Project ID: 160
| Description | Transcribe the gravestone memorials at Stapleford cemetery. The first burials took place in the 1880's and many of the inscriptions were virtually illegible and as time goes by even more headstones will become broken or unreadable. |
| Topics | Social history |
| Type | U3A-led research (not an SLP) |
| U3A | Stapleford & District U3A |
| Year started | 2017 |
| Source of reference | Reported by project leader |
| Output | A map of the cemetery and an index will be put in the local libraries, Local history Societies and Archive office |
| Notes | 15 volunteers have spent many hours at the cemetery mapping and noting inscriptions of over 700 headstones and over 1200 individual entries. It is proposed to continue with this project over the next 2 years to completely transcribe the whole of Stapleford cemetery, |