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'''Tiruchirappalli''' is the fourth largest city in Tamil Nadu and was in the [[Madras Presidency]].  
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'''Trichinopoly''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=24&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V24_031.gif Trichinopoly District] in [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]] during the British period. It is now the fourth largest city in Tamil Nadu.  
 
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Tiruchirapalli or Tiruchirappalli or  'Trichy' or "Tiruchy' or 'Tiruchi'<br>
Variants:Trichinopoly<br>


== History ==
== History ==
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[[Action at Trichinopoly 1757]]
[[Action at Trichinopoly 1757]]


== Spelling Variants ==
==Railways==
Modern name: Tiruchirappalli or colloquially 'Trichy'<br>
Trichinopoly was the headquaters of the [[Great Southern of India Railway]] estabished in 1865; which in 1874 was amgamated into the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR). In 1878 the SIR HQ was transferred to Tricinopoly from [[Negapatam]].
Variants:Trichinopoly<br>
 
Trichinopoly station is on the SIR [[Rail_gauge#Metre_Gauge|metre gauge (MG)]] '[[Madras-Tuticorin Mainline]]' and a junction with the '[[Erode Branch Line]]'
 
==Cemeteries==
*Christchurch
*St John's Church
*St Thomas's Church
 
For links to cemetery inscriptions see "FIBIS Resources" and "External Links " below.
 
== FIBIS Resources==
[[Image:Bird's Eye View of Trichinopoly from the Rock.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Bird's Eye View of Trichinopoly from the Rock]]
[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/index.php FIBIS database] contains records of
*[[:Category:Tanjore images|General views of the town]]
*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=457 Marriages at Christchurch Anglican Church, Trichinopoly]
*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2061&s_id=1090  St Johns Church Baptismal Register 1810-1827]. Trichinopoly. Filmed in October 2015.<ref>[https://familyhistorytours.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/baptisms-and-burials-in-trichinopoly-1810-1834/ Baptisms And Burials In Trichinopoly 1810-1834] by Elaine Macgregor February 8, 2016</ref>
*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2062&s_id=1091 St Johns Church Burial Register 1810-1834].  Trichinopoly. Filmed in October 2015.
*151 Images and transcriptions at [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=687 Cemetery of St John's Church, Tiruchirappalli]
*31 Images and transcriptions at  [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=688  Cemetery of Christchurch, Tiruchirappalli]
*110 Images and transcriptions at [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1496&s_id=958 Cemetery of St Thomas Church  Trichinopoly]
 
''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' no 20 (Autumn 2008) contains an article entitled ''The Trichinopoly Registers'' by Richard Morgan


==FamilySearch microfilm/digitised microfilm==
Scroll down the  [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1112010  catalogue entry] for "British High Commission cemetery records, ca. 1870-1967" to the entry "R/4/103 (cont.) Correspondence regarding prisoner-of-war graves (frame 49 includes a list of Boer prisoners buried at Trichinopoly)" microfilm no. 2214467 Item 1.  See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for more details about microfilms/digitised microfilms.
==External links==
==External links==
Three India List posts listing names  on graves in  St John’s Cemetery, Trichinopoly [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-08/1281843306 15 Aug 2010], [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-08/1282035904 17 Aug 2010], [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-08/1282218792 19 Aug 2010]
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V24_049.gif Trichinopoly City] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://trichydiocese.org/ Diocese of Tiruchy]
*[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/rail-museum-to-chug-down-memory-lane/article4472176.ece "Rail museum to chug down memory lane"]  by R. Rajaram ''The Hindu'' Tiruchi, March 4, 2013
*[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/bishop-heber-school-example-of-indosaracenic-architecture/article7797018.ece  "Bricks, mortar and history"] by Nahla Nainar October 23, 2015 ''The Hindu''. Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School building, built 1914. Includes a history of  Dr. Schwartz’s School, founded 1762.
*[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-T.htm#Trichinopoly RAF Trichinopoly] rafweb.org (retrieved 1 July 2014)
====Cemetery Inscriptions====
*[https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton/List%20of%20Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20or%20Monuments%20%20Madras%20Vol%202%20%28Cotton%29#page/n267/mode/2up Some inscriptions on tombs in Trichinopoly]from ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras Possessing Historical or Archaelogical Interest'' by J J cotton (pub) 1945 archive.org
====Historical books online====
*[https://archive.org/stream/atlasofsouthernp00phar#page/n141/mode/1up Plan of Trichinopoly] ''An Atlas of the Southern Part of India'' 1854 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.12224 ''Manual of the Trichinopoly District in the Presidency of Madras''] by Lewis Moore (Comp.) 1878 Archive.org. Mirror of a file  at Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/trichinopoly01madr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly''] 1907 Archive.org
*''Memoirs of the life and correspondence of the Reverend Christian Frederick Swartz, to which is prefixed a Sketch of the history of Christianity in India'' by Hugh Pearson, Dean of Salisbury  2nd Edition 1835 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PHDMBnALbxUC&pg=PR3 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=vsiRnK4F6egC&pg=PR1Volume II], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=x20eAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 First American edition (abridged) 1835] Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FJteAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA193 “District of Trichinopoly”] page 193, ''Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics of the Southern Division of the Madras Army'' Compiled from the Records of the Medical Board Office, Madras 1843 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA55 Trichinopoly] page 55 ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the Plains between the sea coast and the mountain ranges"
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277 105th Regiment at Trichinopoly] page 277 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/422/mode/2up Trichinopoly] page  423 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 17:31, 11 December 2020

