Below are places where people were buried,

cremated or had their ashes interred.

Also where people died, committed suicide

or were murdered.

 

 

 

 

Sir Matt Busby death location

Profession : football manager and legend

From :  26th May 1909 to 20th January 1994

Age : 84

Cause of death : stroke

Death location : The Alexandra Hospital, Mill Lane, Cheadle, Manchester, SK8 2PX

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

 

Lally Stott

Profession : singer songwriter

Date : 16th January 1945 to 6th June 1977

Age : 32

Cause of death : head injury (road traffic accident)

Grave location : St Mary's, Church Street, Rainhill, Merseyside, LA34 3LA

 

 

Eric Bristow death location

Profession : darts player

Date : 25th April 1957 to 5th April 2018

Age : 60

Cause of death : heart failure

Death location : King's Dock, Monarch's Way, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 4FP

Cremation location : Carmountside Crematorium, Leek Road, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 7AB

 

 

Sir Henry Spurrier death location

Profession : industrialist, engineer and head of Leyland Motors

Date : 16th June 1898 to 17th June 1964

Age : 66

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Ingol Cottage, Walker Lane, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 0AH

Grave location : unknown

 

 

Scott Hetherington

Profession : soldier (Lance Corporal)

Date : ? to 2nd January 2017

Age : 22

Cause of death : gunshot

Death location : Camp Taji, Iraq

Grave location : Boarshaw Cemetery, Boarshaw Road, Middleton, Greater Manchester, M24 2HN

 

 

Bertrand Russell

Profession : philosopher and logician

Date : 18th May 1872 to 2nd February 1970

Age : 97

Cause of death : influenza

Cremated : Colwyn Bay Crematorium, Glan-Y-Wern Road, Mochdre, Colwyn Bay, LL28 4YL

 

 

Stuart Ludlam

Profession : cab driver and murder victim

Date : 17th September 2009

Age : 43

Cause of death : murder

Location : Cromford Railway Station, Lea Road, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5JJ

 

 

Sir Maurice Oldfield

Profession : MI6 chief / probably the inspiration for "M" in the James Bond novels

From : 16th November 1915 to 11th March 1981

Age : 65

Cause of death : stomach cancer

Grave location : St Anne Churchyard, Dale Road, Over Haddon, Derbyshire, DE45 1JE

 

 

Arnold Bennett

Profession : author

From : 27th May 1867 to 27th March 1931

Age : 63

Cause of death : typhoid fever

Death location : Chiltern Court, Baker Street, Marylebone, London, NW1 5SR

Grave location : Burslem Cemetery, Hanley Road, Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffs, ST6 1RD

 

 

Joseph Pardoe

Profession : soldier at the Charge of the Heavy Brigade in 1854

From : 1812 to 4th July 1889

Age : 68/69

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : unknown

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Withington, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

Rachel Moran

Profession : murder victim

From : 1892 to 1st January 2003

Age : 21

Cause of death : murder

Death location : Saxcourt, Hull, HU6 9TP

Grave location : Chanterland Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, Hull, Humberside, HU5 4EF

 

 

Tinsley Lindley

Profession : footballer and solicitor

From : 27th October 1865 to 31st March 1940

Age: 74

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Nottingham

 

 

Sir Walter Raleigh's execution location

Profession : explorer, spy, writer, courtier

From : 1552/4? to 29th October 1618

Age : 63/65?

Cause of death : execution (beheaded)

Death location : Old Palace Yard, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 3JY

Grave location : St Margaret's, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, SW1P 3JX

 

 

Sylvia Plath (grave)

Profession : poet, writer, novelist

From : 27th October to 11th February 1963

Age : 30

Cause of death : suicide (gassed by domestic oven)

Death location : 25,  Fitzroy Road, Chalcot Square, London, NW1 8TU

Grave location : St Thomas A Becket Graveyard, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

 

 

 

Sylvia Plath (death location)

Profession : poet, writer, novelist

From : 27th October to 11th February 1963

Age : 30

Cause of death : suicide (gassed by domestic oven)

Death location : 25,  Fitzroy Road, Chalcot Square, London, NW1 8TU

Grave location : St Thomas A Becket Graveyard, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

 

 

Asa Benveniste

From : 25th August 1925 to 13th April 1990

Age : 64

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : unknown

Grave location : St Thomas A Becket Graveyard, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire

 

 

 

Don Estelle

From : 22nd May 1933 to 2nd august 2003

Profession : actor

Age : 70

Death location : Rochdale, Lancashire

Grave location : Rochdale Cemetery, Bury Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 4DG

 

 

James Brindley

Profession : inventor of the canal network

Date : 1716 to 27th September 1772

Age : 56

Death location : Turnhurst Hall, Turnhurst Road, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 4QR

Grave location : St James the Apostle, Station Road, Newchapel, Staffordshire, ST7 4QT

 

 

Matt Monro

Profession : singer

Date : 1st December 1930 to 7th February 1985

Age : 54

Death location : BUPA Cromwell Hospital, 164, Cromwell Road, Kensington, London, SW5 0TU

 

 

 

 

Thomas Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)

Profession : soldier

Date : 16th August 1888 to 19th May 1935

Age : 46

Death location : Bovington Camp, King George V Road, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6JQ

Grave location : St Nicholas's Church, Hurst Road, Purbeck, Dorset, DT2 8RQ

 

 

 

 

John Cassidy

Profession : sculptor

Date : 1st January 1860 to 19th July 1939

Age : 79

Death location : St. Joseph's Hospital, Carlton Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8BE

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Withington, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

Samuel Crompton

Profession : pioneer of the cotton industry (invented Crompton's "mule")

Date : 3rd December 1753 to 26th June 1827

Age : 73

Death location : Bolton, Lanashire

Grave location : St Peter Churchyard, Churchgate, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 1HX

 

 

Jerome Caminada

Profession : policeman, Manchester's Sherlock Holmes

Date : 1844 - March 1914

Age : 70

Death location : Moss Side, Manchester

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Withington, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

 

 

Animals In War

Profession : memorial commemorating animals killed in the war efforts

Date : timeless

Age : unveiled in 24th December 2004

Plaque : Park Lane, London, W1K 7AJ

 

 

Marry Shelley

Profession : novelist and creator of Frankenstein

Date : 30th August 1797 to 1st February 1851

Age : 53

Death location : 24, Chester Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9HS

Grave location : St Peter Churchyard, Hinton Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH! 2EE

 

 

Joe Longthorne

Profession : singer and impressionist

Date : 31st May 1955 to 3rd August 2019

Age : 64

Death location : Layton, Blackpool, Lancashire,

Grave location : Layton Cemetery, Talbot Road, Layton, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7BD

 

 

Robert Tressell (real name Robert Noonan)

Profession : novelist

Date : 17th April 1870 to 3rd February 1911

Age : 40

Death location : Liverpool Royal Infirmary, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5NT

Grave location : Walton Park Cemetery, Hornby Road, Walton, Merseyside, L9 1AS

 

 

 

David Hartley

Profession : counterfeiter

Date : unknown to 1770

Age : unknown

Death location : Kavesmere Road, Knavesmire, York, Yorkshire

Grave location : St Thomas Becket and St Thomas Apostle Churchyard, Church Lane, Heptonstall,

                                  West Yorkshire, HX7 7NT

 

 

Last hangings in UK

Profession : probably last ever executions

Date : 13th August 1964

Ages : Allen 21, Evans 24

Death location : Walton Prison, 68, Hornby Road, Walton, Merseyside, L9 3DF

                                  Strangeways Prison, 1, Southall Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M60 9AH

Grave location : Peter Allen - Walton Park Cemetery, Hornby Road, Walton, Merseyside, L9 1AS

                                  Gwynne Evans - Blackley Cemetery, Victoria Avenue, Blackley, Manchester, M9 8PJ

 

 

