victoria park cemetery, bethnal green burial register index (1853-1859)

VICTORIA PARK CEMETERY, BETHNAL GREEN 

BURIAL REGISTER INDEX (1853-1859) 

HISTORY 

Now shown on modern maps as Meath Gardens, the 9 Ä acre site was bought by Charles Salisbury Butler who, 

from 1852-1868, was the Member of Parliament for Tower Hamlets. The site is situated south of Green Street 

(now Roman Road) and north of the British Rail line running from Liverpool Street Station to Stratford. To its 

east is the Regents Canal and present day Usk Street was its western boundary. A short distance further south 

was Mile End Workhouse in Bancroft Road which is now Mile End Hospital. 

The land was originally bought with the intention of building houses upon it 

but Charles Salisbury Butler was persuaded to use the plot as a cemetery 

with the potential for a steadily increased income. However, this failed to 

materialise as the land was situated in a very poor area of London and a 

good percentage of the burials were of people who died in the workhouses. 

Opened in 1845 the cemetery catered for Non-conformists and buried 

people from all over London. In 1876 the cemetery closed due to lack of 

space and the dreadful conditions into which it had deteriorated. A rough 

estimate of the number of burials during the cemetery’s 31 years of 

existence range from 250,000 to more than 300,000. 

In 1884 the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association raised money to grass 

over the cemetery and, together with the London County Council, turned it 

into a much needed green space. It was renamed Meath Gardens in 

tribute to Lord Meath, the association’s chairman and officially opened by 

the Duke of York (the future King George V) on 20th July 1894. 

The stone arched gateway to the cemetery is still in situ.

THE REGISTERS 

Although the cemetery started in 1845 the first register is missing and has never been filmed. It was lodged in a 

solicitor’s office but despite attempts to find its whereabouts after the solicitor closed his office, it has never been 

recovered. The Society published the first two extant registers, from 1853 to 1856, in 2008. This is the final 

completed Index which includes the third volume. 

Register 1 starts from 30 th October 1853 and ends on 25 th March 1855. Surnames beginning with the letter ‘I’ are 

missing. Register 2 starts from the end of March 1855 and finishes on 31 st December 1856 with only the letter 

‘X’ missing from the surnames. Register 3 starts from 1 st January 1857, finishes on 31 st December 1859 and 

contains just over 37,000 entries (including variants). Unfortunately surnames beginning with the letters X, Y and 

Z are missing from the original register. The combined available registers produce a total of over 64,000 entries, 

which includes a number of variations of names. 

Microfilm copies of the registers are to be found at the National Archives at Kew under piece numbers RG8/42-51 

and at Tower Hamlets Local History Library, Bancroft Road, Stepney. 

No attempt has been made to correct any mis-spellings which occur in the original registers or to exclude entries 

which have been crossed out. There are a few entries where two surnames have been given and both 

alternative names have been included. 

It seems to have been the custom at this cemetery for the parish burials to be written up at the end of the 

month, and sometimes at the end of the year! Therefore if you are checking the microfilm for a certain date, 

ensure you check further pages. For further details regarding parish burials a visit should be made to the London 

Metropolitan Archives at 40, Northampton Road, London, EC1R OHB for access to the workhouse registers.

ABBREVIATIONS 

A number of abbreviations have been used in the registers, some of which, for clarification, are expanded below:- 

B.friars = Blackfriars 

B. Gn. = Bethnal Green 

Boro = Borough 

Ck.well = Clerkenwell 

Crct = Crescent 

D = Day 

E = East (usually the Stepney area) 

H = Hours 

M = Month 

P.G. = Purchased Grave 

P’y = Penitentiary 

S.B. = Still Born 

Southwk. = Southwark 

W = West (usually means 

Westminster) 

Westr. = Westminster 

W.chapel = Whitechapel 

Y = Years 

N.T. = New Town 

O.T. = Old Town 

Pce/Pl = Place 

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, errors and omissions may have crept in for which the 

Society cannot accept responsibility. However, the Society will be pleased to receive details of any found or 

clarification of doubtful entries.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

The Society wishes to thank Malcolm Barr-Hamilton and Chris Lloyd at Tower Hamlets Local History Library, 

Bancroft Road, Stepney, E1 4DQ, for allowing us to make use of their facilities to provide photocopies from their 

microfilmed version of the registers. 

