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Books and booklets published by or available through BACSA which give the names of those interred or commemorated in a cemetery or church, often with the text of inscriptions or other biographical details.  Click here for an order form.

Postage and packing will be charged extra as follows: 

    Code A:  under 200 pages
    Code B:  201-300 pages
    Code C:  over 300 pages

    UK postage
    A - £1.25 (1 book);  £2.25 (2 books in one packet)
    B - £2.00
    C - £3.00

    EU postage
    A - £2.85 (1 book);  £5.00 (2 books in one packet)
    B - £4.25
    C - £6.00

    Rest of the World
    A - £4.00 (1 book);  £9.50 (2 books in 1 packet)
    B - £7.70
    C - £12.00

     

List of publications

Agra Cantonment Cemetery
Robin Volkers, 2001     £22.50   Code C
A record of over 5,000 burials from 1806-1990s, including all existing MIs, with plot diagrams indicating the shape and location of the tombs.
697pp, 106 illustrations and plans   ISBN 0907799 76 0

Agra St Paul's Cemetery
Robin Volkers, 2007     £7.50   Code A
A record of burials from 1849-1958, monuments, wall tablets and inscriptions, including those at the nearby Tot ka Tal and Sikandra cemeteries.
102pp, 22 illustrations     ISBN 0907799 86 8

Assam and North-East India: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials
Eileen Hewson, 2005     £10.50   Code A
A comprehensive list of MIs with biographical notes, district by district, including records from churches, 1783-2003.
184pp, 5 illustrations     ISBN 0 907799 82 5

Bangkok: the Protestant Cemetery
Justin Corfield, 1997     £15.00   Code B
MIs and complete transcript of the Burial Register from 1861-1972  with  background information.  Also covers ten other cemeteries in Bangkok.
272pp, 30 illustrations and plans   ISBN 0907799 58 2

Bangladesh: Tombs in Tea,
John Radford and  Susan Farrington, 2001  £7.50   Code A
Covers the tea areas in the valleys of Luskerpore, Balisera, Manu/ Doloi, Lungla and Juri; also the oldest cemetery in Sylhet town.
96pp, 45 illustrations, maps, plans   ISBN 0 907799 75 2

Bimlipatam: Christian Cemeteries
David Cooke, 1988     £7.50   Code A
British and Dutch tombs from 17th century.
80pp, 40 illustrations, plans, map   ISBN 0 907799 28 0

Burial Register of St Paul’s Cathedral Ranchi, Bihar
Vincent Davies, 2011    £2.50  Code A
List of burials from 1869 to 1944.  First published 1987.
24 pp       ISBN 978 0 907799 88 7

Calcutta: South Park Street
Maurice Shellim, 1986 (2nd edn)   £2.00   Code A
On progress in restoring 'The Great Cemetery'.
28pp, 8 illustrations, 2 plans    ISBN 0 907799 16 7

Calcutta: South Park Street: Register of Graves and Standing Tombs (from 1767)
1992
      £9.00   Code A
128pp, 9 plans, also serves as index to
tomb photos in BACSA archive  
ISBN 0 907799 47 7

Calcutta: French Cemetery
Basil La Bouchardiere, 1983    £2.50   Code A
Cemetery cleared in 1977 - a complete record.
28pp, 8 illustrations, 4 maps/plans   ISBN 0 907799 02 7

Chittagong: Christian Cemeteries
Susan Farrington and John Radford, 1999  £12.00   Code A
MIs and Burial Registers.
136pp, 70 illustrations and plans   ISBN 0 907799 63 9

Darjeeling and the Dooars: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials 1842–1995
Eileen Hewson, 2006     £10.50   Code A
A record of the cemeteries and isolated graves from this corner of India with MIs and biographical notes on the planters and other notable tombs.
93pp, 23 illustrations, and map   ISBN 0907799 84 1

Dehra Dun - Chandranagar Cemetery
Aylmer Jean Galsworthy, 1993   £9.00   Code A
Inscriptions and biographical notes: graves listed by year of death
(1820-1912), and endowments (1888-1951).  Also lists of army personnel,
civilians, stonemasons, etc.
144pp, 20 illustrations and plans   ISBN 0 907799 50 7

Garden Graves & Isolated Cemeteries in North Bihar
Vincent Davies, 2011    £6.00  Code A
British and other burials in plantation gardens and cemeteries.  First published 1990.
44 pp, map, eight illustrations   ISBN 978 0 907799 87 0

Gilgit: A Guide to the Christian Cemetery, Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Susan Farrington, 2001    £1.00   Code A
8pp, illustrations    