Lesley Whittle

Profession : kidnap victim

From : 1958 to 14th January 1975

Age : 17

Death location : Bathpool Park, Nelson Bank, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 4QP

 

 

William Spooner

Profession : Oxford don and source of the definition of "Spoonerism"

From : 22nd July 1884 to 29th August 1930

Age : 86

Death location : Grosvenor Place, London

Grave location : Grasmere Cemetery, Pyle Lane, Grasmere, Cumbria, La22 2AA

 

 

Colin Ireland

Profession : "The Gay Slayer" serial killer

From : 16th March 1954 to 21st February 2012

Age : 57

Death location : HM Wakefield Prison, 5, Love Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 9AG

Grave location : unknown

 

 

Sir Ernest Marples

Profession : MP and businessman

From : 9th December 1907 to 6th July 1978

Age : 70

Death location : Monte Carlo, Monaco

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Withington, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

Dick Starkey

Profession : war hero

From : TBC

Age : 91

Death location : Barsnley, South Yorkshire

Cremation location : Ardsley Crematorium, Doncaster Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 5EH

 

 

George Best

Profession : footballer

From : 22nd May 1946 to 25th November 2005

Age : 59

Death location : BUPA Cromwell Hospital, 164-178, Cromwell Road, Kensington, London, SW5 0TU

Grave location : Roselawn Cemetery, 127, Ballgowan Road, Belfast, BT5 7UD

 

 

Bobby Knutt (real name Robert Wass)

Profession : actor and comedian

From : 25th November 1945 to 25th September 2017

Age : 71

Death location : South of France

Grave location : Holy Trinity Church, Church Drive, Wentworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 7TW

 

 

Donna Hartley (married to above)

Profession : athlete and body builder

From : 1st May 1955 to 7th June 2013

Age : 58

Death location : Elsecar, Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Grave location : Holy Trinity Church, Church Drive, Wentworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 7TW

 

 

George Williams "Charging Thunder"

Profession : show performer

From : 1877 to 28th July 1929

Age : 52

Death location : unknown, assume Manchester

Grave location : Gorton Cemetery, Thornwood Avenue, Gorton, Manchester, M18 7LB

 

 

 

Peter Collins

Profession : racing driver

From : 6th November 1931 to 3rd August 1958

Age : 26

Death location : Bonn, Germany

Grave location : St Mary The Virgin Churchyard, Stone Hill, Wyre, Worcestershire, DY10 4BE

 

 

Sir William Hartley

Profession : jam maker and philanthropist

From : 23rd February 1846 to 25th October 1922

Age : 76

Death location : 11, Oxford Road, Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 2JJ

Grave location : 75, Colne Road, Trawden, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 8NT

 

 

 

Sir Herbert Austin

Profession : car designer

From : 8th November 1866 to 23rd May 1941

Age : 74

Death location : Lickey Grange, Old Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1NP

Grave location : Holy Trinity Church, Tawtling Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B45 8RR

 

 

Friedrich Engels

Profession : philosopher, historian, businessman, writer, Marxist

From : 28th November 1820 to 5th August 1895

Age : 74

Death location : London

Grave location : [ashes sprinkled] Beachy Head Road, Eastbourne, West Sussex,  BN20 7YA

 

 

Elizabeth "Lily" Cove

Profession : parachutist stunt woman

From : 1885 to 11th June 1906

Age : 20/21

Death location : field near Ponden reservoir, Scar Top Road, Stanbury, West Yorkshire, BD20 0JP

Grave : Haworth Cemetery

 

 

William McGregor

Profession : founder of football league

From : 13th April 1846 to 20th December 1911

Age : 65

Cause of death  : unknown

Death location : Birmingham, West Midlands

Grave location : St Mary's Churchyard, Hampstead Road, Hansworth, West Midlands, B20 2RD

 

 

Freddie Marsden

Profession : drummer and songwriter

From : 23rd October 1940 to 9th December 2006

Age : 66

Cause of death : cancer

Death location : Formby, Lancashire

Grave location : Thornton Crematorium, Lydiate Lane, Thornton, Liverpool, L23 1TP

 

 

Thomas Burke

Profession : soldier who defended Rorke's Drift

From : 1906 to 15th July 1945

Age : 38/39

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Liverpool, Merseyside

Grave location : Ford Cemetery, 7, Sterrix Green, Bootle, Merseyside, L21 0JP

 

 

Bradford Valley Parade football ground

Profession : stadium fire

Date : 11th May 1985

Cause of death : 56 deaths, smoke inhalation and fire

Death location : Valley Parade, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 5DY

 

 

Lady Docker

Profession : socialite

Date : 23rd June 1906 to 11th December 1983

Age : 77

Cause of death : unknown (assume heart failure)

Death location : Great Western Royal Hotel, 146, Praed Street, Paddington, London, W2 1EE

Grave location : St James-The-Less, Stubbings, Henley Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6QW

 

 

Andrea Dunbar

Profession : playwright who wrote Rita, Sue and Bob Too

Date : 22nd May 1961 to 20th December 1990

Age : 29

Cause of death : brain haemorrhage

Death location : Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6RJ

Grave location : Scholemoor Cemetery, Necropolis Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 2PS

 

 

William Perry "The Tipton Slasher"

Profession : prize fighter

Date : 21st March 1819 to  18th January 1881

Age : 61

Cause of death : pulmonary congestion

Death location : Old Tollgate House, Bilston, Staffordshire,

Grave location : St John's Church, 21, St. John's Road, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 7JT

 

 

William "Dixie" Dean

Profession : footballer

Date : 22nd January 1907 to 1st March 1980

Age : 73

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Goodison Park, Goodison Lane, Everton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L4 4EL

Ashes location : as above.

 

 

Enoch Powell

Profession : MP, scholar, writer, poet

Date : 16th June 1912 to 8th February 1998

Age : 85

Cause of death : Parkinson's disease

Death location : King Edward VII's Hospital, 5-10, Beaumont Street, Marylebone, London, W1G 6AA

Grave location : Warwick Cemetery, Birmingham Road, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5XL

 

 

Cesar Barron

Profession : wrestler

Date : 9th January 1968 to 11th May 2019

Age : 51

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Roundhouse Theatre, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8EH

 

 

The "original moors murders" location

Profession : former site of The Moor Cock Inn

Date : 2nd April 1832

Age : 84 and 46 (father and son's ages)

Cause of death : murder, beaten to a pulp

Death location : off Yeoman Hay Reservoir, Holmfirth Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL3 7NW

 

 

Leonard Rossiter

Profession : actor

From : 21st October 1926 to 5th October 1984

Age : 57

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Lyric Theatre, 29, Shaftsbury Avenue, London, W1D 7ES

 

 

Paul Shane (real name George Speight)

Profession : Actor

From : 19th June 1940 to 16th May 2013

Age : 72

Cause of death : unknown (assume heart failure)

Death location : Rotherham Hospice, Broom Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2SW

 

 

George Handel

Profession : musician and composer

From : 23rd February 1865 to 14th April 1759

Age : 74

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 25, Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 4HB

 

 

Robert Lever Bailey

Profession : druid

From : 1816 to 31st March 1864

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Bolton, Lancashire

 

 

B17 Flying Fortress Crash Location (World War 2)

Profession : plane crash

From : 22nd February 1944

Cause of death : explosion

Death location : Endcliffe Park, Rustlings Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 7AB

 

 

Sir John Alcock

Profession : aviator

From : 5th November 1892 to 18th December 1919

Age : 27

Cause of death : plane crash

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Withington, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

Robin Hood

Profession : folk figure, outlaw

From : 1610?

Age : Unknown

Cause of death : unknown (poisoned, stabbed?)

Grave location : Stanage Edge, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, S32 1BR

 

 

Little John

Profession : folk figure, outlaw and one of Robin Hood's Merry Men

From : 1600s?

