I thought they might have been buried at St Woolos, but wasn't sure if
burials in churchyards were still permitted in Newport in the early 20th
century. I know that in York, the situation of burials in churchyards
was becoming so unsanitary by the 1850s that the Council banned them,
having built a new cemetery outside the city walls.
I have another ancestor, Elizabeth Scott HIGTON, who was a sister of
William Charles HIGTON, and I suspect she died in Newport R.D. in Q3
1900 (she is the right age, is recorded in the GRO index as Elizabeth
HIGHTON, but there is nobody of that name living in Monmouthshire in the
1891 census). She is probably also buried at St Woolos.
Could someone advise on how best I could access the records? I live in
the English Midlands.
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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:07:55 +0000
From: NICOLA THOMAS <nic.thomasfhs(a)tesco.net>
Subject: [MON] Re: MONMOUTHSHIRE Digest, Vol 12, Issue 33
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If they died in Newport then it is quite likely they were buried at the
local authority cemetery at St Woolos, Bassaleg Rd Newport.
Nicola