Hi Malcolm, yes, there are still some very old gravestone around the the church. Walsall History Centre my have some details. Regards, Albert. Researching PURCELL Darlaston, Wednesbury and Tamworth > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:13:15 +1000 > From: "Malcolm Platt-Grigg" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Black Country] ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Unidentified Photos > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi List, > Did St.Lawrence, Darlaston have it's own graveyard? > I have a burial record for a Samuel Platt from 1828 and was wondering if he > would have been buried at the church or at another cemetery. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Regards > Malcolm. > UK Transcriptions website: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~uktranscriptions/ > My personal website: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~plattgrigg/index.html > Researching GRIGG Halesowen, Dudley, Harborne, Birmingham. > PLATT Darlaston, Wednesbury, Birmingham.

A few data on St Laurences which might give background: 1)From "Portrait of the Black Country" by Parsons summarized: St L built in 17th C and rebuilt in brick 1807. Rumours of earlier foundation not proven. Present Church 19th C with Tower and spire as late as 1907. Church yard dedicated as Garden of Rest in 1954. 2) ibid: 1832 Cholera outbreak. Parsons makes no specific references to St Laurences but notes 692 deaths Bilston, 49 ommitted from registers and buries elae where, 404 deaths Tipton,Dudley Church Yards full and bodies taken to Netherend. No data for Darlaston. One might conclude that two issues render the gravestone situation as probably incapable detailed analysis: a) The rebuilding of the church, b) the chaos that swept the area in the 1832 and later Cholera epidemic. Tough times! Cheers Roger Thompson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Albert E Purcell Sent: 20 June 2009 22:35 To: [email protected] Subject: [Black Country] Re-St Lawrence Church Darlaston Hi Malcolm, yes, there are still some very old gravestone around the the church. Walsall History Centre my have some details. Regards, Albert. Researching PURCELL Darlaston, Wednesbury and Tamworth > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:13:15 +1000 > From: "Malcolm Platt-Grigg" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Black Country] ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Unidentified Photos > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi List, > Did St.Lawrence, Darlaston have it's own graveyard? > I have a burial record for a Samuel Platt from 1828 and was wondering if he > would have been buried at the church or at another cemetery. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Regards > Malcolm. > UK Transcriptions website: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~uktranscriptions/ > My personal website: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~plattgrigg/index.html > Researching GRIGG Halesowen, Dudley, Harborne, Birmingham. > PLATT Darlaston, Wednesbury, Birmingham. ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message