Age : unknown

Cause of death : unknown

Grave location : St Michael and All Angels, Church Bank, Hathersage, Derbyshire, S32 1AJ

 

 

Bertram "Jimmy" James

Profession : survivor of The Great Escape

From : 17th April 1915 to 18th January 2008

Age : 92

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Grave location : Ludlow Cemetery, 4, Clee Gardens, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1GY

 

 

Brian Greenhoff

Profession : footballer

From : 28th April 1953 to 22nd May 2013

Age : 60

Cause of death : cancer

Death location : Rochdale, Lancashire

Cremation location : Rochdale Crematorium, Bury Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 4DG

 

 

John Constable's former home and Death location

Profession : painter

From : 11th June 1776 to 31st March 1837

Age : 60

Cause of death : heart failure

Death location : 76, Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 4QS

 

 

 

Stefan Kiszko

Profession : victim of miscarriage of justice

From : 1950 - 23rd December 1993

Age : 43

Cause of death : heart attack

Grave location : Rochdale Cemetery, Bury Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 4DG

 

 

Richard Whiteley

Profession : reporter and Countdown host

From : 28th December 1943 to 26th June 2005

Age : 64

Cause of death : complications from endocarditis (inflammation of heart)

Grave locat ion : The Church Of St John the Evangelist, A6108, Leyburn, Yorkshire, DL8 4SN

 

 

Cyril Smith

Profession : politician

From : 28th June 1928 to 3rd September 2010

Age : 82

Death location : Rochdale, Lancashire

Cremation location : Rochdale Crematorium, Bury Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 4DG

 

 

 

Arthur Lowe

Profession : actor

From : 22nd September 1915 to 15th April 1982

Age : 66

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Birmingham, West Midlands

Grave location : [ashes] Sutton Coldfield Crematorium, Tamworth Road, Sutton Coldfield,

                                 West Midlands, B75 6LG

 

 

Christine Granville

Profession : agent / Special Operations Executive

From : 1st May 1908 to 15th June 1952

Age : 44

Cause of death : murdered (stabbed)

Death location : 1, Lexham Gardens Hotel, Kensington, London, W8 5JL

Grave location : St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road, White City, London, NW10 5NU

 

 

Cecilia Smiga

Profession : opera singer

From : 19th March 1975 to 14th April 2013

Age : 38

Cause of death : tumour

Death location : Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 6NP

Cremation location : Pentrebycham Crematorum, Pentre-Bychan Road, Rhostyllen, Wrexham, LL14 4EP

 

 

 

Sir George Cayley

Profession : aviation engineer

From : 27th December 1773 to 15th December 1857

Age : 83

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Brompton-by-Sawdon, Yorkshire

Grave location : All Saints Churchyard, Church Lane, Brompton-by-Sawdon,

                                  Scarborough Yorkshire, YO13 9DB

 

 

John Mackintosh

Profession : Toffee titan

From : 7th July 1868 to 27th january 1920

Age : 51

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Greystones, Manor Heath Road, Savile Park, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 0EE

Grave location : All Saints, Dudwell Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 0SD

 

 

George Cadbury

Profession : social reformer, businessman, real life Willy Wonka

From : 19th September 1839 to 24th October 1922

Age : 83

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Northfield Manor House, Manor House Drive, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2GW

Grave location [ashes] : Bournville Green, Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1JT

 

 

Sir Joseph Terry

Profession : chocolatier and businessman

From : 7th January 1828 to 12th January 1898

Age : 70

Cause of death : heart failure

Death location : Royal Station Hotel, Station Road, York, Yorkshire, YO24 1AA

Grave location : York Cemetery, Cemetery Road, York, Yorkshire, YO10 5AJ

 

 

Joseph Rowntree

Profession : chocolatier, businessman and philanthropist

From : 24th May 1836 to 24th February 1925

Age : 88

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : York, Yorkshire

Grave location : The Retreat, Heslington Road, York, Yorkshire, YO10 5BN

 

 

Kenneth Williams’s Death location

Profession : actor and entertainer

From : 22nd February 1926 to 15th April 1988

Age : 62

Cause of death : overdose

Death location : Osnaburgh Street, Marylebone, London, NW1 3DE

Grave location : [cremated]  East Finchley Cemetery & Crematorium, 122, East End Road,

                                                            East Finchley, Barnet, N2 0RZ

 

 

Norman Collier

Profession : comedian

From : 25th December 1925 to 14th March 2013

Age : 87

Cause of death : Parkinson’s disease

Death location : Kingston Upon Hull

Grave location :

 

 

Patrick Stirling

Profession : railway pioneer

From : 29th June 1820 to 11th November 1895

Age : 75

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Grave location : Hyde Park Cemetery, Carr House Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 5AA

 

 

James Joule

Profession : physicist and inventor

From : 24th December 1818 to 11th October 1889

Age : 70

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Sale, Cheshire

Grave location : Sale Brooklands Cemetery, Marsland Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 7DL

 

 

Mark Firth

Profession : steel magnate

From : 25th April 1819 to 28th November 1880

Age : 61

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Oakbrook (now Notre Dam High School), Fulwood Road, Sheffield, S10 3BT

Grave location : Sheffield General Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8FT

 

 

Ava Gardner

Profession : actress

From : 24th December 1922 to 25th January 1990

Age : 67

Cause of death : pneumonia

Death location : 34, Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1AE

Grave location : Sunset Memorial Park, Johnston County, North Carolina

 

 

Harry Gem

Profession : credited with being the inventor of lawn tennis

From : 21st May 1819 to 4th September 1991

Age : 62

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Birmingham, West Midlands

Grave location : Warstone Lane Cemetery, Icknield Street, Hockley, West Midlands, B18 6PL

 

 

Josiah Wedgwood

Profession : pottery king

From : 12th July 1730 to 3rd January 1795

Age : 64

Cause of death : oral cancer

Death location : Etruria Hall, Festival Way, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 5GB

Grave location : St Peter & Vincula Church, Glebe Street, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 1LP

 

 

Anthony Pratt

Profession : inventor of Cluedo board game

From : 10th August 1903 to 9th April 1994

Age : 90

Death location : Birmingham, West Midlands

Grave location : Bromsgrove Cemetery, Church Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 8QH

 

 

Frederick Robinson

Profession : politician and prime minister

From : 1st November 1782 to 29th January 1859

Age : 76

Death location :  Putney Heath, Surrey

Grave location : All Saints, The Green, Nocton, Lincolnshire, LN4 2BG

 

 

Lee Rigby

Profession : soldier, murder victim

From : 25th July 1987 to 23rd May 2013

Age : 25

Cause of death : murder

Death location : Wellington Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6PW

Grave location : Boarshaw Cemetery, Boarshaw Road, Middleton, Greater Manchester, M24 2HN

 

 

Duncan Edwards

Profession : footballer

From : 1st October 1936 to 21st February 1958

Age : 21

Cause of death : plane crash

Death location : Munich Hospital, West Germany

Grave location : Dudley Cemetery, Stourbridge Road, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 2DA

 

 

Prince William Of Gloucester

Profession : aristocracy

From : 18th December 1941 to 28th August 1972

Age :30

Cause of death : plane crash

Death location : Six Ashes Road, Bobbington, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY7 5DD

Grave location : Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore Drive, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 2JG

 

 

Peter Sallis

Profession : actor

From : 8th November 1927 to 11th March 2018

Age : 96

Death location : 62, Duck’s Hill Road, Northwood, London, HA6 2SB

Grave location : St John The Evangelist Church, Upperthong Lane, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 3UZ

 

 

Ken Dodd

Profession : comedian, singer and mus hall star

From : 8th November 1927 to 11th March 2018

Age : 90

Death location : 76, Thomas Lane, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Merseyside, L14 5NX

Grave location : Allerton Cemetery, 192, Woolton Road, Allerton, Liverpool,  Merseyside, L19 5NF

 

 

Stephen Ward

Profession : osteopath (at centre of the Profumo scandal)

