Grave plot B2899

Stories still circulate that in the 19th and early 20th century babies who died within days of their birth were buried with unrelated adults awaiting a funeral, usually an elderly woman – a comfort to the bereaved mother. So far I have not found any examples in Radnor Street Cemetery, but then how would such an incident be discovered?

Mostly the babies were buried in large, communal plots. In section Lower B there are a number of these plots reserved for the burial of infants under a year old.  Several babies lived for just five minutes.  Some entries contain the barest details while others include the parents’ names; one sad entry records ‘male child found in Wilts & Berks Canal.’ Burials often took place daily, sometimes with more than one burial a day. 

Here is a list of the names of those babies buried in grave plot B2899 between 1903-1905.

1903

7771 Margaretta Hobbs 10 days 23 Poulton Street 3^rd March

7796 Ethel Blake 24 hours 39 Summers Street 25^th March

7804 Edward John Gibbs 16 days 107 Salisbury Street 28^th March

7811 Florence May Alder 13 days 6 Avening Street 1^st April 1903

7812 George Jackson 5 min 14 Ripley Road 1^st April

7814 Alfred George Gibbs 3 weeks 107 Salisbury Street 4^th April (twin of Edward John Gibbs)

7830 child of John and Lily Selwood 13 days 50 Suffolk Street 16^th April

7846 George Edmund Jackson 6 hours 28 Whiteman Street 24^th April

7851 Turner (male) 1 hour 25 Vilett Street 28^th April

7853 Edith Thesbe Ashton 1 month 22 Regent Place 29^th April

7882 Albert Edward King 1 day 24 Byron Street 28^th May

7855 David William Williams 14 days 14 Regent Place 6^th June

7893 Ernest Speake 8 days 162 Westcott Place 11th June

7947 Frederick Hudd 1 hour 28 Avening Street 27^th July

7961 Charles Blake 7 hours 64 Bridge Street 7^th August

7971 Stanley (female) 10 minutes 65 Ponting Street 12^th August

7975 Alice Irene Beard 17 hours 59 Eastcott Hill 18^th August

7982 Gladys Eliza Smith 25 days 3 Gloucester Street 23th August

7986 Percival James Lawrence 12 days 2 Dowling Street 28^th August

7991 Edward Ockwell 4 hours 10 Hythe Road 1^st September

7996 Annie & Jessie Smith (twins) 1 day 41 Avening Street 10^th September

8015 George Ricks 1 day 224 Ferndale Road 24^th September

8016 John Baker 25 days 14 Whitehead Street 25^th September

8017 Lily Barington 4 days 22 Rosebery Street 28^th September

8022 Minnie Broadbear 22 hours 76 Crombey Street 2^nd October

8048 Herbert George Mitchell 1 day 19 Dowling Street 25^th October

8062 William Alfred Farrer 2 days 1 Holbrook Street 5^th November

8068 William Thomas Payne 1 day 5 Carr Street 10^th November

8070 Violet Harding 1 day 7 Morley Street 11^th November

8074 Violet Law 21 days 122 Morrison Street 14^th November

8081 Ethel May Payne 12 days 5 Carr Street 20^th November (twin of William Thomas)

8089 Elizabeth May Peters 11 days 89 Medgbury Road 27^th November

8095 George Morris 7 hours 95 Ponting Street 30^th November

8097 James Rawlinson 25 days 3 Medgbury Place 1^st December

8110 Dolly Rendell Illegitimate child of Charlotte Rendell 1 month 22 Swindon Road 9^th December

8114 Albert Edward Ponting 16 days 26 Hinton Street 10^th December

8135 Hall (male child) 13 hours 146 Beatrice Street 19^th December

8138 John Chandler 2 days 9 Whitney Street 23^rd December 1903

1904

8156 Elizabeth Chappell 12 days 6 Morris Cottages 1^st January

8162 Charles Frederick Lander 15 days 6 Kitchener Street 5^th January

8170 Stephen John Warren 3 weeks 12 Bradford Road 7^th January

