A simple search on Cardiff cemeteries yields this post http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/971545 which reflects the very helpful service provided in the past to many people, including myself, seeking information about burials and grave locations. Cardiff Council used to have a very helpful website with links to maps of the cemeteries. They appear to have 'upgraded' their web site so it is much less useful, though it may be more accessible on carry-about gadgets of various sorts. However if you go to www.cardiff.gov.uk/ and search for 'cemeteries' you will get to a page listing cemeteries currently in use, and with a 'contact us' facility at the foot of the page. The headquarters of 'Bereavement Services' is at Thornhill Cemetery. Their email address and postal address can be found by searching for 'bereavement'. One thing that some family history researchers often forget is that not all dead bodies are buried or cremated shortly after death. Some principled individuals offer their bodies for use in medical schools for teaching students. It is very likely that burials 1900 to 1940 would have been in Cathays cemetery, unless they lived west of the river Taff in which case Western Cemetery at Green Farm Road, Ely might be a possibility, or maybe even Llandaff Cathedral. As in 1911 they seem to have lived in one of the very big houses at the bottom of Cathedral Road the latter may be a possibility. Note that in early-mid 20th Century there were Anglican convents in UK, as well as Catholic ones. If you have an obituary from a local paper - Western Mail or South Wales Echo probably in Cardiff in 1938 - then it is quite likely that in the preceding weeks there would have been a death notice in the same paper, which may well have given details of the time and location of the funeral. Nazareth House was a Catholic convent and orphanage in Cardiff at the junction of Colum Road and North Road. Welsh Newspapers Online has a notice about the marriage of George Goldfinch Spray in 1895 http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3256750/ART3/Spray at St Peter's Church, which is the Catholic Church off City Road. http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3433029/ART140/Spray has a death announcement for Capt. Glanville Spray of Conway Road http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3443984/ART240/Spray has has a death announcement for Elizabeth widow of Capt Glanville Spray Neither mention funeral arrangements http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3377784/ART227/Spray says when Glanville's funeral leaves the residence but not where he was to be buried. He was buried Saturday 30th September 1905, having died on 21st at his residence. http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3420967/ART114 has the marriage of Capt. Spray's daughter Emily at Conway Road Wesleyan Chapel, which would have been very close to their home. http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3379836/ART262 has the marriage of another daughter, Kate, again at Conway Road chapel. http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3374796/ART257 has the marriage of another daughter, Elizabeth (Beth) also at Conway Road church, so I would guess that Conway Road Wesleyan Methodist Church/Chapel was the family place of worship. I am not aware of any Wesleyan Chapel in Cardiff which had a burial ground at the time, nor any nonconformist chapel in the Canton area with a burial ground, but Canton locals like Graham may know of one. You might find more by careful searching. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denis Edwards via" <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> To: <GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [GLA] Cardiff cemeteries.. > Hi Evelyn > > thanks for your reply. your correct I always miss spell Glanville as > granville. I have all the family detail on this couple but don't know > where > they were buried. They had a very large family wirh two sons becoming > denitists in Cardiff. Is it possible to write to the main cemetery in > Cardiff to enquire about burials. am assuming its the CATHAYS Cemetery. > Best regards > Denis > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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Speaking as someone with ancestors who lived in 'one of the very big houses at the bottom of Cathedral Road' my personal experience suggests that they, too, were also buried in Cathays. Only those of my ancestors who lived east of Llandaff Road, for instance in Pencisely Road and Romilly Road, seem to have been buried at Llandaff. Robert -----Original Message----- From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coleman via It is very likely that burials 1900 to 1940 would have been in Cathays cemetery, unless they lived west of the river Taff in which case Western Cemetery at Green Farm Road, Ely might be a possibility, or maybe even Llandaff Cathedral. As in 1911 they seem to have lived in one of the very big houses at the bottom of Cathedral Road the latter may be a possibility. Note that in early-mid 20th Century there were Anglican convents in UK, as well as Catholic ones.