Burials in All Saints Biddenden Churchyard 1877 - 1992

Use the link in the left margin of this page to open the 'Burials Register', sorted by surname, relating the to dates above. It has been carefully transcribed from the original handwritten copy; please refer to the notes and disclaimer below.

Below this you can click to the the 'Register with comments', also alphabetical by surname, with a transcription of the handwritten comments which had to be removed from the main transcript file for space reasons.

The work on the register inspired the transriber to write several articles which were published in Biddenden's parish magazine. These can be access by clicking 'Article 1' and 'Article 2' in the left margin.

NOTES

Disclaimer - the writing in the original handwritten Register is in places faint or illegible. People should consult the Register iteslf for the definitive version of their entry.

A question mark is used in the transcript to replace each illegible letter. In places a suggested word is inserted in italics.

Guidance from British-Genealogy.com (church records / recording burials) was followed when deciding how to set out part of the transcription. Some suggestions included:

• Capital letters for surnames
• The particular date format
• The use of the letters 'w', 'm', and 'y' to denote weeks, months and years when giving age at death.

The column headed 'Number' refers to the number each entry is given in the original Burials Register.

Some entries were written in the margins on the original Burials Register. These refer to burials which were omitted from the register at the time of burial but added at a later date. The transcriber has added the full entry under the date on which the burial actually took place and cross-referenced to the place where the entry first appeared.

In the comments column of the original register, some unusual marks were occasionally added in the margin which have been reproduced in the transcriptiong. It is not clear what all of them signify.

Interested persons are kindly requested to make use of this internet version as far as possible. However, a paper copy can be inspected if necessary when the church is open to visitors (check Visitors page) or by prior arrangement with the church administrator .

Transcribed by Angie Joy, July 2009.