Monumental Inscriptions

St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Tettenhall, C.1870

For some churchyards there are monumental inscriptions available. These are transcripts of the information taken from the tombstones or monuments. Please see our list of monumental inscriptions for details of our holdings. Bear in mind that many urban churchyards were closed in the nineteenth century and burials began to take place in new municipal cemeteries. Wolverhampton's first municipal cemetery at Jeffcock Road opened in 1850. Microfilms for this and all of Wolverhampton's cemeteries burial registers are available at Archives and Local Studies. For a full list click here.

St Peter's Churchyard
In 1936 the Borough Engineer for Wolverhampton, completed a survey of St Peter's Churchyard, before the area was re-landscaped as St Peter's Gardens. The survey included a plan showing the gravestones, each being allocated a number, and a schedule. The grave number was recorded in the schedule along with the inscription, where legible. Often whole families were interred in the same tomb.

A transcript of the schedule , in surname order, is available to download.

Click on the button to see the plan of the graveyard showing the positions of the graves.