From : 19th October 1912 to 3rd August 1963

Age : 50

Death location : [took pills at] Vale Court, Mallord Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 6AL

Cremation location : Mortlake Crematorium, Townmead Road, Richmond, London, TW9 4EN

 

 

 

Dolores O’Riordan

Profession : singer and songwriter

From : 6th September 1971 to 15th January 2018

Age : 46

Cause od death : drowning in

Death location : Hilton  Hotel, 22, Park Lane, Mayfair, London, W1K 1BE

Grave location : Caherelly Cemetery, Knockcorragh, County Limerick, Ireland

 

 

John Comer

Profession : actor

From : 1st March 1924 to 11th February 1984

Age : 59

Death location : Ansdell, Lytham, Lancashire

Cause of death : throat cancer

Ashes location : Carelton Cemetery, Stocks Lane, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY6 7QS

 

 

Laura Ashley

Profession : designer and businesswoman extraordinaire

From : 7th September 1925 to 17th September 1965

Age : 60

Death location : Walpole Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV2 2DX

Cause of death : brain haemorrhage

Grave location : St John the Baptist, Carno, Powys, Wales, SY17 5JU

 

 

Gary Holton

Profession : actor

From : 22nd September 1953 to 25th October 1985

Age : 33

Cause of death : drugs overdose

Death location : Wembley, London

Grave location : Maesgwasted Cemetery, Mount Street, Welshpool, Powys, Wales, SY21 7LJ

 

 

Larry Grayson

Profession : entertainer

From : 31st August 1923 to 7th January 1995

Age : 71

Cause of death : internal haemorrhage from perforated appendix

Death location : Harcourt Gardens, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 5VR

Grave location : Oaston Road Cemetery, Oaston Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 6JX

 

 

Enid Blyton

Profession : novelist

From : 11th August 1897 to 28th November 1968

Age : 71

Cause of death : dementia

Death location : 11, Fellows Road, Hampstead, London, NW3 3LY

Grave location : [cremated] Golders Green Crematorium, 62, Hoop Lane, London, NW11 7NL

 

 

Freddie Mercury

Profession : singer and musician

From : 5th September 1946 to 24th November 1991

Age : 45

Cause of death : bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS

Death location : Garden Lodge, 1, Logan Place, Kensington, London, W8 6DE

Ashes location : [probably] Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, London, W10 4RA

 

 

Arthur Ransome

Profession : novelist (famous for the Swallows And Amazons novels.)

From : 18th January 1884 to 3rd June 1967

Age : 83

Cause of death : unknown

Grave location : St Paul’s Churchyard, High Bridge, Rusland, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 8JZ

 

 

George Romney

Profession : society painter

From : 26th December 1734 to 15th November 1802

Age : 67

Cause of cause : unknown

Grave location : St Mary’s Church, Market Square, Dalton-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA15 8AZ

 

 

Sir Montague Burton

Profession : tailor and entrepreneur

From : 15th August 1885 to 21st September 1962

Age : 67

Cause of death : heart attack

Grave location : Stonefall Jewish Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, West Yorkshire, HG3 1DE

 

 

Joshua Tetley

Profession : brewing entrepreneur

From : 20th July 1778 to 26th August 1859

Age : 81

Cause of death : unknown

Grave location : St Thomas Beckett, Station Lane, Hampsthwaite, West Yorkshire, HG3 2HB

 

 

Mike Hailwood

Profession : motorcycle racing legend

From : 2th April 1940 to 23rd March 1981

Age : 40

Cause of death : road accident

Grave location : St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth Green, Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, B94 5AL

 

 

Kath Staff

Profession : actress

From : 12t July 1928 to 13th December 2008

Age : 80

Cause of death : brain tumour

Grave location : Dukinfield Cemetery, Hall Green, Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, SK16 4EP

 

 

Bob Paisley

Profession : Liverpool manager

From : 23rd January 1919 to 14th February 1996

Age : 77

Cause of death : Alzheimer’s disease

Grave location : St Peter’s, Church Road, Woolton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L25 6DA

 

 

 

David Lloyd George

Profession : prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party

From : 17th January 1863 to 25th March 1945

Age : 82

Cause of death : cancer

Grave location : Dwyfor riverbank, Maen-y-Wern Lane, Cricceith, Llanstumdwy, Wales, LL52 0SH

 

 

Peter Taylor

Profession : football player and manager

From : 2nd July 1928 to 4th October 1990

Age : 62

Cause of death : pulmonary fibrosis

Grave location : St Peter’s Churchyard, Old Hall Drive, Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire, NG12 5PZ

 

 

Judy Garland

Profession : actress, singer, vaudevillian

From : 10th June 1922 to 22nd June 1969

Age : 47

Cause of death : drug overdose

Death location : 4, Cadogan Lane, Chelsea, London, SW1X 9EB

 

 

Sir William Letts

Profession : co-found of the Automobile Association and automotive pioneer

From : 26th February 1873 to 25th February 1957

Age : 83

Caise of death : unknown

Greave location : Great Prme Cemetery, St Tutno’s Road, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, LL30 2XE

 

 

Martin Ruane (Giant Haystacks)

Profession : wrestler

From : 10th October 1947 to 29th November 1998

Age : 51

Cause of death : lymphoma cancer

Grave location : Agecroft Cemetery, Langley Road, Pendlebury, Salford, Manchester, M27 8SS

 

 

John Bonham

Profession : drummer (Led Zeppelin)

From : 31st May 1948 to 25th September 1980

Age : 32

Cause of death : choking on vomit

Death location : Old Mill House, Mill Lane, Clewer, Windsor, Berkshir, SL4 5JG

Grave location : St Michael Churchyard, Church Hill, Rushock, Worcestershire, WR9 0NP

 

 

Charles Booth

Profession : social reformer and businessman

From : 30th March 1840 to 24th November 1916

Age : 76

Death location : Grace Dieu School, Ashby Road, Thringstone, Leicestershire, LE67 5UG

Grave location : St Andrew Churchyard, Main Street, Leicestershire, LE67 8NA

 

 

Rupert Davies

Profession : actor

From : 22nd May 1916 to 22nd November 1976

Age : 60

Cause of death : cancer

Death location : London

Grave location : Beuno Church, B4417, Nefyn, Pistyll, Pwllheli, Wales, LL53 6LR

 

 

Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke Of Westminster

Profession : landowner, businessman, soldier, philanthropist

From : 22nd December 1951 to 9th August 2016

Age : 64

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green North, Fulford, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 9HT

Grave location : St Mary’s Church, Church Road, Eccleston, Cheshire, CH4 9HT

 

 

Anthony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl Of Snowdon

Profession : photographer, 1st Earl Of Snowdon, spouse of Princess Margaret

From : 7th March 1930 to 13th January 2017

Age : 86

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Kensington, London

Grave location : St Baglan’s Church, Carnarfon, Gwynedd, North Wales, LL54 5RA

 

 

Jess Yates

Profession : television presenter

From : 20th December 19818 to 9th April 1993

Age : 74

Cause of death : stroke

Death location : Llandudno, Conwy, Wales

Grave location :

 

 

Sir Giles Scott

Profession : architect and designer

From : 9th November 1880 to 8th February 1960

Age : 79

Cause of death : lung cancer

Death location : Bloomsbury, London

Grave location : Liverpool Cathedral, St James Mount, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 7AZ

 

 

Fred West (suicide location)

Profession : murderer

From : 29th September 1941 to 1st January 1995

Age : 53

Cause of death : suicide by strangulation

Death location : Winson Green Prison, Winson Green Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B18 4AS

 

 

 

Pat Roach

Profession : wrestler and actor

From : 19th May 1937 to 17th July 2004

Age : 67

Cause of death : throat cancer

Grave location : Bromsgrove Cemetery, Church Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 8QH

 

 

