family History
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. A resource for those with EARLAM relatives.
Classification:Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate
Title:GANDER / GANDAR One Name Study
Link:https://gander.one-name.net/
Description:GANDER / GANDAR One Name Study
Classification:Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Gisburn Parish Website
Link:https://www.gisburn.org.uk/
Description:Gisburn Parish Website
Extra Info:Lots of information about the village and its history.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Gravestone Photographs
Link:https://www.gravestonephotos.com
Description:Gravestone Photographs
Extra Info:A great free resource which aims to collect many more photographs and details. Includes a surname search to help find your ancestors. Have you got any gravestone photographs that you could contribute?
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Wills / Probate
Title:Great Harwood Website
Link:http://www.great-harwood.org.uk/
Description:Great Harwood Website
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:HOGARTH Family Website
Link:http://www.hogarth.org.uk/
Description:HOGARTH Family Website
Extra Info:Click on reference section for records.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:HOLLINGWORTH One Name Study
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20110611071735/http://h...
Description:HOLLINGWORTH One Name Study
Extra Info:An archived copy of the site -most information still seems to be available. HOLLINGWORTH and variations.
Classification:Baptisms, Census, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records
Title:Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne)
Link:http://www.c5d.co.uk/hurstpages.php
Description:Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne)
Extra Info:Includes Queens Street memorial inscriptions and baptisms, also baptisms at Hooley Hill Methodist Chapel.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records
Title:Internet Archive
Link:http://archive.org/
Description:Internet Archive
Extra Info:Has many scanned books, including some parish registers. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note baptism and baptisms give different results.
Classification:Births, Burials / Cremations, Burial Plots, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study
Title:KEMP(E) Family History
Link:https://www.kempfamilyhistory.com
Description:A one-name study into the KEMP, KEMPE KEMPF, KEMPS, KEMPT, CAMP and CAMPE names
Extra Info:Worldwide research into the name and its variants.
Classification:Census, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, One Name Study
Title:KISSACK Genealogy
Link:https://www.kissack.co.uk
Description:KISSACK Genealogy
Extra Info:Mainly on the Isle of Man.
Classification:Banns, Baptisms, Births, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, On-line Parish Clerks, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:Lancashire Online Parish Clerk
Link:https://lan-opc.org.uk/
Description:Lancashire Online Parish Clerk
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Lancaster Priory Gravestones
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20071228020746/http://w...
Description:Lancaster Priory Gravestones
Extra Info:An archived copy of the information, most of which still seems to be available to view.
Classification:Births, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:LEECH / LEACH Family Genealogy
Link:http://www.leechfamily.myzen.co.uk/
Description:LEECH / LEACH and Related Family Genealogy
Extra Info:Also includes Harris, Jordan / Jurdan, Sparrow, Wilson-Webb / Webb, Death, Doyle, and Savage.
Classification:Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, One Name Study, Wills / Probate
Title:LONGMORE Genealogy Resources
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20180114123904/http://...
Description:LONGMORE Genealogy Resources
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information seems to be available, however it is slow to load.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records
Title:MACMILLAN One Name Study - Family History Archives
Link:http://www.johnmacmillan.co.uk/
Description:MACMILLAN One Name Study - Family History Archives
Extra Info:Mainly in the Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire areas of Scotland.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Monumental inscriptions from Cemeteries
Link:http://www.cemsearch.co.uk
Description:Monumental inscriptions from Cemeteries and Graveyards in Lancashire
Extra Info:Some reports are chargeable
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:Officers Died Website
Link:https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm
Description:Officers Died Website
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:Old Liverpool and Merseyside Snippets
Link:http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/
Description:Old Liverpool and Merseyside Snippets, Includes the Surrounding Area
Extra Info:Includes Southport, St Helens and Wigan.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate
Title:ORMEROD Family Website
Link:http://www.ormerod.uk.net/index.htm
Description:ORMEROD Family Website
Extra Info:OMEROD and variants such as ORMEROID.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Parish Church of St. Peter's, Formby
Link:https://stpetersformby.co.uk/churchyard-records/ch...
Description:Parish Church of St. Peter's, Formby
Extra Info:Listed by name,some have images of the gravestones.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records
Title:Parish of Chipping, Lancashire - A History
Link:http://archive.org/details/historyparishch00smitgo...
Description:Parish of Chipping, Lancashire - A History
Extra Info:Online book. Includes some parish register extracts between 1559-1797.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Parish of Garstang, Lancashire - A History
Link:http://archive.org/details/historyparishga01fishgo...
Description:Parish of Garstang, Lancashire - A History
Extra Info:Online book. Includes some monumental inscriptions from the church.
Classification:Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records
Title:Parish of Kirkby - St. Chad's, Liverpool - Burials
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20140215111037/http://...
Description:Parish of Kirkby - St. Chad's, Liverpool - Burials
Extra Info:This is an archive page that is no longer live. Not all information is available, but names and burials registers are.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Parish of Kirkham, Lancashire - A History
Link:http://archive.org/details/historyparishki00fishgo...