The Society would also like to express their deep appreciation to all the hardworking members who have 

transcribed, checked, typed, amended and put together this CD-Rom. 

Our thanks go to:- 

Monica Baker, Vera Bangs, Gary Barnes, Elaine Cave, Richard Chapman, Doreen Cooper, Jack and Evelyn Davis, 

Helen Dixon, Marie Fisher, Chris France, Jackie Gilbert, Dave Hannan, Pauline Harvey, Eileen Hunt, Alan Johnson, 

Brenda Keer, Linda Kuyper, Sylvia Law, Betty and Dave Lewis, Brian McDonald, Margaret McEwen, Rose Mint, 

Colleen Mitchell, Kathleen Pearson, Anne Quade, Jill Reeves, Derrick Reynolds, John Reynolds, Marilyn Rix, Madge 

Robins, Cyril Scanes, Jill Stack, Sue Waine, John Welton, Ian Whaley, Pat Whaymand, Jill White, Vera Woodford, 

Iris and David Wright, 

Our appreciation also goes to the two dozen people from the Newham & Redbridge Branch who regularly attend 

our group project meetings held at Wanstead Library to check the typing, many of whom are included in the 

above list. 

Anne Quade 2011 

Ä The East of London Family History Society

VICTORIA PARK CEMETERY INDEX 1853 to 1859 

WYMARK, Richard Wm. Besborough Row, Westr. 1856 Apr-29 1M 2 

WYMER, Minnie Fore St, City 1859 Dec-25 2 3 

WYMES, Mrs. (S.B. of) Snow's Fields, Bermondsey 1854 Dec-25 (blank) 1 

WYN, Mary 3 Rutland St, St. George's 1858 Jul-18 4D 3 

WYNES, William 8 Park St, Bethnal Green 1857 Dec-26 34 3 

WYNESS, Arthur (Blank) 1859 Feb-19 11M 3 

WYNESS, James Noel St, Wardour St 1859 Feb-12 3Y7M 3 

WYNN, Ann East Smithfield 1854 Aug-20 30 1 

WYNN, Chas. 41 Skinner St., Bishopsgate 1855 Jul-10 23 2 

WYNN, Fred William Newington Causeway 1855 Aug-10 4Y6M 2 

WYNN, Harriet Wellington Row, Bethnal Green 1857 Nov-22 13M 3 

WYNN, Herbert Walter Grays Inn La 1858 Jan-19 51 3 

WYNN, Jasper Clerkenwell Parish 1854 Feb-3 2Y6M 1 

WYNN, Jessie E Grays Inn Rd. 1854 Oct-27 12M 1 

WYNN, John 1 Cottage Pl, Tottenham Ct, Rd 1857 Nov-09 59 3 

WYNN, Joseph 16 Montague St., Hope Tn. 1856 Dec-7 7M 2 

WYNN, Martha St. George's Southwk P A/C 1858 Nov-18 55 3 

WYNN, Mary Clerkenwell Parish 1853 Dec 4 60 1 

WYNN, Sarah E. 2 Globe Rd. 1854 Apr-30 1W 1 

WYNN, Sidney Herbert 10 Bolton Row, Mayfair 1859 Apr-30 9M 3 

WYNN, William 15 White Lion St, City 1854 Apr-21 37 1 

WYNNE, Edward St. Saviours 1854 May-2 28 1 

WYNNE, Frederick St. Saviours 1854 Aug-8 18M 1 

WYNNE, William London Hospital 1856 May-23 62 2 

WYNYARD, William St.Geo., Southwk. 1855 Dec-7 60 2 

WYRES, William Vine Ct, Hackney Rd 1859 Aug-04 16M 3 

WYSIN, Martha 3 Brewers Turning, Southwark 1854 Sep-10 20 1 

YALDON, Emily Ann Church St, Soho 1856 Apr-4 9W 2 

YARDLEY, Mary Hooper St, Clerkenwell 1856 Apr-8 8M 2 

YARDLEY, Mrs. (S.B of) Salisbury Terr. 1854 Feb-11 (blank) 1 

YARDLEY, Sarah St.Mary 1854 Aug-5 59 1 

YARDLEY, Sarah Earls Pl. Horslydown 1856 Jan-5 79 2 

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YARNOLD, Frances St. Marys, Newington 1855 Jul-29 66 2 

