North East Lincolnshire

Bereavement Services,
Great Grimsby Crematorium,
Weelsby Avenue,
Grimsby,
North East Lincolnshire,
DN32 0BA
https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/bereavement-services/cemeteries/

Although North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area only formed in 1996, it has many historic towns and areas of population. The largest and probably best known is the old port and fishing town of Grimsby which forms a conurbation with neighbouring town Cleethorpes that between them have a population of approximately 130,000.

The two cemeteries servicing the area date back to the late mid-19th century and reflect much of the industry and employment associated with the area: fishing and shipping.

During WW2, Grimsby was the UK's largest base for minesweepers patrolling the North Sea and the Admiralty requisitioned many of the fishing trawlers to help with minesweeping. This heritage is remembered even today and HMS Grimsby is a Sandown class minehunter (commissioned in 1999) currently in service in the Royal Navy.

Records on Deceased Online:
Cleethorpes Cemetery, Beacon Avenue, Cleethorpes, DN35 8EQ: records from 1877 - 1999
Scartho Road Cemetery, Scartho Road, Grimsby, DN33 2AL: records from 1889 - 1994
Grimsby Crematorium, Weelsby Avenue, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN32 0BA: records from 1954 - 1992

We also have available burial registers for the closed Ainslie Street Cemetery (now a public park) for nearly 15,000 burials, 1855-1943.

There are approximately 185,000 burials and cremations available and the range of records comprises:
- Digital scans of burial and cremation registers,
- Grave details of all burials and cemetery
- Section maps showing the approximate location of graves (excluding Ainslie Street).