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Search the Leeds General Cemetery Burial Registers Index

The Leeds General Cemetery Burial Registers Index is a database of transcriptions of all entries in the burial registers of the Leeds General Cemetery. The registers hold information on each person buried at the cemetery, covering the period 1835-1992. There are 97,112 entries in the index. Digital images of the registers are available to view alongside the transcribed data.

For further information about the transcription data and how to search the index, see our guidance document About the Data. A digital plot map of the cemetery is also available separately.

If you are interested in using the whole dataset for your research, please contact us.

Explore the registers using charts of key statistics

Chart of number of burials by decade

Some notable features

Feature Number Most common
cause of death
Total burials97112Stillborn
Babies (less than 1 year)32182Stillborn
Infants
(from 1 up to 5 years)
12515Bronchitis
Children
(from 6 up to 15 years)
3559Consumption
Adults (from 16 years)47903Consumption
Earliest23 July 1835
Latest30 January 1992
Youngest2 minutes
Oldest105 years
Most burials in one plot169

Example queries using

Browse by surname of deceased person

Browse by causes of death

Browse by occupations and roles of the deceased person

Browse by surname of mother

Browse by surname of father

Browse by occupations and roles of the parent(s)