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please could someone offer some advice.
we are looking for a grave in the Wardle area belonging to my grandfather whom i never knew.
his name is Charles Clough b1881 d1949
he lived until his death at 153 or 136 ramsdon road in wardle and before that he farmed at Roads farm, Watergrove, Wardle.
we have tried getting Church records but the Church in Wardle has been turned into flats.
Any advice would be appriciated
many thanks

This is the info on Wuerdle and Wardle

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Wardle/

not to advise you about any thing but my husbands family had the last name of Glough And some changed the spelling to Cluff they came here to Australia I was wondering if there could be lineage.
Kathrine

Hello David,

If you google Wardle parish church, there are several sites which may be useful to you. There should still be church records available.

I clicked on Wardle and Smallbridge History Group and there I found some of their Confirmation records. If you put the name Clough into the search box, you come upon several with that name living on Ramsden Road. If you contact the group, they may be able to give you some advice.

Have fun.

Cx

thankyou everyone for your advice - i have contacted manchester archives as they are holding some of the records for St james, wardle - unfortunitly they have just come back to me to say that my grandfather is not buried at that church.
i have an obituary clipping that gives me lost of information but not where he was buried.
charles edward clough
born - 1881
died - friday 21st october 1949
address at death - 153 ramsdon road, wardle.
spouse (grandma) jane clough
son (my dad) charles clough
other details -
rev d gardener
undertakers - w ambler

i know my grandma is buried in st james church yard, wardle, as to a family plot, i have no idea

Are the undertakers still in business?

Some old family firms have archives which go back many years and he might be recorded there.

Gwyn

David
not directly connected to Charles, but going further back on your tree you've got Henry Clough (brother of your great (2) grandfather). I stumbled on his burial details by chance through www.lan-opc.org.uk. He shows as buried (with several members of his family) at St James Church, Ashworth. There are also several other Cloughs from the Norden area on this burial record
good wishes
John

Have you tried contacting Rochdale Cemetery, link below

http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/community_and_living/births,_deaths,_marriages_and/burial_records.aspx

They maybe able to help.

i have also contacted - touchstone archives in rochdale - this is where we found his obituary

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Have you tried: http://www.gravestonephotos.com/
It's a voluntary project which catalogues gravestones.

Good luck with your search,

H