Cemetery records

Norwich

St Faith's Crematorium opened in the 1930s, while Norwich City Crematorium (situated in the Norwich City Cemetery on Earlham Road) opened in 1964. Both are now in private hands. For records of both contact the administrator at St Faith's Crematorium (opens new window).  

Great Yarmouth Crematorium

Registers begin c1968. You can request a search of the registers (for which a fee is charged) by contacting the crematorium at Magdalen Cemetery (opens new window).  

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Burial registers and indexes for Hardwick Road Cemetery, starting in 1855, and for Gayton Road Cemetery, beginning in the mid-1940s, are held at the offices of the cemetery and crematorium service at Mintlyn Crematorium (opens new window).  

Thetford

A cemetery was laid out on the east side of London Road, Thetford, in 1855. Records of Thetford Burial Board are held by Thetford Town Council.
We have a list of the records at the NRO (see list T/BB). The records include:

• Burial registers, 1855-1978
• Registers of burials in war graves, 1939-49
• Cemetery plans, 1850s-1897
• Burial Board minutes, 1854-1932

Bacton Road Cemetery, North Walsham 

The records (starting in 1856) are held by North Walsham Town Council (opens new window). (opens new window)

For other local authority cemeteries, contact the relevant town or parish council.