The following notes may help you:

Cemetery names: Higher may also be listed as Exeter, St Leonards or Heavitree. Exwick may also be listed as St. Thomas

Surname, forename: Some names that are very similar appear on the same card. At Higher cemetery there was a second set of cards started in around 1950 although the first set continued to be used, there is therefore an overlap of records. Be sure to check both.

Age at death: in years unless otherwise stated. SB is stillborn.

Date of burial: please note that when the cards were prepared the century was not included in the date of burial. For example 19/2/88 might refer to 1888 or 1988. Since the cards are in date order you should be able to establish the date by checking more recent burials on the same card.

Parish: this may be place of death or residence; we have no way of knowing.

Section: mostly refers to class of grave – older sections had expensive (class D) graves by the path, then class C, class B and finally small, mostly unpurchased graves in the centre. We generally ignore this for location purposes although it can be a confirmation that we have the right grave.

Division is the plot reference and Number the grave number within that plot.

Unfortunately there are very many different systems that have been used over the years and some references may be unclear.

Interment number: each cemetery has its own unique burial register numbering system, the only exceptions are miscarried babies prior to 24 weeks gestation and scattered cremated remains which have their own numbering system, again unique to each site.