8181 Grace Wright 7 days 12 Granville Terrace 11^th January

8189 William Arthur Franklin 1 month 155 Redcliffe Street 15^th January

8196 Frederick James Webb 1 month 11 Bright Street 18^th January

8197 Pope Francis Pope 21 hours 71 Curtis Street 19^th January

8210 Fred Jefferies 1 day View Point House, North Street 28^th January 1904

8216 Gladys Carter 13 days 4 Salisbury Street 30^th January

8217 Alfred Edward Lord 27 days 46 Prospect Hill 30^th January

8230 James Woolford 36 hours 134 Morrison Street 5^th February 1904

8235 Speck (male) 10 months 13 Chester Street 8^th February

8238 Mabel Boucher 1 month 25 Oriel Street 10^th February

8247 Edith Beer 2 days 26 Prospect Place 19^th February

8253 Bertie Green 3 days 101 Westcott Place 20^th February

8262 (a) Albert Edward Button 1 month 14 Commercial Road 27^th February

8263 Harold Edwards 5 days 69 Caulfield Road 29^th February 1904

8264 Percival (male) 5 minutes 4 Bruce Street 29^th February 1904

8271 Henry William Turner 5 days 7 Cambria Bridge Road 3^rd March

8301 Elizabeth Ann Mayell 1 month 17 Florence Street 26^th March 1904

8317 Lily Griffiths 2 days 18 Avening Street 11^th April

8323 Sidney Alfred Leach 13 hours 25 Avening Street 19^th April

8326 Stanley (male) 3 days 85 Dixon Street 19^th April

8328 Gladys Kent 14 days 36 Cricklade Street 20^th April

8330 Sarah Osborne minor 20 mins 20 Belgrave Street 22^nd April

8353 Florence May Wright 1 month 23 Dean Street 7^th May

8356 Charles Brown 6 hours 151 Morrison Street 13^th May

8363 Emma Lecomte 12 hours 87 Eastcott Hill 18^th May

8372 Elizabeth Ellen Adams 13 days 12 Exeter Street 24^th May

8382 Harry Loxton 12 hours 1 Sonning Villa 30^th May

8405 Hector Cecil Ashfield 2 days 34 Prospect Place 21^st June

8409 Cox (Male) minor ¾ hour 151 Manchester Road 25^th June

8415 Viscount Heath 2 weeks 2 Western Street 1^st July

8423 Amelia Ann Hewer 14 days 118 Chapel Street 8^th July

8436 Godfrey Smart 3 days 48 Albion Street 18^th July

8467 Dobson (Female) 2 days 3 Stanier Street 11^th August

8476 Ivy Price ½ hour 4 Argyle Street 17^th August

8487 Leslie Gordon Ralph 7 days 58 Manchester Road 29^th August

8511 Sandling (Female) 7 hours 201 Rodbourne Road 15^th September

8536 (female) Leach 1½ 19 Cricklade Road 11^th October

8545 Emily Florence Morris 3 days 49 Kingshill Road 18^th October

8549 George John Spencer 1 month 50 Newport Street 19^th October

8551 Edith Ellen Wait 1 day 128 Ferndale Road 19^th October

8552 Leslie Slatter 18 hours 42 Goddard Avenue 19^th October

8564 Nellie Fagan 7 hours 121 Beatrice Street 26th October

8572 Leonard Pitman 2 days 16 Kitchener Street 29^th October

8591 Nellie Tarrant 4 hours 23 Jennings Street 5^th November

8597 John Romans 3 days 18 Edmund Street 11^th November

8602 (male) Dowse 5 min 70 Edinburgh Street 14^th November

8632 Philip Arthur Nash 19 days 3 Sanford Street 28^th November

8657 Albert Scutts 3 weeks 10 Albion Terrace 7^th December

8660 Gladys Marcia Dowers 19 days 28 Hughes Street 7^th December

8667 Edith Fanny Peters 1 month 89 Medgbury Road 8^th December

8690 Mary Ludlow 3 days 11 Prospect Hill 15^th December

8697 Agnes Blackford 3 days 14 Cambridge Bridge Road 16^th December

8704 Andrew John Scutts 1 month 10 Albion Terrace Canal side 19^th December (twin of Albert)

8711 Phyllis Irene Clarice Aldridge 1 month 17 Clifton Street 23 December

8712 Herbert Merrett 1 month 43 Deburgh Street 24^th December

1905

