Vulcaneer   10 #1 Posted February 26, 2010 Can anyone help me with this please?  Family members buried in Burngreave Cemetery in 1865 and 1901 have the burial type named as dissenter. Does anyone know what the word dissenter could have meant at this time?  Thanks  Vulcaneer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DUFFEMS   56 #2 Posted February 26, 2010 Can anyone help me with this please? Family members buried in Burngreave Cemetery in 1865 and 1901 have the burial type named as dissenter. Does anyone know what the word dissenter could have meant at this time?  Thanks  Vulcaneer  I suspect it means "non conformist" when used in this sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #3 Posted February 26, 2010 Some chapels had burial grounds but the majority of nonconformist burials would be in the parish churchyard, often in a section set aside for dissenters. More recently burials may also be in municipal cemeteries. Many of these are now to be found on the National Burial Index (NBI). The SoG's London Burials Index is also a useful resource accessible through Origins. In all cases, the chapel may have kept its own records and local newspapers are likely to have an entry.  So it means that they were a member of a dissenting congregation, or something like that.  http://www.sog.org.uk/leaflets/nonconformists.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Vulcaneer   10 #4 Posted February 26, 2010 Thanks for everyone's help.  Vulcaneer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
algy   11 #5 Posted February 26, 2010 The cemetery was probably divided like the General Cemetery, which opened in 1836, with a dissenters burial ground, and a seperate area which was consecrated for Anglican burials. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...