Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

Bereavement Services,
Wakefield Council,
Block B,
Town Hall,
Normanton,
West Yorkshire
WF6 2DZ
https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/what-to-do-after-a-death

Approximately 277,000 records are available to view and comprise a mixture of register scans and computerised records up to 13 February 2013.

Altofts Cemetery - Church Road, Altofts, Normanton
Opened in 1878, around 6,500 burials have taken place of which around 4,400 records are available. Record availability is very inconsistent prior to March 1930. Data includes grave references.

Alverthorpe Cemetery - St Paul's Drive, Alverthorpe, Wakefield
Since 1955, around 3,100 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes a majority of grave references. No data is currently available prior to 1955.

Castleford Cemetery - Healdfield Road, Castleford
Opened in 1857, around 37,900 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes some grave references.

Crigglestone Cemetery - Standbridge Lane, Crigglestone, Wakefield
Opened in 1882, around 5,900 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes some grave references.

Featherstone Cemetery - Cutsyke Road, North Featherstone
Opened in 1874, around 16,600 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes grave references.

Ferrybridge Cemetery - Pontefract Road, Ferrybridge, Pontefract
Opened in 1924, around 1,800 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes grave references.

Hemsworth Cemetery - Cemetery Road, Hemsworth
Opened in 1896, around 13,700 burials have taken place of which around 3,600 records are available. Record availability is very inconsistent prior to February 1986. Data includes grave references. Computerised records are available for all records.

Horbury Cemetery - Dovecote Lane, Horbury, Wakefield
Opened in 1897, around 8,500 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes some grave references.

Knottingley Cemetery - Womersley Road, Knottingley
Opened in 1859. Since 1883 around 11,800 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Records are currently unavailabe prior to August 1883. Data includes some grave references.

Normanton Lower Cemetery - Cemetery Road, Normanton
Opened in 1880, around 5,500 burials have taken place of which around 1,100 records are available. Record availability is very inconsistent prior to February 1986. Data includes grave references. Computerised records are available for all records.

Normanton Upper Cemetery - Neville Street, Normanton
Opened in 1876, around 21,200 burials have taken place of which around 4,200 records are available. Record availability is very inconsistent prior to January 1986. Data includes grave references. Computerised records are available for all records.

Outwood Cemetery - Leeds Road, Outwood, Wakefield
Opened in 1873, around 9,500 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes some grave references.

Pontefract Cemetery - Skinner Lane, Pontefract
Opened in 1859, around 28,500 burials have taken place of which around 4,900 records are available. Record availability is very inconsistent prior to February 1986. Data includes grave references. Computerised records are available for all records.

Ryhill Cemetery - Cemetery Road, Ryhill, Wakefield
Opened in 1898, around 3,600 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes grave references. Computerised records are provided for all records.

Sharlston Cemetery - Cow Lane, Sharlston, Wakefield
Opened in 1946, around 800 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes grave references.

Snydale Cemetery - Red Lane, Streethouse
Opened in 1880, around 2,700 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes grave references.

Stanley Cemetery - Lake Lock Road, Stanley, Wakefield
Opened in 1886, around 6,200 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes grave references.

Wakefield Cemetery - Doncaster Road, Wakefield
Opened in 1859, around 68,500 burials have taken place of which around 7,000 records are available. Record availability is very inconsistent prior to February 1986. Data includes grave references. Computerised records are provided for all records.

Whitwood Cemetery - Cutsyke Road, Four Lane Ends, Castleford
Opened in 1926, around 9,100 burials have taken place of which all records are available. Data includes grave references. Computerised records are provided for all records.

Pontefract Crematorium - Wakefield Road, Pontefract
Opened on 18th May 1959, around 81,800 cremations have taken place of which all records are available. Data generally includes information on the disposal of cremated remains.

Wakefield Crematorium - Standbridge Lane, Crigglestone, Wakefield
Opened on 23 October 1961, around 52,300 cremations have taken place of which all records are available. Data generally includes information on the disposal of cremated remains.

Note: to comply with UK data protection and GDPR, addresses of the deceased are masked in register scans for the last 15 years.