Percy Shelley

Profession : romantic poet

From : 4th August 1792 to 8th July 1822

Age : 29

Cause of death : drowning

Death location : off coast Lerici, Italy

 

 

Tommy Lawton

Profession : footballer

From : 6th October 1919 to 7th November 1996

Age : 77

Cause of death : pneumonia

Death location : Nottingham

Grave location : [ashes only] National Football Museum, Todd Street, Manchester, M3 1WU

 

 

Alfred Bird

Profession : chemist and inventor of Bird’s Instant Custard

From : 1811 to 15th December 1878

Age : 67

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 366, Bristol Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 7SL

Grave location : Key Hill Cemetery, Icknield Street, Hockley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B18 6HN

 

 

Charles Halle

Profession : musician, conductor and founder of The Halle Orchestra

From : 11th April 1819 to 26th October 1895

Age : 76

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Manchester

Grave location : Weaste Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Salford, Manchester, M5 5NR

 

 

 

Roy Barraclough

Profession : actor

From : 12th July 1935 to 1st June 2017

Age : 81

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Willow Wood Hospice, Willow Close, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, OL6 6LS

Grave location : [cremated] Hollinwood Crematorium, Roman Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 3LU

 

 

William Wallace

Profession : made legal history when guilty verdict was overturned

From : 29th August 1878 to 26th February 1933

Age : 54

Cause of death : unknown

Grave location : Anfield Cemetery, 236, Priory Road, Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, L4 2SL.

 

 

Dracula

Profession : vampire and legend

From : May 1897 (published)

Age : timeless

Cause of death : timeless

Grave location : Church of St Mary, Abbey Plain, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 3PP

 

 

Charles Brett

Profession : police constable

From : 1815 to 18th September 1867

Age : 51

Cause of death : gunshot to head

Death location : Hyde Road, Ardwick, Manchester

Grave location : Manchester General Cemetery, Camelia Road, Harpurhey, Manchester, M9 5SQ

 

 

Alice Hawkins

Profession : suffragette

From :1863 to 1946

Age : 83

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Leicester

Grave location : Welford Road Cemetery, Welford Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 6BF

 

 

George Waterhouse

Profession : premier for South Australia and prime minister of New Zealand

From : 6th April 1824 to 6th August 1906

Age : 82

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Torquay, Devon

 

 

Michael Rayner

Profession : opera singer

From : 6th December 1932 to 13th July 2015

Age : 82

Death location : Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3NE

Grave location : [cremated] Markeaton Crematorium, Markeaton Lane, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 4NH

 

 

Malcolm Allison

Profession : footballer and manager

From : 5th September 1927 to 14th October 2010

Age : 83

Cause of death : alcoholism, demetia

Death location : Shaw House Nursing Home, Pennybridge Lane, Flixton, Urmston, Greater Manchester, M41 5DX

Grave location : [cremated] Southern Cemetery, Barlow Moor Road, Withington, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

William Satinoff

Profession : businessman and Manchester United fanatic

From : 1911 to 6th February 1958

Age : 47

Cause of death : plane crash

Death location : Munich Riem Airport, Trudering-Riem, Bavaria, Germany

Grave location : Manchester Jewish Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Withington, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

Dean Worswick

Profession : child actor

From : 29th April 1988 to 29th March 2004

Age : 15

Cause of death : suicide

Death location : field off Willand Drive, Bolton,  Lancashire, BL2 6TG

Grave location : Tonge Cemetery,  Cemetery Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL2 6AG

 

 

Terry Newton

Profession : rugby player

From : 29th April 1988 to 29th March 2004

Age : 31

Cause of death : suicide

Death location :

Grave location : St John’s Church, Chruch Road, Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire, WN5 0DT

 

 

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

Profession : knight

From : 24th June 1532 to 4th September 1588

Age : 56

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Rycote, Oxfordshire

Grave location : St Mary’s, Northgate Street, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 4RA

 

 

Ken Baker

Profession : actor

From : 24th August 1934 to 13th August 2016

Age : 81

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancashire

Grave location : Lytham Park Cemetery, Regent Avenue, Lytham Saint Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4AB

 

 

Henry Faulds

Profession : godfather of fingerprint techniques

From : 1st June 1843 to 24th March 1930

Age : 86

Cause of death  : unknown

Death location : Wolstanton, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire

Grave location : St Margaret Churchyard, Church Lane, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, ST5 0HU

 

 

 

Josiah Spode

Profession : pottery and businessman

From : 23rd March 1733 to 18th August 1797

Age : 64

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Stoke-On-Trent

Grave Location : St Peter & Vincula Church, Glebe Street, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 1LP

 

 

Carla Lane (real name Romana Brarrack)

Profession : scriptwriter

From : 5th August 1928 to 31st May 2016

Age : 87

Cause of death : cancer

Death location : Stapley Nursing Home, Mossley Hill Road North, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, L18 8BR

Grave Location : unknown

 

 

Mary Fitton

Profession : Shakespeare’s “Dark Lady”?

From : Baptised 24th June 1578 to 1647

Age : 69?

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : unknown

Grave Location : St James’s Church, Church Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire,  SK11 9RJ

 

 

Emmeline Pankhurst

Profession : suffragette

From : 15th July 1858 to 14th June 1928

Age : 69

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 11, Fellows Road, Hampstead, London, NW 3 3LT

Grave Location :  Brompton Cemetery, Fulham Road, Kensington, London, SW10 9UG

 

 

William Nuttall

Profession : confectionery king

From : 1859 to 1st May 1934

Age : 75

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Grave Location : Hyde Park Cemetery, Carr House Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 5AA

 

 

Sharon Beshenivsky

Profession : police contsable

From : 14th January 1967 to 18th November 2005

Age : 38

Cause of death : gunshot

Death location : 116-120, Morley Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1AF

Grave Location : Nab Wood Cemetery, Bingley Road, Shipley, West Yorkshire, WF12 7EN

 

 

William Foulke

Profession : goalkeeper

From : 12th April 1874 to 1st May 1916

Age : 42

Cause of death : possible pneumonia

Death location : unknown

Grave Location : Burngreave Cemetery, Burngreave Street, Sheffield, West Yorkshire, S3 9DN

 

 

William Turner

Profession : captain of Lusitiania ocean liner

From : 23rd October 1856 to 23rd June 1933

Age : 76

Cause of death : intestinal cancer

Death location : Crosby, Merseyside

Grave Location : Rake Lane Cemetery, Rake Lane, Wallasey, The Wirral, CH45 5LD

 

 

Kurt Schwitters

Profession : artist

From : 20th June 1887 to 9th January 1948

Age : 60

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Kendal Hospital, Burton Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7RG

Grave Location : [previously] St Mary’s Church, Vicarage Road, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9HD

                                 [moved to] Engesohde Cemetery, Hanover, Germany

 

 

Quentin Crisp

Profession : writer and wit

From : 25th December 1908 to 2nd November 1990

Age : 90

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : 7, Claude Road, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 8BZ

Grave Location : [cremated] Manchester Crematorium, Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M21 7GZ

 

 

Donald Campbell

Profession : record holder of speed

From : 23rd March 1921 to 4th January 1967

Age : 45

Cause of death : drowning

Death location : Coniston Water, Coniston,

Grave Location : Parish Cemetery, Old Hawkshead Road, Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8EG

 

 

Isaac Singer

Profession : inventor

From : 27th October 1811 to 23rd July 1875

Age : 63

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Oldway Mansion, Torquay Road, Paignton, Torquay, Devonshire, TQ3 2TY

Grave Location : Torquay Cemetery, Hele Road, Torquay, Devonshire, TQ2 7QG

 

 

Algernon Swinburne

Profession : poet

From : 5th April 1837 to 10th April 1907

Age : 72

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Putney, London

Grave location : St Boniface Church, Bonface Shute, Isle Of  Wight, P038 1RG

 

 

