Westhoughton records feature one of
Britain's most tragic mining disasters

• Burial records for the 6^th of Bolton Council's 7 cemeteries are now available on www.deceasedonline.com
• Westhoughton Cemetery dates back to 1858 and includes many interesting burials and memorials
• Its most famous feature is the memorial to the Pretoria Pit (Hulton) disaster of December 1910
• This was Britain's 3^rd worst ever mining disaster when an underground explosion claimed the lives of 344 miners, most local to the area, leaving many families devastated
• The data for Westhoughton comprises:
• Details of all graves indicating those buried in each grave
• Scans of all burial registers
• Cemetery maps indicating grave locations
• For full details of Westhoughton and all of the Bolton cemeteries click here
• Records for Horwich Cemetery will be available very soon and Bolton's Overdale Crematorium records will follow shortly

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