Queens Road Cemetery
Kelly's Essex Directory,
1908: "The Cemetery, opened October 1st, 1872,
comprises 11 acres, and contains two chapels: here is also
the public mortuary: the cemetery is under the control of
the Walthamstow Urban District Council acting as a burial
board."
It appears that at one time the eastern chapel was for
Church of England use, and the western chapel for
non-conformist use. According to old maps there was a
mortuary in the cemetery at one time, where the path
deviates from the straight at the north east corner, but
it seems to have dissappeared by 1914. A major cross path
about half way between the chapels and the war memorial
also disappeared before 1945. As with other paths, the
space has been used for further burials. The Lodge and
Coroner's Court remain though are now separate. There is
space to park a car parking in the cemetery. The cemetery
opening
times vary over the year, so check to avoid being locked
in.
Cemetery Records
Queens Road Cemetery has been run by the London Borough of
Waltham Forest since 1965. Copies of records are available
for a fee or can be inspected at the offices at Chingford
Mount Cemetery by appointment.
Some of the cemetery registers have been digitised are are
available to search on Ancestry.
There are two types of register, the Burial Register and
the Grave Register. Some information is in both registers,
like date and depth of each burial, but the class of
burial and residence are only in the burial register and
the grave owner and list of those buried are only in the
grave register. The burial register has information about
the burial event. It can be worth looking at all entries
for a particuar grave. You can do this by using a keyword
of "Queens Road" and a grave number with just the
numerals.
Monumental inscriptions have been transcribed by WFFHS and
are searchable on this site.
Unfortunately by the time transcription took place, some
monuments were weathered, broken, or had sunk and were not
readable, but the majority have been recorded. In a few
cases the monument has not been recorded where the burial
register indicates it should be, this is because it has
been recorded where it was found. Where these cases are
known, a note has been made on the record.
The cemetery
has an entrance from Queens Road with a path approximately
up the centre and paths close to the perimeter. The chapel
building comprises two chapels, Church of England and
non-conformist, though the latter is now used for storage.
There is a war memorial further into the cemetery where
crossing paths meet. There are trees near the entrance to
the cemetery and part of the central path is tree lined,
but otherwise the cemetery is quite open. There is only
one large monument in the cemetery, at 1657B in area B31,
belonging to the Hooker family. There are two large graves
at 1888AD and 1890AD in Area D37 of 28 and 23 people who
died between November 1946 and February 1947. The link
between these people is as yet unexplained.
The cemetery is divided into
four areas, A, B, C and D with paths providing the
dividing lines and these letters make up part of each
grave number. These have been further split for recording
and finding purposes.
Area
A
Area B
Area C
Area D North West
Area D North
Area D North East
| Area A is divided into 37 parts |  |
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| A01 |
A02 | A03 | A04 | |
| A05 | A06 | A07 | A08 | |
| A09 | A10 | A11 | A12 | |
| A13 |
A14 | A15 | A16 | |
| A17 |
A18 |
A19 | A20 | |
| A21 | A22 |
A23 |
A24 |
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| A25 |
A26 |
A27 |
A28 |
|
| A29 |
A30 |
A31 |
A32 |
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| A33 |
A34 |
A35 |
A36 |
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| A37 |
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| Area B is divided into 35 parts |  |
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| B01 | B13 | B25 | |
| B02 | B14 | B26 | |
| B03 | B15 | B27 | |
| B04 | B16 | B28 | |
| B05 | B17 | B29 | |
| B06 | B18 | B30 | |
| B07 | B19 | B31 | |
| B08 | B20 | B32 | |
| B09 | B21 | B33 | |
| B10 | B22 | B34 | |
| B11 | B23 | B35 | |
| B12 | B24 | ||
Area C is divided into 44 parts
| C01 | C12 | C23 | C34 |
 |
| C02 | C13 | C24 |
C35 |
|
| C03 | C14 | C25 | C36 |
|
| C04 | C15 | C26 |
C37 |
|
| C05 | C16 | C27 |
C38 |
|
| C06 | C17 | C28 |
C39 | |
| C07 | C18 | C29 |
C40 | |
| C08 | C19 | C30 |
C41 | |
| C09 | C20 | C31 | C42 | |
| C10 | C21 | C32 | C43 | |
| C11 | C22 | C33 | C44 |
Area D is divided into 49 parts
| D01 | D14 | D26b | D38 |  |
| D02 | D15 | D27 | D39 | |
| D03 | D16 | D28 | D40 | |
| D04 | D17 | D29 | D40a | |
| D05 | D18 | D30 | D41 | |
| D06 | D19 | D31 | D42 | |
| D07 | D20 | D32 | D43 | |
| D08 | D21 | D33 | D44 | |
| D09 | D22 | D34 | D45 | |
| D10 | D23 | D35 | D46 | |
| D11 | D24 | D36 | D47 | |
| D12 | D25 | D36 | D48 | |
| D13 | D26a | D37 | D49 |
