Last week I met with Katrine Smith, the Cemetery Officer for Teignbridge District Council. She very kindly, and with great enthusiasm, showed me the records that are held on the Teignmouth Old Cemetery.
We looked at the fascinating old map of the burial plots and looked up the records of Leah Laforgue, the first person whose grave we cleared as part of this project.
We also identified the records of Mary Bowden, the first person to be buried in the cemetery on 4th February 1856 and is in an unmarked grave.
We are planning to find that grave!
I have posted details on the following pages:
- Cemetery records …..
- Mary Bowden records …..
- Leah Laforgue Records …..
- Cemetery map …..
Teignmouth Old Cemetery 
How exciting to see all this new information about the history of our old Cemetery…Looking forward to helping to research more about the historical headstones of local Teignmouth residents and their families…
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