There were two cemeteries, St. Nicholas' in Providence Row, and St. Oswald's in Church Croft. Stan On 30 January 2011 15:07, David Allan <davidm.allan@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Would anyone care to suggest where an ancestor of mine might have been laid > to rest? > > Elizabeth Bell ACKROYD died 27 January 1892 and at the time was living at 13 > Allergate, Durham. I know that she was buried three days later in 'Durham', > but I have no idea which cemetery. > > The ACKROYD's had a family confectionary business in Saddler Street (the > road that leads up to the cathedral). When Elizabeth's mother Sarah died in > 1860, she was buried at nearby St Mary-le-Bow. > > Elizabeth however, didn't really play much of a part in the family business > and went into service. She did quite well and the 1881 census shows that > Elizabeth was a housekeeper for HRH Prince Christian and HRH Princess Helena > (daughter of HRH Queen Victoria) at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park. > > She later returned to her home town of Durham and lived out the remainder of > her life, unmarried, at 13 Allergate with her sister Mary (also never > married) and a Jane Jopling, who was head of the household. I think that > Elizabeth and Mary were related to Jane through marriage. > > Kind regards... DAVID. > >  ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >