Record:
Funeral order books (FRAS 887)
Title: Funeral order books
Date: 1921-1958
Reference: FRAS
887
Former reference:
Physical description: 13 volumes
Origination:
Hugh Harkess
H & W Harkess
Ltd
Scope and content:
The order books contain details of individual orders for funerals. Details recorded include date, name and address of person paying for the funeral, name and age of the deceased, date of death, location of the grave and details of the coffin, vehicles, stationery and other services.
Additional information:
Entries were posted from the order books to the private funeral ledgers (ref: FRAS 889).
System of arrangement: The orders are in chronological order.
Record type: Order books
Function: Financial accounting
Records held within this series:
Title: Funeral order book No 1
Date: May 1921-July
1924
Reference: FRAS 887/1
Former reference: HF 91/1/1
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Hugh Harkess
Title: Funeral order book No 2
Date: July 1924-June
1926
Reference: FRAS 887/2
Former reference: HF 91/1/2
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Hugh Harkess
Title: Funeral order book No 3
Date: June
1926-September 1928
Reference: FRAS 887/3
Former reference: HF 91/1/3
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Hugh Harkess
Title: Funeral order book No 4
Date: September
1928-April 1931
Reference: FRAS 887/4
Former reference: HF 91/1/4
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Hugh Harkess
Title: Funeral order book
Date: April
1931-March 1934
Reference: FRAS 887/5
Former reference: HF 91/1/5
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Hugh Harkess
Scope and content:
There is an index of places in the front of the volume.
Title: Funeral order book
Date: March
1934-March 1937
Reference: FRAS 887/6
Former reference: HF 91/1/6
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Hugh Harkess
Scope and content:
There is an index of places in the front of the volume.
Title: Funeral order book
Date: March-June 1937
Reference: FRAS 887/7
Former reference: HF 91/1/7
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Hugh Harkess
Title: Funeral order book
Date: July
1937-December 1940
Reference: FRAS 887/8
Former reference: HF 91/1/11
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Hugh Harkess
Scope and content:
There is an index of people paying for the funerals in the front of the volume.
Title: Funeral order book
Date: December
1940-May 1942
Reference: FRAS 887/9
Former reference: HF 91/1/12
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Hugh Harkess
Title: Funeral order book
Date: June 1942-July
1946
Reference: FRAS 887/10
Former reference: HF 91/1/13
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
Hugh Harkess
Scope and content:
There is an index of people paying for the funerals in the front of the volume.
Title: Funeral order book
Date: August
1946-March 1950
Reference: FRAS 887/11
Former reference: HF 91/1/14
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
H & W Harkess
Ltd
Title: Funeral order book
Date: March
1950-February 1954
Reference: FRAS 887/12
Former reference: HF 91/1/15
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
H & W Harkess
Ltd
Title: Funeral order book
Date: February
1954-June 1958
Reference: FRAS 887/13
Former reference: HF 91/1/16
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination:
H & W Harkess
Ltd
Records related to this series:
Title: Private funeral ledgers
Date: 1921-1937
Reference: FRAS 889
Company:
Hugh Harkess
Connection: Entries were posted from the order books to these ledgers.
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