An unmentioned relative died while at the, what was, The Isolation Hospital, Buttsbury (in Billericay) in April 1945, before the introduction of the NHS in 1948. Where would they have been buried having died there? The age reads 13months on the death certificate, which is correct with the birth certificate. The parents lived in Bowers Gifford at the time.
The person isn’t buried at the Pitsea Cemetery, Church Road beside the A13, which was first port of call, as it’s only a short distance from Bowers Gifford. Also in the churchyard of St Margaret Church, Bowers Gifford bottom end of Church Road and neither in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, South Benfleet.
I have yet to visit the churchyards of St Mary Magdalene in Great Burstead, St Mary the Virgin in Little Burstead and St Mary's in Buttsbury.
Where did once stand The Isolation Hospital, Buttsbury situated in Billericay. I would be guessing that an Isolation Hospital would have been to the outskirts at the time.
Any help, assistance or information please would be great.
Kind Regards Tim Bates
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