Nick Drake

Profession : songwriter

From : 19th June 1948 to 25th November 1974

Age : 26

Cause of death : suicide by drugs

Death location : “Far Leys”, Bates Lane, Tanworth In Arden, Warwickshire, B94 5AP

Grave location : St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth Green, Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, B94 5AL

 

 

Thomas Spencer

Profession : founder of Marks & Spencer stores

From : 7th November 1851 to 25th July 1905

Age : 54

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Lichfield

Grave location : St Giles Church, Church Street, Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9LE

 

 

Hamlet Nicholson

Profession : inventor of modern cricket ball

From : 30th April 1810 to 16th June 1899

Age : 89

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : unknown

Grave location : St Chad’s, 1, Church Stile, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 1FF

 

 

David Lytton

Profession : mysterious man

From : 21st April 1948 to 12th December 2015

Age : 1949 to December 2016

Cause of death : suicide by strychnine

Death location : Dovestones reservoir, Bank Lane, Greenfield, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL3 7NF

 

 

Thomas Lister

Profession : master clockmaker

From :

Age : 70

Cause of death : unknown

Grave Location : St Mary’s Parish Church, 50, Main Street, Luddenden, West Yorkshire, BD16 2RJ

 

 

Jimmy Savile (main home)

Profession : disc jockey, radio and television personility

From : 31st October 1926 to 29th October 2011

Age : 84

Cause of death : pneumonia

Death location : Lakeside Court, West Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 2TX

 

 

Maximillian von Herff

Profession : Naxi commander

From : 17th April 1893 to 6th September 1945

Age : 52

Cause of death : stroke

Death location : Conishead Priory Hospital, Ulverston,  Cumbria, LA12 9QQ

Location : Cannock Chase German Cemetery, Camp Road, Brocton, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 4PS

 

 

Ric Grech

Profession : guitarist

From : 1st November 1946 to 17th March 1990

Age : 43

Cause of death : kidney failture

Death location : Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 4PW

Grave location : Gilroes Cemetery, Grodby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 9QG

 

 

Craig Gill

Profession : drummer in Inspiral Carpets

From : 5th December 1972 to

Age : 44

Cause of death : suicide

Death location : Greenfield, Saddleworth, Oldham, Greater Manchester

Grave location : [cremated] Hollinwood Crematorium, Roman Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 3LU

 

 

Ruby Murray

Profession : singer

From : 29th March 1935 to 17th December 1996

Age : 61

Cause of death : liver cancer

Death location : Asprey’s Nursing Home, 1, Kent’s Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ1 2NL

Grave location : [cremated] Torquay Crematorium, Hele Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7QG

 

 

David Pegg

Profession : footballer

From : 20th September 1935 to 6th February 1958

Age : 22

Cause of death : air crash

Death location : Munich Riem Airport, Trudering-Riem, Bavaria, Germany

Grave location : Red House Cemetery, Red House Lane, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 7XG

 

 

Ian Carmichael

Profession : actor

From : 18th June 1920 to 5th February 2010

Age : 89

Cause of death : natural causes

Death location : Not fair to state it here as family still live there

Grave location : unknown

 

 

Michael Holliday (real name Norman Milne)

Profession : pop singer

From : 26th November 1924 to 29th October 1963

Age : 38

Cause of death : suicide

Death location : Croydon General Hospital, 530, London Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR7 7YE

Grave location : Anfield Cemetery, 236, Priory Road, Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, L4 2SL.

 

 

Trevor Bolder

Profession : bassist (David Bowie)

From : 9th June 1950 to 21st May 2013

Age : 62

Cause of death : pancreatic cancer

Death location : Castle Hill Hospital, Castle Road, Cottingham, East Riding, HU16 5JQ

Grave location : St Peter’s Churchyard (next to The Rowley Hotel), Rowley Road, Cottingham,

                               East Riding, HU20 3XR

 

 

Mick Ronson

Profession : guitarist (David Bowie)

From : 20th May 1946 to 29th April 1993

Age : 46

Cause of death : liver cancer

Death location : London

Grave location : Eastern Cemetery, Preston Road, Hull, Humberside, HU20 3XR

 

 

Bernard Manning

Profession : comedian

From : 13th August 1930 to 18th June 2007

Age : 76

Cause of death : kidney failure

Death location : Delaunays Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5RB

Grave location : [ashes in plaque] The Embassy Club, Westbourne Grove, Harpurhey, Manchester, M9 4XJ

 

 

James William Carling

Profession : artist

From : 31st December 1857 to 9th July 1887

Age : 29

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Liverpool

Grave location : [unmarked]  Walton Park Cemetery, Hornby Road, Walton, Merseyside, L9 1AS

 

 

Bernard Lovell

Profession : scientist and author

From : 31st August 1913 to 6th August 2012

Age : 98

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Cheshire

Grave location : [service] St Peter Churchyard, Swettenham Lane, Swettenham, Cheshire, CW2 2LF

 

 

Rory Storm

Profession : musician

From : 7th January 1938 to 28th September 1972

Age : 34

Cause of death : drugs overdose

Death location : Liverpool

Grave location : Anfield Cemetery, 236, Priory Road, Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, L4 2SL

 

 

Frank Hornby

Profession : inventor and businessman

From : 15th May 1863 to 21st September 1936

Age : 73

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Quarry Brook, Hall Lane, Maghull, Merseyside, L31 3DZ

Grave location : St Andrew’s Church, 22, Damfield Lane, Maghull, Merseyside, L31 6DD

 

 

Walter Crickmer

Profession : Manchester United secretary and manager

From : 1900 to 6th February 1958

Age : 58

Cause of death : airplane crash

Death location : Munich Riem Airport, Trudering-Riem, Bavaria, Germany

Grave location : Stretford Cemetery, Lime Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 8HX

 

 

Arthur Wharton

Profession : first black professional footballer

From : 28th October 1865 to 13th December 1930

Age : 65

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Edlington, Yorkshire

Grave location : Edlington Cemetery, Edlington Lane,  Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 1PL

 

 

 

 

James Bulger

Profession : murder victim

From : 16th March 1990 to 12th February 1993

Age : 2

Cause of death : murder by beating

Death location : Anfield, Liverpool

Grave location : Kirkdale Cemetery, Longmoor Lane, Aintree, Merseyside, L9 9eN

 

 

 

 

George Bassett

Profession : confectionery king

From : 1818 to 1886

Age : 68

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Sheffield

Grave location : Sheffield General Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8FS

 

 

Samuel Cunard

Profession : businessman

From : 21st November 1787 to 28th April 1865

Age : 77

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Kensington, London,

Grave location : Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London, SW10 9UG

 

 

Thomas Cook

Profession : businessman

From : 22nd November 1808 to 18th July 1892

Age : 83

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Leicester

Grave location : Welford Road Cemetery, Welford Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 6BF

 

 

Harold Shipman

Profession : doctor / mass murderer

From : 14th January 1946 to 13th January 2004

Age : 57

Cause of death : suicide by hanging

Death location : HM Wakefield Prison, 5, Love Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 9AG

Grave location : unknown

 

 

Samuel Johnson

Profession : court jester / dramatist

From : 1891 to 1773

Age : 82

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9RD

Grave location : Maggoty Lane, Gawsworth, Cheshire, SK11 9RD

 

 

Sir Geoffrey Shacklerley

Profession : soldier

From : 1619 to 1696

Age : 77

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : unknown

Grave location : St Oswald’s Church, Crown Lane, Lower Peover, Cheshire, WA16 9PY.                              

