The book "... And the Lord taketh away" - How the Mount Cemetery came into being and pen-pictures of some of those buried there, by Roger Nicholas, confirms what I recalled from memory. I have enquired about records of burials in the new cemetery at the Mount, with some success, but I'm unaware of any duplicate copies for the old cemetery. Best wishes, Chris Townsend ----- Original Message ----- From: "HILARY BLANFORD" <hilaryblanford@btinternet.com> To: <eng-surrey@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 12:03 PM Subject: [SRY] Mount Street and Cemetery Records I've now lost track of who made the original comment that the cemetery records were lost in fire, but if it was a cemetery, as opposed to a churchyard there may be a second set of registers somewhere. I am currently helping to transcribe burial records and one set is kept at the local crematorium and another at the town hall. The borough archivist might know if this is the case here. Hilary > > SNIP> > >> By the way, no pubs left, Chris W., and many > cottages gone. I think, from > >> memory, the Cemetery Lodge was lost in a fire > which also destroyed the > >> records of the old part of the cemetery. > Those for the new part survive.

Hilary said: PM > Subject: [SRY] Mount Street and Cemetery Records > > I've now lost track of who made the original comment that the cemetery > records were lost in fire, but if it was a cemetery, as opposed to a > churchyard there may be a second set of registers somewhere. I am currently > helping to transcribe burial records and one set is kept at the local > crematorium and another at the town hall. The borough archivist might know > if this is the case here. > There were not a duplicate set of burial records for the Mount old section but the local archaeological society have recorded all the monumental inscriptions and listed the names. This is deposited at the museum in Guildford - obviously it only helps for burials with memorials but it's better than nothing. The only other option for finding burials here are the death notices in the local papers. regards IAN Friends of Surrey Cemeteries _________________________________________________________________ New Windows 7: Simplify what you do everyday. Find the right PC for you. http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/buy/