YARROW, William Emma St, Hackney Rd. 1856 May-4 77 2 

YARWOOD, Caroline Union St., Boro' 1855 Jan-21 45 1 

YARWORTH, Jane Gt. St. Andrew St, Soho 1856 Sep-21 36 2 

YAST, Rebecca 5 Walkers Terr., Mile End 1854 Aug-30 13 1 

YATES, (blank) 20 Bell Pl, Bermondsey 1856 Nov-20 30H 2 

YATES, (Child) St.Georges, Southwark 1855 Apr-21 2D 2 

YATES, Albert Sidney St., Commercial Rd. 1854 Jan-8 5M 1 

YATES, Annie Agnes Weston St, Bermondsey 1856 Mar-16 1M 2 

YATES, Arthur Sidney St., Commercial Rd. 1854 Sep-24 4 1 

YATES, Eliza Bethnal Green Pr. Account 1856 Oct-18 14 2 

YATES, Eliza Ann Sidney St., Commercial Rd. 1853 Dec-28 14 1 

YATES, Elizabeth 22 Collingwood St, Bethnal Green 1856 Mar-2 64 2 

YATES, Henry S. Burlington St, Piccadilly 1856 Apr-17 1Y4M 2 

YATES, Herbert Sidney St., Commercial Rd. 1854 Feb-25 7M 1 

YATES, Mary Ann Polygon Mews, Grosvenor St. 1855 Oct-7 9M 2 

YATES, Mrs. (S.B. of) St. Georges, Southwark 1855 Jul-4 (blank) 2 

YAUDE, Martha Butler St, Bethnal Green 1855 Apr-8 65 2 

YEAMES, Eliza St.Georges 1854 Jun-5 20M 1 

YEARLEY, Martha 111 Green St, Bethnal Green 1856 Nov-26 6W 2 

YEARRAN, Alfred 59 Garden Row, Boro' 1854 Nov-12 3Y11M 1 

YEARSLEY, Jane Jones Star St, Edgware Rd. 1855 Nov-7 71 2 

YEATMAN, William Wellington St, Chelsea 1856 Dec-27 3W 2 

YEE, Boy 24 Shakespeare Walk, Shadwell 1854 Jul-27 30 1 

YELF, Frances Anns St, Pentonville 1855 Oct-17 78 2 

YELF, William Wheeler Millbank Penitentiary 1854 Mar-11 53 1 

YELLAP, Robert Wauder St, Soho 1855 Nov-25 11W 2 

YELMANS, George Thomas Gloucester St, St. Lukes 1856 May-26 9M 2 

YELMANS, Jane E Gloucester St, St. Lukes 1856 May-26 6 2 

YELVERTON, Mrs. (S.B. of) White Lion Street 1855 Dec-19 (blank) 2 

YELVERTY, George Richard 31 White Lion St., City 1854 Nov-3 4M 1 

YEMMIS, Mary St.Georges, Southwark 1854 Nov-6 68 1 



YEMS, Jane Whitechapel Parish 1856 Mar-29 14D 2 

YENDALE, Jno Caledonian Rd, Islington 1855 Dec-23 47 2 

YEOMANS, Alfred Hendon St, Pimlico 1856 Feb-25 2 2 

YEOMANS, Henry Rooney Gloster Buildings, St. Lukes 1855 Dec-31 2Y3M 2 

YEOMANS, Jno. Sine Pole Tiverton St., St.Georges 1854 Jan-29 45 1 

YEOMANS, Matthew H Newcastle St., City 1854 Mar-5 15M 1 

YERWORTH, Elizabeth 12 Hague St, Bethnal Green 1856 Nov-30 47 2 

YEWEN, Ann Queens Rd, Bermondsey 1856 Dec-1 4M 2 

