Prior to the mid 19th century Maidenhead ancestors who
lived North of the London Bath Road
(A4) would have been buried at Cookham Parish
Church and those to the south at Bray Church.
Some non conformists were buried at the URC Church
in West St although I have been told that all the
outside monuments were removed a few years ago although there is
supposed to be a partial transcript of the monuments in the possession
of a
local historian. A few monuments remain
around the Methodist Church (formally the Countess
of Huntingdon's Connection Chapel). The
Quaker Meeting House in West St had a few monuments
in the garden behind but I am not sure of the
situation since the M.H. was rebuilt a couple of
years ago.
During the mid 19th century two new Anglican Churches
were built - St Luke's (taking part of Cookham Parish) and All Saints
(part of
Bray). Both these churches had burial in their
grounds. St Luke's Memorial Inscriptions have
been transcribed and are available from BerksFHS as
a fiche. All Saints enquiries can be directed
to 
- I have the records
off
an old card index but the churchyard needs mapping
and the records checked against the stones. The
churchyard is now in the care of the Borough and is
well kept except for round the edges.
Bray Church has a cemetery on the A308
Windsor-Maidenhead Road - on the right when coming
from Maidenhead just after the motorway bridge
cross the A308. Lucille Newby states that
this is now closed to general public use but if you
are/were a resident of Holyport/Bray and were born
there etc., you are still entitled to be buried there. You have to make
an application and justify
the burial.
Some time in the late 19th Century Maidenhead Cemetery
Company was set up. The
address is confusingly All Saints Avenue but it is
quite a distance from the Churchyard. This
cemetery is now in the care of Windsor and
Maidenhead Borough. They have records of the
burials in the cemeteries department which they are
in the process of entering on computer (when they have spare time!) or
at least that was the situation a few years ago. I have
transcribed
some Memorial Inscriptions but have only covered a
tiny portion of the cemetery. The Cemetery
Department kindly copied a map for me which showed
the shaded plots as having a monument. Many of these have now
disappeared. People who
have lived in Maidenhead a long time have confirmed
this. Sometimes several small markers such as
stone vases have been put in adjoining? tombs to
help gardening. All Saints Avenue Cemetery is
now closed. The cemetery is kept in good condition
although inevitably these days there has been some vandalism.
Only tombs on the edges have been
encroached by bushes.
Modern burials take place at the cemetery at Braywick
(on the A308 Windsor Road going out of
Maidenhead). I do not know when this cemetery
was opened. Cookham has had a burial ground
separate from the church for some years. A new
cemetery has been opened further along the A308 but
I think that is really meant for Windsor burials.
I am less certain about the situation regarding Windsor
Burials.
1. Clewer St Andrew is an old church with burials
in its churchyard - Clewer village off
A308
2. Windsor - the Church in the High St - St John
the Baptist has monuments (see below).
3. Old Windsor - has a cemetery in Church Road -
don't know anything about this.
4. Windsor - the St Leonard's Road Cemetery was
the main burial place for Windsor - it
only recently closed.
David Wright states:
New Windsor St John the Baptist has monuments.
According to a list of MIs prepared
by Berks Record Office (ref 3RO A-Z) there is a
transcript in Reading Local Studies Library.
The same list does not show the existence of
any Memorial Inscription transcript for Old
Windsor Parish Church; it does show that transcripts for New Windsor
Batchelors Acre
Burial Ground, New Windsor Christchurch United
Reformed Church at William Street, New Windsor
old Burial Ground, New Windsor Victoria Road
Baptist Chapel and St George's Chapel at
Windsor Castle are all at the Berks Record
Office
BerksFHS 
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