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cane

cane Report 8 May 2009 13:52

i just read in our free local News-paper that in the 1850s there were cholera out breaks and that the bodies of the dead were burried in mass graves in parks. would the names of the deceased have been listed and are they stored any-where.

Gwen

cane

cane Report 8 May 2009 14:31

Hi Cass,
Salford in lanc's

cane

cane Report 8 May 2009 20:22

many thank's Cass and Joan for your help,i did however find out that between 1829-1858 17000 adults and children died of the decease in salford,Cass i will check out the parish chest.
all best Gwen xx