Himalayan Headstones from Ladakh Kashmir
Eileen Hewson, 2002     £6.00   Code A
A record of the few remaining graves of explorers, sportsmen and missionaries form the mid-1800s, with biographical details.
40pp, 20 illustrations and map   ISBN 0 907799 79 5

Ipoh and Taiping: War Graves and Graves of Europeans in the Cemeteries in Ipoh and Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Justin Corfield, 2000     £7.50   Code A
108pp, 27 illustrations and plan   ISBN 0 907799 70 1

Java: British and Empire Graves [1743-1975]
Justin Corfield,
1999
     £l3.50   Code A
MIs including World War II.
188pp, 70 illustrations and plans   ISBN 0 907799 61 2

Kota Bharu (Malaysia): European Graves in the Jalan Hamzah Cemetery
Justin Corfield , 1999     £3.00   Code A
24pp, 23 illustrations and plan   ISBN 0 907799 68 X

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): St Mary's Cathedral and the Jalan Birch Cemetery
Justin Corfield, 2000     £3.00    Code A
24pp, 5 illustrations     ISBN 0 907799 71 X

Malacca: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials
Alan Harfield, 2002 (revised edn)   £18.00   Code B
From the Portuguese time in 1511, through the Dutch occupation 1641-1795 and from 1819-25 to the British period.  Includes a short history with lists of churches and MIs; also an account of the local wars with lists of casualties in the Malayan Emergency.
214pp, 70 illustrations, 8 maps and plans  ISBN 0907799 66 3

Meerut: The First Sixty Years (1815-1875)
Alan Harfield, 1992     £18.00   Code C
MIs and burial registers. Also a complete listing of the British
and Indian regiments there along with a history of the garrison.
360pp, 30 illustrations     ISBN 0 907799 43 4
 
Meerut Part II (1876-1939)
Alan Harfield, 1999     £15.00   Code B
MIs and Burial Registers of Cantonment Cemetery; also Race Course Cemetery and Military Memorials.
220pp, 22 illustrations and plans   ISBN 0 907799 62 0

Monghyr: Short History and its British Cemeteries
Vincent Davies, 2003     £6.00   Code A
The 235 tombstones recorded tell the story of this 'Invalid' station from 1768.
40pp, 12 illustrations, map and plans   ISBN 0 907799 80 9

Pachmarhi: The Old Cemetery Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Walter Reeve, 2010     £6.00   Code A
A record of the burial register and surviving inscriptions at the cemetery in the little hill station of Pachmarhi.
47pp, illustrations, map    ISBN 978 0 907799 89 4

Patna and Dinapore
Vincent Davies, 1989     £3.00   Code A
Short history with biographical notes.
24pp, 14 illustrations, 2 maps    ISBN 0 907799 32 9

Penang: Graves in the Protestant Section of Western Road Cemetery
Justin Corfield, 2000     £6.00   Code A
80pp, 27 illustrations and plan   ISBN 0 907799 67 1
 
Peshawar Cemetery, Pakistan
Susan Farrington, 1988 (2nd reprint 2001)  £9.00   Code A
c900 MIs dating from 1849.
195pp, profusely illustrated and plans  ISBN 0 907799 30 2

Peshawar Monumental Inscriptions II
Susan Farrington, 1991    £9.00   Code A
More inscriptions from churches and other cemeteries.
168pp, profusely illustrated and plan   ISBN 0 907799 40 X .

Polibetta, Coorg: Burials at Christ Church
1985       £1.00   Code A
Typescript of Register, 1892-1962
17pp       ISBN 0 907799 12 4

Quetta: Monuments and Inscriptions
Susan Farrington, 1992    £15.00   Code B
Covers the cemeteries, town's history, the staff college, railways, churches and the 1935 earthquake.
270pp, 100, illustrations and plans   ISBN 0 907799 45 0

Quilon and Trivandrum (Malabar Coast)
Peter de Jong (ed), 1992    £4.50   Code A
The burial registers of St Thomas' Church, Quilon (1829-1961) and Christ Church, Trivandrum (1863-1961).
56pp, 4 illustrations, and index   ISBN 0 907799 42 6

Rawalpindi: Cemeteries and Churches
Susan Farrington, 1996    £15.00   Code C
Covers the main Harley Street  Cemetery, with additional MIs from four other cemeteries and plaques from churches.
300pp, 40 illustrations, and plans   ISBN 0 907799 55 8

Rawalpindi: A Walk round the Harley Street Cemetery
Susan Farrington, 1997    £1.00   Code A
 
