radfordred 6,284 Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Any ever been down these Rock Cemetery catacombs? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,379 Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 not me, never even heard of 'em Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 There's a youtube video of them, Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 On 9/3/2017 at 11:33 AM, radfordred said: Anyone found this one in GC? This photo of a gravestone "eaten by a tree" cropped up on a Facebook history page today . Grave of John Smith Thorpe 1831-1871 plus his three sons : Thomas Smith Thorpe , born 1861-1866 William Bowler Timothy Thorpe , born 1858- 1866 John James Thorpe , 1869-1874 On the 1861 Census , John Smith Thorpe is living at Denmark Court, 1, Island Street, St Mary, Nottingham . John's occupation was given as "Policeman". He married a Jane Catherine Whitton in 1853 in her home town of Gainsborough . Haven't found out what happened to Jane yet . They also had a daughter , Lily , born in 1866 . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 19 minutes ago, DAVIDW said: On the 1861 Census , John Smith Thorpe is living at Denmark Court, 1, Island Street, St Mary, Nottingham . Island Street being where the Boots factories used to be at the end of London Road. Denmark Court is now roughly somewhere under the NHS Walk-In Centre. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 Photo of the broken memorial stone with the tree growing over it above , for policeman John Smith Thorpe , turned up again on a FB page yesterday . When posting 3 years ago couldn't find a trace of his widow Jane or their surviving daughter Lilly born c 1866 . Also the dates of death of two of the boys are wrong which indicates the stone was maybe erected or altered many years after the event . The stone says Thomas and William died 1866 whereas in actual fact they both died 1865 . Yesterday managed to find John Smith Thorpe's widow on the 1881 Census. She had had a further marriage to a cab-man , Richard Cook in 1880 . They are living at (could be) Handle Street (difficult to read). Her daughter Lily Smith Thorpe born 1866 is with them . Lily later married (in 1885 ) a John Turville and had a number of children with him , there's a death for a Lily E. Turville in Nottingham in 1934 . May be of use to a future family researcher . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 @radfordred i never go down the rock cemetary catacombs , especially on a dark and thundery night any roads ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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