Description:Parish of Kirkham, Lancashire - A History
Extra Info:Online book. Includes some monumental inscriptions from the church.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records
Title:Parish of Ribchester, Lancashire - A History
Link:http://archive.org/details/historyparishri00smitgo...
Description:Parish of Ribchester, Lancashire - A History
Extra Info:Online book. Includes some parish register extracts between 1598-1812.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records
Title:Parish of St Michaels-on-Wyre, Lancashire - A History
Link:http://archive.org/details/historyparishst00fishgo...
Description:Parish of St Michaels-on-Wyre, Lancashire - A History
Extra Info:Online book. Includes Woodplumpton registers 1604-1613.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions, Pedigrees
Title:Parish of Whalley, and Honor of Clitheroe, Lancashire - A History
Link:http://archive.org/details/historyoforigina00whit
Description:Parish of Whalley, and Honor of Clitheroe, Lancashire - A History
Extra Info:Online Book. Includes some monumental inscriptions.
Classification:Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records
Title:Parish Registers of Little Crosby Parish, Lancashire
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20150907143538/http://w...
Description:Parish Registers of Little Crosby Parish, and Other Records
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer available. Baptisms, marriages, burials, census and monumental inscripitons still seems to be accessible. May be slightly slow to load. Scroll down to get to links for information.
Classification:Births, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study
Title:PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs
Link:http://www.john-pinckney.co.uk/family/index.htm
Description:PINCKNEY - The site for all UK PINCKNEYs and Variants
Extra Info:Includes references to Pinckey, Pinckine, Pinckney, Pincknye, Pincney, Pinkene, Pinken, Pinkeny, Pinkine, Pinkney.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries
Title:Police Roll of Honour
Link:https://policememorial.org.uk/
Description:The National Police Officers Roll of Honour
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:POWDITCH Family History
Link:http://www.powditch.plus.com/
Description:POWDITCH Family History
Extra Info:Mainly in Norfolk. Scroll down the homepage.
Classification:Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate
Title:PRATLEY One Name Study
Link:http://www.pratley.info/
Description:PRATLEY One Name Study
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Railway and Canal Historical Society
Link:https://rchs.org.uk/
Description:Railway and Canal Historical Society
Extra Info:Click on History for access to memorial and monuments search.
Classification:Census, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate
Title:ROE Family, also the BRYAN and STANGER Families of Whitby
Link:http://www.roe-bryan-genealogy.org.uk/
Description:ROE Family, also the BRYAN and STANGER Families of Whitby
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:SERCOMBE, SIRCOMBE, SURCOMBE, or SIRCOM One Name study
Link:http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html
Description:A Compilation of SERCOMBE Families
Extra Info:Scroll down to sources of information.
Classification:Births, Monumental Inscriptions
Title:Shetland Family History Website
Link:https://bayanne.info/Shetland/
Description:Shetland Family History Website
Extra Info:Also some Mi's for other counties and regions.
Classification:Burials / Cremations, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:Soldiers' Memorials Website
Link:https://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.ht...
Description:Soldiers' Memorials Website
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:St. James' Cemetery, Liverpool
Link:http://www.stjamescemetery.co.uk/
Description:St. James' Cemetery, Liverpool
Extra Info:Information about the cemetery and a searchable index of those buried at St. James'.
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions
Title:St. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wooltonchurchyard/g...
Description:St. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool
Extra Info:Monumental Inscriptions by surname.
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:STERRY One Name Study
Link:https://www.sterryworldwide.com/
Description:STERRY One Name Study
Extra Info:Includes extracts from civil registration, parish records and marriage licences.
Classification:Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate
Title:SUTCLIFFE Family Tree
Link:http://www.melsgenealogy.co.uk/sutcliffe/html/intr...
Description:SUTCLIFFE Family Tree
Classification:Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate
Title:THRALE / THRALL - History and Genealogy
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20130718055006/http://t...
Description:THRALE / THRALL - History and Genealogy
Extra Info:An archived copy - most information stills seems to be available.
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, Wills / Probate
Title:Todmorden and Walsden
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden...
Description:Todmorden and Walsden Parish data and censuses
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Wills / Probate
Title:TONG / TONGE / TONGUE Genealogy
Link:http://www.tongefamily.info/
Description:TONG / TONGE / TONGUE Genealogy
Extra Info:Mainly around Lancashire and Manchester.
Classification:Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:UK Transcriptions Website
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~uktranscriptions/ge...
Description:UK Transcriptions Website Various Counties
Extra Info:Transcriptions for Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Click on Other Counties for Lancashire, Leicestershire, Norfolk and Shetland.
Classification:Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:WANLESS Web - A One Name Study
Link:http://www.wanlessweb.org/TNG/index.php
Description:WANLESS Web - A One Name Study of the surnames surnames Wanless, Wandless, Wanlass, Wandlass, Wanliss, and Wanlace
Classification:Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials
Title:West Derby Cemetery, Liverpool
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~westderbycemetery/g...
Description:West Derby Cemetery, Liverpool
Extra Info:Also Walton cemetery inscriptions.

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