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
Some notable features
| Feature | Number | Most common cause of death |
|---|---|---|
| Total burials | 97112 | Stillborn |
| Babies (less than 1 year) | 32182 | Stillborn |
| Infants (from 1 up to 5 years) | 12515 | Bronchitis |
| Children (from 6 up to 15 years) | 3559 | Consumption |
| Adults (from 16 years) | 47903 | Consumption |
| Earliest | 23 July 1835 | |
| Latest | 30 January 1992 | |
| Youngest | 2 minutes | |
| Oldest | 105 years | |
| Most burials in one plot | 169 | |