Just a quick update today about “Tales from the Grave” activities. I will be adding more about these in future posts, but for the moment I just wanted to capture some of the signs of interest and enthusiasm which this project is creating..
Firstly the latest grave to be cleared last Saturday (14th November), by Jean and Kay, was that of Admiral Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt (1811-1888).
The clearance activities and web-site are also starting to create some interest.
Dave Tovey has been in contact about graves related to people connected to Teignmouth pubs and has sent through a number of photos.
Fiona Churchill, who is a keen family researcher, has tracked down three of her great-grandparents who are buried in the Cemetery.
Tim Whiteaway has been doing research into the weird history of Charles Bodnar who married Maria Croydon (the Teignmouth publishing family).
Graham Sly, who lives in Exeter, has a special hobby – photographing Devon graves and uploading them to findagrave.com. In August 2013 he visited the Old Cemetery and took over 600 photographs.
Margaret Brooking has told us about how she and her husband have been clearing around their family graves and her contacts with the War Graves Commission. She has also pointed us to Ford Park Cemetery in Plymouth which seems to have gone through a similar process to that which we are now embarking on.
Finally, Ginny Ware from the Herald Express would like more information about what we are doing.
Teignmouth Old Cemetery 
I have been searching the cemetery on several occasions for my grancparents grave,when i was very young I would accompany my mother regularly to tend it. This was over 60 years ago.I can remember approaching it from the then main entrance but so far no luck. Is there a register Where I can find a reference to it? Thank you, Norman White.
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Hi Norman. Cemetery records are kept by Teignbridge. Here are the details: The Cemetery Office is at the Teignbridge District Council Offices in Newton Abbot, and is open from Monday to Thursday 8.30 am until 5.00 pm and on Friday until 4.30 pm. You can visit the Cemetery Office by appointment as well as make contact by telephone.
Tel: 01626 215850
e-mail greenspaces@teignbridge.gov.uk
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Hi Neil -yes I contacted Find a Grave Teignmouth over the weekend-have replied to his response that it’s best he sends Teignmouth cemetery photo info to you!
Haven’t looked at Grave Tales yet today-wondering is Fiona Churchill the lady from Hampshire Kay and I met at cemetery on Sat?
NB- Jill Fairweather didn’t turn up as planned on Sat ie to show us her family grave she wants help with-believe it’s to the left of the arch -The grave the couple were looking for on Sat they believe is to the right of the arch so with Albert Best’s grave if we clear these other 2 asap we’ll have done 3 very close to the threatened buildings?
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Yes clearing the other two graves by Albert Best would make sense because it is a nice self-contained area. Was one of them the rector of “Litter” or something like that? There has to be a little story there! Another area which would be of historic interest would be the Croydon family, publishers, between Leah Laforgue and Admiral Spratt, where the fallen angel is lying I think.
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