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Barnstaple (Bear Street) Cemetery burial registers

Posted by Andrew Crabtree on 8/6/2026, 12:06 pm

Hello and thank you very much for any assistance that can be provided.
I would like to find out whether burial registers for this cemetery can be accessed, ideally for the years 1879 and 1883. FamilySearch has digital images for a short period in the 1850s, but I've been unable to locate any other records. I notice that the CWGC memorials in Barnstaple Cemetery listed on FindaGrave have plot numbers, implying that the registers exists somewhere, but very few other memorials there do. I hope to visit the cemetery in a couple of weeks and a plot number or two would hugely increase my chances of finding the grave/plots in question. The surname I am researching is China.
Thanks again,
Andrew

Re: Barnstaple (Bear Street) Cemetery burial registers

Posted by Jeff on 13/6/2026, 12:58 pm, in reply to "Barnstaple (Bear Street) Cemetery burial registers"

Hi Andrew,
Attached is a link to the North Devon Council cemeteries office with Email address & phone number.
At the bottom you'll see that they offer a search service.
https://www.northdevon.gov.uk/business/bereavement-services/contact-us-crematorium-and-cemeteries

Re: Barnstaple (Bear Street) Cemetery burial registers

Posted by Andrew Crabtree on 13/6/2026, 3:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Barnstaple (Bear Street) Cemetery burial registers"

Hi Jeff, that's great - thank you

. Enquiry now submitted...fingers crossed for a reply in time for 21 June. Yes, I know I shouldn't have left it so late!
Cheers,
Andrew

Re: Barnstaple (Bear Street) Cemetery burial registers

Posted by Judith on 11/6/2026, 8:03 pm, in reply to "Barnstaple (Bear Street) Cemetery burial registers"

Try North Devon Record office, or Devon Heritage centre in Exeter.

Re: Barnstaple (Bear Street) Cemetery burial registers

Posted by Andrew Crabtree on 12/6/2026, 2:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Barnstaple (Bear Street) Cemetery burial registers"

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to me, Judith. The archive catalogues at the offices you mention don't appear to contain the burial registers for Barnstaple Cemetery.
I live near London and will be in Barnstaple only briefly over a weekend, so will in any case have no opportunity to visit the North Devon Record office during opening hours.
I have an Ancestry subscription, but there is nothing useful there, or anywhere else I've searched online, so I am hoping someone with local knowledge may be able to help.

Re: Barnstaple (Bear Street) Cemetery burial registers

Posted by Judith on 15/6/2026, 12:13 pm, in reply to "Re: Barnstaple (Bear Street) Cemetery burial registers"

according to the web site, it is managed by North Devon council, try them.

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