Oystertown Resources - Memorial Inscriptions in Whitstable Cemeteries.

Introduction - Memorial Inscription Images on file.

As we look around the local cemeteries for specific gravestones we usually photograph and catalogue all of those that we think may have a direct connection to one of our featured families. If we published all of these pictures at high resolution we would use up all of our web-space very quickly. As many of the families are connected at some point in their history we don't always know just who might be interested in a particular picture and no-one wants their inbox filled up with random pictures of gravestones.

Our answer to this problem was to build this index page which grows as more photographs are taken. This has the advantage of the names being included in our own and internet search engines.

If you ever find a match for a name you are looking for on this page just use email us and we will send you a copy of our original image of the headstone, usually about 470k in size. All we ask in return is you let us know your possible connection with the person so that we can help put you and others that also have a match in touch with each other.

Some important notes:

This is not an offer to search for a specific grave in an unknown location. We just don't have the resources.

We list the details as shown below, and if information is missing it is because we cannot read it.

We do nothing to any headstone to improve its legibility.

If we cannot get close without standing on the area of the grave we zoom in. This can reduce the quality of the image.

Some churchyards are now allowing nature to take over older areas. This can result in graves being found amongst trees and bushes, the roots having caused major movement of the headstones. In these cases we do not normally take photographs because of the distress it may cause, just noting the details for our records.

Headstones unprotected from the elements, particularly those made from sandstone, do not age well. It is often difficult to read anything from such a headstone after 100 years, so don't be too hopeful.

We do not take pictures of graves less than 15 years old in respect to the feelings of the living.

The good news.

Last year we came across a memorial and photographed it because it was unusual for this area. It was quite old and made of wood, with the inscripition painted on. Recently we came across it again, but now the paint had finally peeled off making the words illegible. The photograph we had taken may now be the only record of this grave. One day someone may find this record on this site and learn information about their ancestor that otherwise they would never have known.

We are in the process of making a grid layout of the four Whitstable cemeteries, All Saints' Church, Millstrood Road (municipal), Seasalter (old Church)and Swalecliffe Church. We will then be able to provide a reference to an on-site map which will enable people to find the location of a grave within a few yards. For now the Location is limited to the cemetery, AS, MR, SE, SW.

Where we have more information on the named person there will be a link under 'Site Link'. A number under 'Descendants Tracked' means that we have correspondence details of ancestors whom we can contact to let them know of your interest.

We are sure that the three churches would not refuse any small donation you might like to make to them having used these details.

Whitstable M.I. images presently available.

Surname	Forenames	Birth date	Death date	Age	Loc-	Site	Descend.
					ation	Link	Tracked
Camburn	James		14 11 1882	80	AS
Camburn	Frederick		01 12 1985	72	AS
Camburn	Hannah		22 10 1886	80	AS
Camburn	Thomas Edward		18 10 1909	71	MR
Camburn	Annie		21 11 1885	45?	MR
Collar	Sarah		19 12 1925	73	MR
Collar	William		09 03 1906	50?	MR
Foad	Alice		22 01 1928	57	AS
Foad	John Edward		02 02 1903	36	MR
Foad	Josephus		14 07 1954	86	AS
Foad	George Edward		11 12 1936	84	MR
Foad	Georgina Harriett		13 01 1943	79	MR
Foreman	Laurie M		27 03 1963		AS
Foreman	Eliza		03 03 1900	91	MR
Foreman	James Onslow		18??		MR
Gann	Maud	1893	1988		AS
Gann	Claude	1889	1953		AS
Kemp	Margaret Jane		19 12 1945	80	AS
Kemp	Ralph	14 03 1913	26 10 1984		AS
Kemp	Edward Thomas		05 08 1939	79	AS
Kemp	Maria(Wife of James Kemp)		11 08 1834	47	AS
Madams	William Edward		22 05 1889	69	MR
Rigden	Edward		18 04 1880	69	MR
Whorlow	Harry		27 11 1939	71	AS
Whorlow	Anne		26 05 1946(8)		AS

Cemetery layouts so far available.

These are printable pages that you can enter the grid details onto before you visit.

MR Millstrood Road, Whitstable.