Trichinopoly
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 10.81°N 78.69°E
Altitude: 85 m (279 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Tiruchirapalli
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links
[[[South Indian Railway]]
[Trichinopoly-Pudukkottai Railway]]
Villupuram-Trichinopoly Railway
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places of interest during the British period
Trichinopoly



Trichinopoly was the headquarters of Trichinopoly District in Madras during the British period. It is now the fourth largest city in Tamil Nadu.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Tiruchirapalli or Tiruchirappalli or 'Trichy' or "Tiruchy' or 'Tiruchi'
Variants:Trichinopoly

History

Siege of Trichinopoly 1751
Second Siege of Trichinopoly 1753-54
Action at Trichinopoly 1757

Railways

Trichinopoly was the headquaters of the Great Southern of India Railway estabished in 1865; which in 1874 was amgamated into the South Indian Railway(SIR). In 1878 the SIR HQ was transferred to Tricinopoly from Negapatam.

Trichinopoly station is on the SIR metre gauge (MG) 'Madras-Tuticorin Mainline' and a junction with the 'Erode Branch Line'

Cemeteries

  • Christchurch
  • St John's Church
  • St Thomas's Church

For links to cemetery inscriptions see "FIBIS Resources" and "External Links " below.

FIBIS Resources

Bird's Eye View of Trichinopoly from the Rock

FIBIS database contains records of

FIBIS Journal no 20 (Autumn 2008) contains an article entitled The Trichinopoly Registers by Richard Morgan

FamilySearch microfilm/digitised microfilm

Scroll down the catalogue entry for "British High Commission cemetery records, ca. 1870-1967" to the entry "R/4/103 (cont.) Correspondence regarding prisoner-of-war graves (frame 49 includes a list of Boer prisoners buried at Trichinopoly)" microfilm no. 2214467 Item 1. See FamilySearch Centres for more details about microfilms/digitised microfilms.

External links

Cemetery Inscriptions

Historical books online

  • Plan of Trichinopoly An Atlas of the Southern Part of India 1854 Archive.org
  • Manual of the Trichinopoly District in the Presidency of Madras by Lewis Moore (Comp.) 1878 Archive.org. Mirror of a file at Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online.
  • Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly 1907 Archive.org
  • Memoirs of the life and correspondence of the Reverend Christian Frederick Swartz, to which is prefixed a Sketch of the history of Christianity in India by Hugh Pearson, Dean of Salisbury 2nd Edition 1835 Volume I, II, First American edition (abridged) 1835 Google Books
  • “District of Trichinopoly” page 193, Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics of the Southern Division of the Madras Army Compiled from the Records of the Medical Board Office, Madras 1843 Google Books
  • Trichinopoly page 55 The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the Plains between the sea coast and the mountain ranges"
  • 105th Regiment at Trichinopoly page 277 Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862 Google Books
  • Trichinopoly page 423 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org

References

  1. Baptisms And Burials In Trichinopoly 1810-1834 by Elaine Macgregor February 8, 2016