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Burials at Warton

When
9 September 1848
Where
Warton
Part of
Barque Ocean Monarch burns off the Great Orme

Three passengers presumed to be from the Ocean Monarch were buried at Warton on 9 September 1848.

Parish registers for Warton, located north of the wreck site, include burials at St Oswald's Church. The entries annotate three people as found dead on the shore, supposed to have been passengers in the immigrant ship.

Sources

  1. Ocean Monarch (barque) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-24

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