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Thorp Arch, Yorkshire

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Maureen

Maureen Report 7 Oct 2007 00:29

Joan, thank you for your reply - and I will have a look at the site you googled! However, I do know that burials were at local churchyards, not larger cemeterys. My father and grandparents are buried at St Marys in Boston Spa, very close to Thorp Arch, and within the registration district of Wetherby.

Maureen

Maureen Report 7 Oct 2007 00:11

Many thanks, Christine - I will try the web site you suggest.

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 6 Oct 2007 23:47


Hi Maureen,

Take a look at this webpage. It is from Genuki, Where is it in Yorkshire, it may help.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ARY/Thorparch/index.html

Christine

Maureen

Maureen Report 6 Oct 2007 23:33

Can anyone help me on this one? I remember (over 55 years ago now!) going to All Saints church where my grandfather had his own personal pew. Thorp Arch is the place which figures quite a lot in the census returns for my family. Is there a grave yard there? I would really like to find out if there are any headstones for my gg grandfather or other family members (unfortunately, it is quite a common surname - Wilson, my gg grandfather was named Barnabas). Or, is there any web site I could visit to find out more? Any suggestions for further research would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. Maureen (nee Wilson)