YOCKINS, Mary Cancer Hospital, Brompton 1856 Mar-22 62 2 

YOLTENS, Martha M Church Gr., Horseleydown 1854 Mar-24 13M 1 

YORK, (Child) Bath Row, Hackney Rd. 1856 Apr-24 2H 2 

YORK, Charles Crown St, Soho 1856 Apr-20 4M 2 

YORK, Edward A. Clarks Pl, Bishopsgate 1855 Aug-30 12M 2 

YORK, Eleanor Guys Hospital 1856 Mar-27 84 2 

YORK, John Richard Albion Pl, Clerkenwell 1856 Mar-9 1Y4M 2 

YORK, Margaret Love Lane, Spitalfields 1856 Dec-30 3 2 

YORK, Mary Bath Row, Hackney Rd. 1856 May-4 26 2 

YORK, Sarah Barnet Grove, Bethnal Green 1856 May-4 1Y5M 2 

YOUDAN, Emily 9 Cross St, Golden Sq. 1856 May-12 2 2 

YOUDE, Mary St.Georges, Southwark 1854 Mar-10 90 1 

YOUDE, Maud St.Georges 1854 Mar-10 51 1 

YOUDON, Jane Kings St, Golden Sq. 1856 Jun-24 55 2 

YOUDON, Thomas Cross St, Golden Sq. 1856 May-28 33 2 

YOULDEN, Ann M 16 George St., City 1854 Aug-10 20 1 

YOUNG, Alfred North St, Marylebone 1855 Dec-16 12M 2 

YOUNG, Ann Cross St, Hoxton 1855 Aug-20 10M 2 

YOUNG, Benjamin Clerkenwell Parish 1856 Aug-31 11 2 

YOUNG, Benjamin E. Shorts Gardens, Drury La. 1856 Feb-1 1Y 2 

YOUNG, Catherine Whitechapel Parish 1856 Aug-2 40 2 

YOUNG, Catherine St. Georges Parish 1855 Nov-21 68 2 

YOUNG, Charles St. Georges, Southwark 1855 Dec-14 55 2 

YOUNG, Eliza Hill St, Walworth 1856 Dec-21 5M 2 



YOUNG, Elizabeth Guys Hospital 1855 Jan-15 75 1 

YOUNG, Elizabeth Millbank Prison 1855 Nov-15 29 2 

YOUNG, Esther St.Georges, Southwark 1854 Sep-26 38 1 

YOUNG, George Marmont St, St. Georges, East 1856 Jan-20 20 2 

YOUNG, George John St.George 1854 Aug-6 56 1 

YOUNG, George R Hughes St. Mews, Pimlico 1854 Sep-14 57 1 

YOUNG, George William Kent St., Boro' 1854 Aug-6 6 1 

YOUNG, Hannah M. Noel St, Marylebone 1856 Aug-3 17M 2 

YOUNG, Hannah M. Bath St, Clerkenwell 1855 Nov-18 7M 2 

YOUNG, Harriet Lancaster Ct, Bond St. 1856 Dec-8 56 2 

YOUNG, Henry Five Foot La., City 1854 Sep-6 13M 1 

YOUNG, Henry Christchurch Parish 1856 Mar-31 32 2 

YOUNG, Henry Wells Pl, Whitechapel 1856 Apr-27 41 2 

YOUNG, Henry Cumberland Pl, Marylebone 1856 Oct-28 10M 2 

YOUNG, Hepzabah Shorts Gardens, Drury La. 1856 Jun-5 6 2 

YOUNG, Isabella Stafford Pl., Pimlico 1855 Feb-4 44 1 

YOUNG, James 8 Harlesford St., Bethnal Green 1854 Sep-18 62 1 

YOUNG, James London Hospital 1854 Jul-22 41 1 

YOUNG, Jane St.George 1854 Aug-7 40 1 

