Hi Robert. During the middle of the 19th century most of the churchyards in London were close dot new burials because they were overcrowded and insanitary. So it is likely that your gg grandfather was buried elsewhere in one of the municipal or private cemeteries that were set up mid century. See http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/cem.html HTH Anne On 2 Apr 2011, at 10:34, Robert Webb wrote: > Hi > My great great grandmother, Teresa Lack Webb, was buried at Christ Church Spitalfields on 6th August 1848 and her abode was Church Street, Spitalfields. Her husband, William Webb, died 4th March 1871 at 66 New Street, Mile end Old Town and would like know the likelihood as whether he also would have been buried at Christ Church or if not possibly at Tower Hamlets. > Robert in N Wales