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REGISTER OF MILITARY FUNERALS RECORDED AT ST BOTOLPH'S NEW BURYING GROUND IN COLCHESTER, WHERE NOW STANDS ST JOHN'S ORTHODOX CHURCH (ERO D/P 203/1/4)

Burials recorded per page of burial register:

1 – 15 + 14 = 29
2 – 32
3 – 10 + 20 = 30
4 – 33
5 – 31
6 – 32
7 – 30
8 – 27
9 – 13+ 8 = 31
10 – 31
11 – 32
12 – 32
13 – 32
14 – 32
15 – 2 + 30 = 32

Total = 466


Number of burials per year:

1807 – 15
1808 – 56
1809 – 186
1810 – 145
1811 – 34
1812 – 30

Total = 466


Names:

John – 110
William – 70
Thomas – 51
James – 39
Joseph – 17
Robert – 15
Edward – 12
George – 12
Patrick – 10
Richard – 10
Samuel – 10
David – 8
Charles – 7
Henry – 7
Michael – 7
Illegible – 7
Benjamin – 6
Unnamed – 6
Women – Army wives? – 5 (Mary (3), Ann and Judith)
Alexander – 4
Daniel – 4
Hugh – 4
Jeremiah – 4
Matthew – 4
Jacob – 3
Peter – 3
Dennis – 2
Jonathan – 2
Moses – 2
Nathaniel – 2
Ralph – 2


One each:

Abraham, Adam, Andrew, Anthony, Arthur, Barney, Bartholomew, Christopher, Dennis, Francis, Job, Lawrence, Mark, Morris, Nicholas, Philip, Simon, Solomon, Stephen, Steven, Timothy

Total = 466

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Kids in Church

CHURCH SERVICES

Vigil Service, every Saturday at 5:30 pm
Hours and Liturgy, every Sunday at 9am

For a timetable of services, click here

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