YOUNG, Jane St. Mary's, Newington 1855 Dec-15 41 2 

YOUNG, Job St. Georges, Southwark 1855 Apr-2 65 2 

YOUNG, John Park St., Boro' 1854 Jun-2 73 1 

YOUNG, John Fair St., Southwark 1854 Jun-8 2Y6M 1 

YOUNG, John Guys Hospital 1856 Nov-10 61 2 

YOUNG, John Henry Buxton St, Spitalfields 1855 Oct-28 40 2 

YOUNG, Joseph 3 Colonade, Brunswick Sq. 1854 Feb-13 56 1 

YOUNG, Joseph Ivy St, Hoxton 1856 Oct-5 43 2 

YOUNG, Joseph C Whitechapel Parish 1854 Jan-28 3 1 

YOUNG, Kate Berwick St, Soho 1856 Sep-28 15 2 

YOUNG, Lydia Britannia St., Grays Inn Rd. 1855 Mar-3 2 1 

YOUNG, Mary London Hospital 1854 Dec-16 66 1 

YOUNG, Mary Christchurch Parish 1856 Apr-19 56 2 



YOUNG, Mary Ann Hyde Place, Westminster 1856 Mar-2 9 2 

YOUNG, Midford R. 5 Sutton St, Clerkenwell 1856 May-18 12M 2 

YOUNG, William C. St. Mary, Newington 1856 Oct-23 18M 2 

YOUNG, William Henry 12 High St, Aldgate 1856 Jul-13 4M 2 

YOUNG, William Henry Elizabeth St, Hackney Rd. 1856 Jun-22 36 2 

YOUNG, Rebecca Elizabeth Abbey St., Bethnal Green 1855 Jan-14 2M 1 

YOUNGER, Mrs. (S.B of) St.Lukes 1854 Jul-18 (blank) 1 

YOUNGMAN, Godfrey R St.Mary, Southwark 1854 Oct-29 2Y7M 1 

YOUNGMAN, John Mays Pond, Southwark 1856 Dec-29 2M 2 

YOUNGMAN, Mary Whitcombe St, Leicester Sq. 1856 Dec-29 17 2 

YOUNGMAN, Matilda Amelia St., Southwark 1854 Oct-1 4 1 

YOUNGS, Alice George Ct, St. Lukes 1856 Feb-3 1Y4M 2 

YOUNGS, Elizabeth George Ct, St. Lukes 1856 Feb-17 3Y6M 2 

YOURK, Elizth. St.Mary, Newington 1854 Dec-7 72 1 

YOURVIN, Rosina Tooley St., Southwark 1854 Sep-6 6 1 

YRIGOLI, Joseph de New Kent Rd. 1855 Oct-11 75 2 

ZAPP, Margaret Elizabeth Thomas St, St. George in East 1856 Jan-20 18 2 

ZEAL, Robert Philadelphia Ter, Westminster 1856 Mar-16 51 2 

ZEIBLE, Elizabeth Whitechapel Parish 1854 Jan-21 23 1 

ZERBIN, Henry Gay 12 Sun St., Bishopsgate 1854 May-11 6 1 

ZERRAM, Thomas Whitechapel Parish 1854 May-6 38 1 

ZIRFAS, Lucy 34 Saville St, Marylebone 1856 May-17 3M 2 

ZOAR, Emily Snow Hill, City 1856 May-1 2Y6M 2 

ZOLLER, Christina E. Parliament St, Westminster 1855 Jun-6 15M 2 

ZUGG, Esther Sarah 7 Grey Court St, Westminster 1855 May-4 13 2 

ZUILL, Jane Lower Rd, Deptford 1856 Mar-11 46 2 

ZUMPH, Frederick M. Marshall St, Golden Sq. 1856 Mar-9 6 2

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