Photographs of the Cemetery
Cemetery Inscriptions
Site last updated on October 21st, 2003Please note that I can no longer maintain this site nor answer email requests for information. A copy of the Monumental Inscriptions will be deposited with Huddersfield Library by the end of the year.
NEW: A copy of the Burial Book in Plot order is available as a ZIP file on the Burial Book Entries page. The file is too big to display on the website. By looking at the individual plots you will see other family members, aunts uncles etc interred in the same grave.
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When I started this Website a few years ago it was to help those living outside Yorkshire with their family history research, the pages contained an indexed list of Surnames of those buried in the cemetery.
Over the years it has been extended and now, in addition to the Memorial Inscriptions the pages contain the 1811 Census of Honley (few 1811 census copies exist for England), 1906 maps of the village (other older maps will be added later), the Garden of Rest memorials in the cemetery to those that were cremated, inscriptions that remain from the Chapels of Honley and the Burial Book.
The Burial Book was put on to microfische in 1999 and contains over 8000 names, as the remaining headstones in the cemetery only generate 3000 names the missing 5000 are contained in the Book. The years 1857 to 1935 have been transcribed and are now on this site.
The Future. First, the past. The reason for recording the inscriptions at Honley Cemetery was the possibility of its disappearance. The Church felt unable to maintain it due to its size and also the dangerous condition of certain areas, it is a large cemetery for a village (township) being almost 4 acres and contains a mortuary chapel (with pews) which is very rare.
The church would like the local municipal authority to have responsibility for its upkeep but the problem with this, is that when they get tired of the expense, after a period of 10 (?) years they can dispose of it and redevelop the land; so many of my ancestors are buried there that recording the inscriptions became the priority.
The cemetery is in a beautiful setting, the surrounding trees abound with Woodpeckers in the spring, an oasis in the industrial heartland of Yorkshire and worth a visit. (The Last of Summer Wine series was filmed in this area).
When the transcription of the Burial Book is complete, work will start on recording the inscriptions at St. George's Church Brockholes (a hamlet of Honley) and St. Paul's Church, Armitage Bridge.
The work of recording the inscriptions has been done by myself Glynn Burhouse, Rita Walker and Alan Broadbent (both of Honley). I was born in the village and my ancestors arrived there around 1740 (Weavers, Clothiers, Mill Owners and Bakers)
Copyright of this website including all pages, zip files etc is held by the author Glynn Burhouse
Further Monumental Inscriptions from Yorkshire can be viewed at Guy Etchells pages.
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