The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Longshaw in the County of -- Lancashire --

Deaths at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
in the District of Higher Croft, Blackburn
Deaths recorded in the Register for 1955 - 1985

This register maintained by the church in Latin is titled ‘Liber Defunctorum’, which translates as Book of Deaths. It is essentially a register of deaths of parishioners of this church and which also shows some details of their burial.

The church does not have a graveyard and, therefore, all burials were carried out at other churches or cemeteries (shown under ‘Buried At’ on the website).

From 1977, some entries in the register referred to cremations rather than burials. These were indicated by the minister writing ‘cremated’ or ‘cremation’ and/or the crematorium name in the burial details section. The Crematorium’s name was not always entered - if it was, this is shown under ‘Buried At’. Where the crematorium was not named, ‘Buried At’ has been left blank and an explanatory note added by the transcriber showing what the minister wrote. For cremations, ‘Burial Date’ refers to the date of cremation.

Any comments made by the minister could refer to the death, sacraments given or to the burial/cremation. Where it might not be obvious which part of the entry the minister’s comment refers or there are several comments, the transcriber has added a Note to clarify, e.g. [entered in Sacraments section].

During the period October 1960 to April 1977, no entries were made in the register.