William Frederick Rock was a British publisher and philanthropist. Having worked with the printer and inventor Thomas de la Rue he started his own printing business with help from his brothers. They specialised in publishing topographical steel-engraved prints, one of which was the 1864 etching (No 5067) of Teignmouth Cemetery. Thanks to local historian VivContinue reading “Then and Now”
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Bombing Casualties – Henry and Elizabeth Williams
The Wonder of the Web! It would be nice to think that news of Teignmouth Cemetery has gone global. We’re not quite there but we have had another international contact recently, this time from Tom Williams of Anaheim, California. Tom had visited the cemetery in 2015 and, amongst the overgrowth and brambles, had managed toContinue reading “Bombing Casualties – Henry and Elizabeth Williams”
The Curious Case of the Shifting Shrub
Something slightly light-hearted for Xmas Eve ….. Tales from the Grave so far have focussed on stories surrounding those who are buried in the Cemetery. But the Cemetery itself has its own tales to tell such as this one from the Western Morning News of Friday 5th March 1880 – a tale of apparent mystery, intrigueContinue reading “The Curious Case of the Shifting Shrub”
Robert Arthington – Philanthropist – The Millionaire Miser
From Liberia to Teignmouth The Cemetery continues to raise bizarre connections with the outside world. In April 2012 Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, was found guilty by a Special Court in the Hague of eleven charges of atrocities including terror, murder and rape. He was subsequently sentenced to 50 years in prison ofContinue reading “Robert Arthington – Philanthropist – The Millionaire Miser”
Maurice Mortimore
As an interesting by-product of all this work we have been doing on the war graves we have come across a number of other graves of people who have died in service but who are not in official Commonwealth War Grave Commission sites. There are also others, non-military, who died during particularly the Second WorldContinue reading “Maurice Mortimore”
War Graves Ceremony
On Saturday November 3rd 2018 at 11am at Teignmouth Old Cemetery there was a unique historic event – the first time ever that the war graves of Teignmouth Cemetery had been commemorated. You can see a record of this ceremony on the following link: War Graves Ceremony
War Graves Project Update
We have come a long way since this project first started in the summer and we are now approaching the end of the first phase. This will be marked in a short ceremony at the cemetery on Saturday November 3rd at 11am. This will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1 and recogniseContinue reading “War Graves Project Update”
War Graves Project
We have just started a special project to clear the 49 war graves scattered throughout the old cemetery in readiness for a commemoration on Saturday November 3rd to mark the ending of the First World War 100 years ago. For more information on the project as it progresses just click on the following links: TheContinue reading “War Graves Project”
PC Harold Ricketts ….. Bravery and a Twist in the Tale
Postman’s Park A short distance north of St Paul’s Cathedral is a small area of land which once formed part of the site of the former churchyard and burial ground of St Botolph’s Aldersgate church. Following the Burial Acts of 1851 and onwards it was decided to convert this land into a public park which subsequently opened in 1880. Being adjacent to the newContinue reading “PC Harold Ricketts ….. Bravery and a Twist in the Tale”
The Keats Connection
This year has seen the 200th anniversary of the period that Keats stayed in Teignmouth. He was here for only two months, arriving on 6th March 1818 after an horrendous journey from London through torrential storms. He had come to look after his brother Tom who had been staying in Teignmouth as part of the ‘treatment’ ofContinue reading “The Keats Connection”
Teignmouth Old Cemetery 