 

 

Don Arden (real name Harry Levy)

Profession : music mogul

From : 4th January 1926 to 21st July 2007

Age : 81

Cause of death : Alzheimers disease

Death location : Los Angeles, California, USA

Grave location : Agecroft Cemetery, Langley Road, Pendlebury, Salford, Manchester, M27 8SS

 

 

Lancaster PB304 Bomber crash site

Profession : crash site

Date : 30th July 1944

Cause of death : plane crash, reason unknown

Death location : Regatta Street, Pendlebury, Salford, Manchester, M6 6JS

 

 

Kinder Scout (bomber crash site)

Profession : crash site of Wellington Mark III X3348

Age : 70+years

From : 26thth January 1943

Cause Of Death : none, all survived

Plaque : [no plaque], Blackden Edge, Kinder Scout, Derbyshire

 

 

Guy Fawkes

Profession :

From : 13th April 1570 to 31st January 1606

Age : 35

Cause of death : suicide, broken neck

Death location : Old Palace Yard, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 3JY

Grave location : Body parts distributed across England

 

 

Alan Turing

Profession : boffin

From : 23rd June 1912 to 7th June 1954

Age : 41

Cause of death : suicide by cyanide poisoning

Death location : 43, Adlington Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 2BJ

Grave location : [cremated] Woking Crematorium, Hermitage Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 1TH

 

 

Lawrence Stephen Lowry

Profession : painter

From : 1st November 1887 to 23rd February 1976

Age : 88

Cause of death : pneumonia

Death location : Woods Hospital, Park Crescent, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7BQ

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Withington, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

Alan Bates

Profession : actor

From : 17th February 1934 to 27th December 2003

Age : 69

Cause of death : pancreatic cancer

Death location : Westminster, London

Grave location : All Saints Church, Mill Lane, Bradbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1PA

 

 

George Duncan

Profession : golfer

From : 16th September 1883 to 15th January 1964

Age : 80

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Leeds

Grave location : St Mary’s Churchyard, Rostherne Lane, Knutford, Cheshire, WA16 6RZ

 

 

Dorothy Cain

Profession : hotel manageress and gamely daredevil

From : 1901 to 9th September 1926

Age : 25

Cause of death : parachute accident

Death location : Leicester

Grave location : Welford Road Cemetery, Welford Road, Leicester, LE2 6BF

 

 

Stanley Matthews

Profession : football player and manager

From : 1st February 1915 to 23rd February 2000

Age : 85

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Stoke-On-Trent

Grave location :  [cremated] ashes at Britannia Stadium, Sir Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke-On-Trent,

                                Staffordshire, ST4 4EG

 

 

Bernadette (Bernie) Nolan

Profession : singer, actor, television personality

From : 17th October 1960 to 4th July 2013

Age : 52

Cause of death : cancer

Death location : Surrey

Grave location :  Blackpool Cemetery, Stocks Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY6 7QS

 

 

Dirk Bogarde

Profession : actor, writer

From : 28th March 1921 to 8th May 1999

Age : 78

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : 2, Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea, London, SW3 2RD

Grave location :  Ashes scattered at Grass, Southern France

 

 

Charles Fry

Profession : sportsman, journalist

From : 25th April 1872 to 7th September 1956

Age : 84

Cause of death : kidney failure

Death location : Middlesex Hospital, Acton Lark, Park Royal, Middlesex, London, NW10 7NS

Grave location :  (ashes interred at], St Wystans Church, Willington Road, Repton, Derbyshire, DF65 7FH

 

 

Adam Faith

Profession : singer, actor, businessman

From : 23rd June 1940 to 8th March 2003

Age : 62

Cause of death : Heart attack

Death location : Best Western Hotel, Festival Way, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 5GB

Grave location :   (cremated) Tunbridge Wells Crematorium, Benhall Mill Road, Tunbridge Wells,

                                 Kent, TN2 5JJ

 

 

Sarah Biffen

Profession : painter

From : 25th October 1784 to 2nd October 1850

Age : 66

Cause of death : Unknown

Death location : Duke Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 5AT

Grave location : St James’s Churchyard, St James’s Mount, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 7AZ

 

 

Edward Evans

Profession : engineer and murder victim

From : 1948 - to 6th October 1965

Age : 17

Cause of death : strangulation

Death location : 16, Wardle Brook Avenue, Hattersley, Greater Manchester, SK14 3JQ

Grave location : Southern Cemetery,  212, Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

John Kilbride

Profession : murder victim

From : 15th May 1951 to 23rd November 1963

Age : 12

Cause of death : strangulation

Death location : Moors off A625, Saddleworth, Greater Manchester

Grave location : Hurst Cemetery, King Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, OL6 9EG

 

 

Pauline Reade

Profession : schoolgirl

From :  1947 to 12th July 1963

Age : 16

Cause of death : murder (throat cut)

Death location : Saddleworth Moor

Grave location : Gorton Cemetery, Thornwood Avenue, Gorton, Manchester, M18 7LB

 

 

Lesley Ann Downey

Profession : murder victim

From : 1954 to 26th December 1964

Age : 10

Cause of death : Strangulation

Death location : 16 Wardlebrook Avenue, Hattersley, Manchester, SK14 3JQ

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Withington, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

William Shakespeare

Profession : dramatist, playwright

From : 26th April 1564 to 23rd April 1616

Age : 52

Cause of death : Unknown

Death location : Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire

Grave location : Holy Trinity Church, Old Town, Stratford Upon Avon,  Warwickshire, CV37 6BG

 

 

Barbara Jane Harrison

Profession : air stewardess

From : 24th May 1945 to 8th April 1968

Age : 22

Cause of death : smoke inhalation/fire

Death location : Heathrow Airport, London, TW6 1AP

Grave location : Fulford Cemetery, Forlands Road, York, Yorkshire, YO19 4QG

 

 

Reginald Marsh

Profession : actor

From :  17th September 1926 to 9th February 2001

Age : 74

Cause of death :

Death location : Ryde, Isle Of Wight

Grave location : Ryde Cemetery, West Street, Ryde, Isle Of Wight,PO33 2QG

 

 

Elizabeth Gaskell

Profession : novelist

From : 29th September 1810 to 12th November 1865

Age : 55

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : 119, London Road, Holybourne, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 4ER

Grave location : Brook Street Unitarian Church, Brook Street, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8DY

 

 

 

John Metcalf / Blind Jack

Profession : road builder

From : 1717 to 26th April 1810

Age : 92

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Spofforth, Harrogate

Grave location : All Saints, Church Lane, Spofforth, Harrogate, West Yorkshire, HG3 1AF

 

Ian Curtis

Profession : singer/ songwriter

From : 15th July 1956 to 18th May 1980

Age : 23

Cause of death : suicide by hanging

Death location : 77, Barton Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6RQ

Grave location : Macclesfield Cemetery, Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3BU

 

 

 

Cilla Black

Profession : singer / television presenter

From : 27th May 1943 to 1st August 2015

Age : 72

Cause of death : stroke

Death location : Estponia, Spain

Grave location : Allerton Cemetery, 192, Woolton Road, Allerton, Liverpool,  Merseyside, L19 5NF

 

 

 

Michael Spencer

Profession : businessman

From : 1859 to 31st December 1907

Age : approximately 44

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Manchester

Grave location : Old Jewish Cemetery, Crescent Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5QD

 

 

Steve Clarke

Profession : guitarist for Def Leppard

From : 23rd April 1960 to 8th January 1991

Age : 30

Cause of death : alcohol poisoning

Death location : Chelsea, London

Grave location : Wisewood Cemetery, Loxley Road, Loxley, Sheffield, West Yorkshire, S6 4TD

 

 

Michael Rennie

Profession : actor

From : 25th August 1909 to 10th June 1971

Age : 61

Cause of death : aortic aneurysm

Death location : Harrogate, exact location unknown

Grave location : Harlow Hill Cemetery, Otley Road, Harrogate, West Yorkshire, HG2 0BS

 

 

Marcel King

Profession : singer

From : 4th January 1959 to 5th October 1995

Age : 37

Cause of death : brain haemorrhage

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

Dick Turpin

Profession : highway robber

From : 1706 to 17th April 1739

Age : approximately 34

Cause of death : hanging from the neck

Death location : Marble Arch, London, W1H 7EH

Grave location :  St. George’s Church, Peel Street, York, Yorkshire, YO1 0PZ.

