A few weeks ago the Friends of Teignmouth Cemetery held its AGM which represented the fifth full year of its existence FIVE YEARS!! Five years ago we were confronting what seemed an incredibly daunting task but, looking back, it is amazing how much a small group of hard-working volunteers has been able to achieve inContinue reading “Celebrating Five Years”
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A Walk on The Wild Side
Or ….. Our Wildflower Project The Victorian Heritage In 1856, when Teignmouth Old Cemetery was created, the Victorians had a vision of “extra-mural” cemeteries not just as burial places but also as green spaces for people to come and enjoy. They viewed them as “garden cemeteries”, oases of peace which anyone in the community could enjoy. ThatContinue reading “A Walk on The Wild Side”
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”
Next Steps
The area of the cemetery that we decided to clear first brought an unexpected finding – a row of children’s graves. We believe there are six, although only five have kerbstones which suggests that the sixth is an unmarked grave. Most of the hard clearance work in this area has now been done which begsContinue reading “Next Steps”
Progress Update
Here are a few pictures showing the progress made so far on the main area of graves we have been working on. It has been HARD work, especially trying to eradicate the many years of growth of brambles and ivy, but we’re getting there. The next stage for this area will be to decide howContinue reading “Progress Update”
First Working Party
I missed it!! Thursday May 4th saw the first working party on the first site we had marked out for clearance and I missed it – away in sunny climes. But there was a lot of activity as you can see from the photographs below and I am told that much progress was made. ThanksContinue reading “First Working Party”
Expression of Interest
We have recently submitted to Teignbridge District Council an Expression of Interest for the community use of the Old Cemetery buildings and site. As part of that we were also asked to submit a business plan. Our response to that particular point was: “With only two weeks, and no prior notice, to produce such aContinue reading “Expression of Interest”
Community Action Update 26th January
Photoshoot Thanks to everyone who turned up at the Community Photoshoot on Sunday. It was an impressive turnout and confirms the level of community support there is for the cemetery and buildings. Tony Wilson took a few photos and I am posting one of the group shots here. I will add the others, which areContinue reading “Community Action Update 26th January”
URGENT Action required
SAVE OUR CEMETERY Two years ago Teignbridge announced a proposal to convert the Chapel and other attached buildings in Teignmouth Old Cemetery, Exeter Road to residential accommodation. There was a huge public outcry and many people wrote to Teignbridge to object to the proposal. All went quiet and the proposal was never submitted to theContinue reading “URGENT Action required”
Teignmouth Old Cemetery 