Hamilton Parish Church yard

[garydevine1995]

can anyone tell me where the Hamilton parish church yard is in Hamilton exactly because i have to relatives buried there from 1856 and i havent a clue where abouts it is in Hamilton but i am guessing it would be a catholic church so possibly st marys but where about is that??

[LesleyB]

Hi Gary

Something called Hamilton Parish Churchyard is likely to be CoS not RC, but not impossible that someone who was Roman Catholic might be buried there. There appear to be two St Marys in Hamilton, one is RC and the other Episcopalian, neither of which are the Parish Church. (Google maps)

Use Google maps to find the Parish church. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 20&iwloc=A

According to Genuki, the church yard is now closed.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/LKS/ce ... s-sl.shtml

Best wishes
Lesley

[garydevine1995]

awwww so we wouldnt beable to go in and see if there was a stone or anything..........would we beable to ask someone if she is buried there just to make sure if they still had records from back then?

[apanderson]

Lanarkshire Family History Society have a wee book for sale containing the MI's for Hamilton Parish Churchyard.

Have a look here: http://www.lanarkshirefhs.org.uk/mideath-pubs.html

Anne

[garydevine1995]

thanks Anne i will have a look

[LesleyB]

Hi Gary

awwww so we wouldnt beable to go in and see if there was a stone or anything..........

"closed" in the context of a graveyard usually means that people can no longer be buried there. I expect there would be no reason why you could not go and have a look around, provided the gates are open - it is most likely not closed to the living!!

Best wishes
Lesley

[apanderson]

Having a look at some map sites, it looks as though there's a car park right beside the churchyard.

If I'm looking at the right one, it sits between Cadzow Road & Strathmore Road - and has plenty of existing stones.

Looks as though there are gates at each entrance - but whether they're locked or not .....?

Anne

[garydevine1995]

awwwwww god i no the church now me and might aunt have went by it hundreds of times lol in the car hahaha thanks we never new the name of it though lol so we will try contact them