8748 Joseph Selwood 14 days 12 Avening Street 17^th January

8755 Maud Philpott 18 days 28 Dean Street 18^th January

8756 Gwendoline North 10 days 42 Avenue Road 18^th January

8759 May Manners 7 days 12 Harding Street 20^th January

8764 George Jas. Manners 9 days 12 Harding Street 24^th January

8770 Elsie May Adams 5 days 120 Rosebery Street 27^th January

8787 Frederick Charles Lloyd 1 day 64 Birch Street 3^rd February

8791 (male) Mansfield 11 days 6 Bathampton Street 7^th January

8794 Samuel Robert Smith 3 days 56 Manchester Road 8^th February

8797 Sidney James Moody 1 month 95 Albion Street 11^th February

8808 David George Moody 1 month 95 Albion Street 17^th February (twins)

8812 Valentine Ellen 3 days 95 Dean Street 20^th February

8813 Ernest Frederick Simpson 15 days 32 Kent Road 21^st February

8820 Frederick George Ovens 3 days 50 Winifred Street 25^th February

8846 Harold Norman Hunt 1 month 31 Gloucester Street 16^th March

8856 Mary Lowes 3 days 26 Goddard Avenue 23th March

8888 Thomas Clifford 6 days 30 Western Street 18^th April 1905

8890 Benjamin Rowland 3 days 16 Colbourne Street 19^th April 1905

8922 Walter Thornbury 3 days 15 Ponting Street 8^th May

8923 *Nellie Elizabeth Violet Drane 1 month 7 King William Street 8^th May

8925 Sarah Ethel Jackson 1 day 58 Whiteman Street 9^th May

8945 Violet Taylor 17 days 51 Albion Street 20^th May

8951 Bertha Penny 2 days 6 Deburgh Street 29^th May

8964 Ralph Bowditch 21 days 109 Edinburgh Street 3^rd June

8967 Ada May Lecombe 4 days 87 Eastcott Hill 5^th June

8975 Martha Clara Howlett 7 days 13 Catherine Street 14^th June

8978 Phoebe Lilian Instrall 26 days 63 Albion Street 17^th June

8996 Alice Mulcahy 13 days 16 Regent Place 6^th July

8998 (male) Whale 12 hours 9 Morley Street 6^th July

9003 Adelaide Smith Illegitimate child of Emily Smith 10 days 13 Henry Street 8^th July

9004 Eva Scutts 5 minutes 48 Avenue Street 8^th July

9005 Rose Green 4 hours 115 Westlecott Place 11^th July

9015 Edward Wellavoys 4 days 151 Edinburgh Street 18^th July

9016 Lester Nuttall 3 days 14 Salisbury Street 19^th July

9022 George Sandling 11 hours 201 Rodbourne Road 25^th July

9031 Mary Edna Bessie Mathews day 20 Dover Street 1^st August

9039 Gladys Mary Poulding Illegitimate child of Ada May Poulding 1 month 51 Winifred Street 5^th August

9040 Albert Daniels 1 day 16 Avening Street 5^th August

9051 William Ivor Blewett 2 hours 188 Beatrice Street 16^th August

9060 Rose Holmes 1 hour 15 Elmina Road 21^st August

9062 Emily Lang 2 days 27 Medgbury Road 22^nd August

9065 Eveline Clifton 3 weeks 129 Beatrice Street 23^rd August

9068 Harry Lavin 3 hours 45 Avening Street 25^th August

9080 Stewart Murray son of William Edward and Mercy Murray 1 day 24 Crombey Street 5^th September

9082 Phylis Mary Rogers daughter of Harry and Nellie Rogers 14 days 214 Ferndale Road 6^th September 1905

9086 male child found in Wilts & Berks Canal age not known place where death occurred not know 12^th September

9118 James Barnes son of Henry & Harriett Barnes 8 days 109 Chapel Street 7^th October

9126 Ines Palandre son of – Palandre 3 days 54 Wellington Street 13^th October

9127a Ruby Hallwell daughter of Albert & Kate Hallwell 9 days 184 Cricklade Road 17^th October

9129 William Baker son of Walter Ernest & Alice Bake 5 minutes 19 Tennyson Street 18^th October

9136 May Hallwell daughter of Albert & Kate Hallwell 11 days 184 Cricklade Road 19^th October (twin sister of Ruby Hallwell)

9143 John Lewington 7 days 91 Bright Street 25^th October