 

 

Deborah Cavendish (Duchess of Devonshire)

Profession : manager of Chatsworth House

From : 7th April 1934 to 9th February 2007

Age : 94

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : unknown possible Chatsworth House

Grave location :  St Peter’s Church, Edensor (Chatsworth  House Estate), Derbyshire, DE45 1PH

 

 

“Foo Foo” Lammaar

Profession : female impersonator, businessman

From : 1938 to 7th November 2003

Age : 65

Cause of death : cancer

Death location : The Christie, 550, Wilmslow Road, mAnchester, M20 4BX

Grave location :  Gorton Cemetery, Thornwood Avenue, Gorton, Manchester, M18 7LB

 

 

Kathleen Cavendish (nee Kennedy – JFK’s sister)

Profession : wife of aristocrat

From : 20th February 1920 to 13th May 1948

Age : 28

Cause of death : airplane crash

Death location : Ardeche, Southern France

Grave location :  St Peter’s Church, Edensor (Chatsworth House Estate), Derbyshire, DE45 1PH

 

 

Jimmy Savile

Profession : disc jockey and television and radio personality

From : 31st October 1926 to 29th October 2011

Age : 84

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Lakeview Court, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 2XT

Grave location :  Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands Drive, Scarborough, Yorshire, YO12 6QN

 

 

Sir Joseph Paxton

Profession : engineer, gardener, architect

From : 3rd August 1803 to 8th June 1865

Age : 61

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Sydenham, London

Grave location :  St Peter’s Church, Edensor (Chatsworth House Estate), Derbyshire, DE45 1PH

 

 

Tabitha Aykroyd

Profession : servant

From : 1171 to 17th February 1855

Age : 85

Cause of death : unknown, probably consumption

Death location : Haworth village

Grave location :  St Michael & All Angels Church, Main Street, Haworth, West Yorkshire, BD22 0HB

 

 

Steve Donoghue

Profession : jockey

From : 8th November 1884 to 23rd March 1945

Age : 60

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : London

Grave location : Warrington Cemetery, Manchester Road, Warrington, WA1 3BG

 

 

Pat Phoenix

Profession : actress

From : 23rd November 1923 to 17th September 1986

Age : 62

Cause of death : lung cancer

Grave location :  St Peter and Paul Church, 161, Liverpool Road, Crosby, Merseyside, L23 5TE

 

 

John Wisden

Profession : cricketer and businessman

From : 5th September 1826 to 5th April 1884

Age : 57

Cause of death : cancer

Grave location : Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, Brompton, London, SW10 9UG

 

 

Emma Nevada

Profession : opera singer

From : 7th February 1959 to 20th June 1940

Age : 81

Cause of death : unknown

Grave location :  St Peter and Paul Church, 161, Liverpool Road, Crosby, Merseyside, L23 5TE

 

 

The Tyburn Tree

Profession : gallows

From : 1196 to 3rd November 1783

Age : 587

Cause of death : Hanging from the neck

Location : Marble Arch, London, w1H 7EH

 

 

 

 

 

Keith Moon

Profession : drummer

From : 23rd August 1946 to 7th September 1978

Age : 32

Cause of death : Overdose of Heminevri

Death location : 18, Curzon Square, London

 

 

Cass Elliott

Profession : singer

From : 19th September 1941 to 29th July 1974

Age : 32

Cause of death : hearth attack

Death location : 18 Curzon Square, London

 

 

Amy Winehouse

Profession : drummer

From : 14th September 1983 – 23rd July 2011

Age : 27

Cause of death : Alcohol intoxication

Death location : 30, Camden Square, London

 

 

 

William Scoresby

Profession : explorer, scientist, clergyman, whaler

From : 5th October 1789 to 21st March 1857

Age : 67

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : unknown

Grave location : St Mary The Virgin, Abbery Plain Eastcliffe, Whitby, Yorkshire, YO22 4JT

 

 

 

Tommy Cooper

Profession : comic

From : 19th March 1921 to 15th April 1984

Age : 63

Cause of death : Heart attack

Death location : Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, SW1y 4QL.

 

 

 

Russell Harty

Profession : television chat show host

From : 5th September 1934 to 8th June 1988

Age : 53

Cause of death : Hepatitis B

Death location : A hospital in Leeds, West Yorkshire

Grave location : St Alkelda’s Church, Church Road, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire

 

 

 

 

 

Yvonne Fletcher

Profession : police woman

From : 15th June 1958 to 17th April 1984

Age : 25

Cause of death : gun shot

Death location :  St James’s Square, London, SW1Y 4LE.

 

 

 

Philip Larkin

Profession : poet

From : 9th August 1922 to 2nd December 1985

Age : 63

Cause of death :  cancer of the oesophagus

Death location : Nuffield Hospital, Cottingham, Hull, Humberside, HU16 5FQ.

Grave location : Cottingham Municipal Cemetery, Eppleworth Road,  Cottingham, Hull, Humberside,

                                HU16 5UF.

 

 

Les Dawson

Profession : comedian and novelist

From : 2nd February 1931 to 10th June 1993

Age : 62

Cause of death :  Heart failure

Death location : St Joseph’s Hospital, Carlton Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8BB

Grave location : Lytham Cemetery,  Regent Road, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 4AB

 

 

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Profession : comedian and novelist

From : 2nd February 1931 to 10th June 1993

Age : 62

Cause of death :  Heart failure

Death location : St Joseph’s Hospital, Carlton Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8BB

Grave location : Lytham Cemetery,  Regent Road, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 4AB

 

 

Henry Williamson

Profession : novelist, farmer

From : 1st December 1896 to 13th august 1981

Age : 81

Cause of death :  unknown

Grave location : St George’s Church, Chapel St, Georgeham, Devon, EX34 1DL

 

 

Fred Dibnah

Profession : steeplejack, chimney -feller

From : 28th April 1938 to 6th November 2004

Age : 66

Cause of death :  cancer

Death location : Bolton Hospice, 1 Queens Park Street, Bolton, BL1 4QT

Grave location : Tonge Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Bolton, BL2 6AQ

 

 

Norman Evans

Profession : comedian

From : 11th June 1901 to 26th November 1962

Age : 61

Cause of death : Unknown

Death location : Unknown

Grave location : Blackpool Cemetery, Stocks Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY6 7QS.

 

 

Frank Randle

Profession : comedian

From : 30th January to 7th July 1957

Age : 56

Cause of death : Unknown but probably alcohol related

Death location : Unknonw

Grave location : Blackpool Cemetery, Stocks Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY6 7QS

 

 

Jimmy Clitheroe

Profession : comedian

From : 24th December 1921 to 6th June 1973

Age : 51

Cause of death :  overdose of sleeping tablets

Death location : Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Grave location : Blackpool Cemetery, Stocks Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY6 7QS

 

 

Sir Matt Busby

Profession : football legend

From :  26th May 1909 to 20th January 1994

Age : 84

Cause of death : stroke

Death location : The Alexandra Hospital, Mill Lane, Cheadle, Manchester, SK8 2PX

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

Billy Meredith

Profession : footballer

From : 30th July 1874 to 19th April 1958

Age : 83

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Withington, Manchester

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

Jon Egging

Profession : Red Devil pilot

From :  Unknown to 20th August 2011

Age : 33

Cause of death : aircraft crash

Death location : a field near Throop, Dorset

Grave location : unknown

 

 

Bill Owen

Profession : Actor, songwriter

From :  14th March 1914 to 12th July 1999

Age : 85

Cause of death : Cancer

Death location : Westminster, London

Grave location : St John The Evangelist Church, Upperthong Lane, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 3UZ

 

 

Wilfred Pickles

Profession : actor, radio broadcaster

From :  13th October 1904 to 27th March 1978

Age : 73

Cause of death :

Death location :  Brighton, Sussex

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M21 7GL