The Baptist Burial Ground

The Baptist Chapel and original burial ground around 1905. A modern driveway now covers this ground.

Today, the 'burial' ground is a rectangular site located alongside and to the east of the Exeter Road about a quarter of a mile north of the town. It is surrounded by trees which gives an impression of seclusion despite being close to the main road. The site is accessible via a path on the left of the driveway of the old chapel residence and new housing development beyond.

The gravestones – of which there are 30 upright examples – are no longer in their original positions and have been arranged around the west, north and east boundaries of the site. On the west are 13 stones, the north there are 10 and along the east side there are seven. All of these are in reasonable condition and span the period 1871–1934. The area surrounded by the stones contains a modern gravestone in the style of an open book erected in 1922 and four separate small stones which together all originally formed part of one memorial to three children of Mr & Mrs Frank White.

Within the centre of the burial ground is a granite memorial of about 4ft in height which has the following inscription:

The old chapel was converted
1980–1986
by R. M. Freestone.
This memorial was erected
in memory of all those
buried here.
May they Rest in Peace.
Such records as exist
can be seen
by arrangement with
the Minister East Dartmoor Baptist Church,
Bovey Tracey.

There is one further gravestone likely in its original position although now laid down with inscription uppermost, it is cracked across-wise in 3 places. It is located alongside Bottle Brook to the right of the main driveway entrance but as it is on private property this stone should not be accessed without prior permission.

The following is a list of those of the Baptist Church whose memorials still exist on site. If you require any further information on any of those listed below please contact us as we may hold additional information recorded from the stone.

Surame	Forename(s)	Date	Age
Archer	Thomas	14 June 1886	88
Archer	Mary	17 June 1877	72
Bennetts	Alice	26 July 1887	10
Bennetts	Ann	27 February 1889	52
Blackmore	Charles Pyne	31 January 1891	64
Blackmore	Charlotte Rebecca	9 August 1900	70
Blackmore	Frederick	26 November 1907	40
Blackmore	Richard	19 February 1922	61
Blackmore	Emma	26 March 1934	69
Bowden	William	26 December 1868	60
Bowden	Susannah	30 October 1874	62
Bowden	John	not given 1873	29
Bowden	Thomas	not given 1869	22
Bowden	Alfred	not given 1874	22
Casley	Eliza	1 February 1895	76
Casley	James	28 October 1897	76
Causey	James	5 June 1892	79
Causey	Joseph	18 June 1904	78
Davis	Henry	27 July 1879	36
Davis	Susanna Ellis	31 August 1896	57
Doke	William	24 September 1889	73
Doke	Eliza	23 December 1877	56
Doke	William Henry	13 February 1883	23
Doke	Joseph John	15 August 1913	52
Ellis	Beatrice Hall	24 September 1863	5
Harris	John	15 December 1879	63
Johnston	Lydia	19 October 1881	74
Johnston	Joseph	18 February 1887	91
Jury	Elizabeth	13 October 1865	53
Jury	William	19 August 1878	70
Jury	William Frederick	29 July 1874	40
Jury	Emily	27 November 1870	18
Leader	James Hall	13 November 1897	64
Leader	William	26 September 1900	55
Leader	Elizabeth	25 January 1932	81
Leeworthy	Mary	22 March 1912	47
May	Joan	11 October 1871	87
Norman	Matilda Ann	20 January 1925	65
Parker	James	18 November 1883	69
Peeke	Susie	20 December 1881	27
Pike	Olive Amelia	26 February 1919	47
Pike	William	1 December 1932	79
Rabbich	John	22 August 1874	67
Rabbich	Ann	15 September 1877	74
Rabbich	William	15 September 1884	76
Reddaway	George	13 February 1918	69
Reddaway	Ann	5 June 1912	76
Reed	Ernest	29 March 1902	17
Reed	Frederick W	8 April 1922	32
Saunders	Edith Mary	28 July 1869	2
Shapley	Mary Ann	27 March 1889	78
Shapley	William	9 March 1904	94
Tanner	William	1 January 1888	60
Tuckett	Selina	22 June 1897	20
White	Amelia M L	2 May 1881	76
White	Samuel	17 April 1886	83
White	Sarah Jane	8 August 1902	40
White	William Coombe	19 December 1909	82
White	Elizabeth Jane	10 May 1916	78
White	Elizabeth	18 May 1910	1 day
White	James Baker	18 May 1910	1 day
White	Charles E	21 February 1920	13

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