Seremban, Malaysia: Gravcs in St Mark's Churchyard, and the Anglican Section of the Seremban Cemetery
E Beavington and Justin Corfield, 2000  £6.00   Code A
56pp, 11 illustrations     ISBN 0 907799 73 6
 
Singapore: Early Cemeteries
Alan Harfield, 1988 (revised edn)   £15.00   Code C
Comprehensive record of all main cemeteries.
400pp, over 150 illustrations, maps and plans ISBN 0 907799 19 1
 
Teluk Anson (Malaysia): European Graves in the Jalan Anderson Cemetery
Justin Corfield, 2000     £3.00   Code A
20pp, 14 illustrations and plan
   ISBN 0 907799 69 8
 
Vizagapatam and Waltair (from 1699)
David Cooke, 1992     £15.00   Code C
The Old Cemetery; Mors Janua Vitae Cemetery; Waltair Cemetery; also church MIs.
382pp, over 70 illustrations    ISBN 0 907799 44 2

Vizianagram: Cantonment Cemetery
David Cooke, 1988     £6.00   Code A
British tombs from 1811.
62pp, 20 illustrations, plans, map   ISBN 0 907799 27 2

Yokohama, Japan: Gaijin Bochi, The Foreigners' Cemetery
Patricia McCabe, 1994    £18.00   Code C
Inscriptions including biographical notes of over 4,000 graves from 1854 - the dead of 41 nations rest here - with the inscriptions capturing much of the history of  Japan over the last 140 years.
552pp, over 100 illustrations, map   ISBN 0 907799 52 3

The following books are out of print:

Bencoolen: the Christian Cemetery and the Fort Marlborough Monuments
Chiang Mai: 'De Mortuis', the Story of the Foreign Cemetery
Burma Register of European Deaths and Burials, 1983
Burma Register: Supplement, 1987

Kacheri Cemetery, Kanpur
Munnar, Kerala: Burials

Penang and Perak: Christian Cemeteries

They may be consulted in the Asian and African Reading Room of the British Library by anyone having a Reader Pass.  BACSA can supply photocopies of individual inscriptions: for details click how to order

The following titles published by Kabristan Archives may also be of interest
Obtainable from Kabristan Archives, 19 Foxleigh Grove, Wem, Shropshire, SY4 5BS,
tel:+44 (0) 1939 234061, or via their website
www.kabristan.org.uk

Assam
Digboi War Cemetery
Eileen Hewson, 2007      £3.00
Memorials (200) and biographies from World War II.
29pp        ISBN 978 1906276 04 1

Guwahati War Cemetery
Eileen Hewson, 2008      £3.00
Memorials (500) biographies from World War II
54pp        ISBN 978 1 906276 05 8

Bellary
List of European Tombs in the Bellary District with Inscriptions Thereon
J J Cotton edited Eileen Hewson, 2008   £6.00

First published in A4 format in 1894 and containing many military memorials.
65pp        ISBN 978 1 906276 18 8

Kashmir
Graveyards
in Kashmir India
Eileen Hewson, 2008      £10.50
Memorials (750), and biographies of the deceased.
120pp        ISBN 978 1 906276 07 02

The Forgotten Irish: Memorials of the Raj
Eileen Hewson, 2008 (reissue)    £15.00
Memorials and biographies of the Irish who served the British in the 17th and 18th centuries.
330pp, 26 illustrations, and maps    ISBN 978 0 9548979 0 1

A Handbook for Irish War Graves in India, Burma and Beyond 1914-45
Eileen Hewson, 2005      £7.50
Memorials of Irish soldiers and regiments who died in two World Wars.
92pp, 5 illustrations, and maps    ISBN 0 9548979 1 39

Moravian Graveyards: India and Jamaica 1755-1971
Eileen Hewson, 2007      £6.00
From the Himalayas to the sugar plantations of Jamaica, the Moravian missionaries brought hospitals and schools and the Word of God and died in the process.
63pp        ISBN 978 1 906276 06 5

Graveyards in Ceylon: Colombo Vol I
Eileen Hewson, 2008      £10.50
Memorials (775), and biographies of the British who died serving the Raj.
98pp        ISBN 978 1 906276 17 1

Graveyards in Ceylon: Nuwara Eliya Vol II
Eileen Hewson, 2009      £7.50
Memorials and burial records (900) in the hill stations and some biographies.
63pp        ISBN 978 1 906276 24 9

Graveyards in Ceylon: Tea Country Vol III
Eileen Hewson, 2000      £9.00
Memorials (800), and some biographies from the tea estates in the hill country.
92pp        ISBN 978 1 906276 25 6

 

 

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