BURIAL RECORDS & PHOTO PROJECT – Update

After numerous grant applications, many unsuccessful, we are delighted to announce that Friends of Hull General Cemetery (FoHGC) now have sufficient funds to proceed with the publication of a free, searchable database of 54,500 burials in Hull General Cemetery on a brand new website.  In addition there will be photographs of existing headstones, memorials, and other visible indications of graves, where they still exist.

MANY THANKS to Sir James Reckitt Charity, Hull & East Riding Charitable Trust, Dogger Bank Wind Farm Community Fund, and Hull City Council Ward Budget Funding for their generous contributions to this valuable project which now has a secure future for the next five years.

A contract has just been signed with It’seeze who will complete the project which a number of volunteers began some years ago.

(Words by Karen Towner)

Helen Bovill

Helen is a keen photographer and nature lover. She spent a large part of her working life at the Land Registry. She is a member of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and various other similar organisations.  Living close to the Cemetery for over 30 years she has seen the fortunes of the site fluctuate and has joined the FOHGC to make a positive difference.