Introduction Graham White is another follower of the Friends of Teignmouth Cemetery who contacted us again after the post about our “Celebrating Five Years”. He has done considerable research into the lives of his grandparents, Thomas Miles Bloomfield and Mary Ann Phillips Bloomfield. There is remarkable resonance between Thomas’ story and that of Samuel Brokensha,Continue reading “Thomas Miles Bloomfield (known as Miley)“
Category Archives: People
Samuel Brokensha – Commander RN
With the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Friends of Teignmouth Cemetery a number of people wrote in with details of relatives buried in the cemetery. Mike Brokenshaw sent us the following story about Samuel Brokensha, his 3rd cousin four times removed who is buried with his wife Charlotte Mary in plot J61, closeContinue reading “Samuel Brokensha – Commander RN”
Bowyer Vaux, FRCS
In the last post on the death of James Bond there was a photograph showing the approximate location of his unmarked grave. The reference point for this was the grave in the foreground of the picture. The eagle-eyed amongst you might have noticed the unusual name on that grave. For those not so eagle-eyed, hereContinue reading “Bowyer Vaux, FRCS”
James Bond – Death in Teignmouth
The Death of James Bond We saw the death of the fictional James Bond recently in the film “No Time to Die”, but did you know that a real James Bond died 160 years ago in Teignmouth and is buried in our cemetery? He was buried with military honours and reportedly over 3000 people attendedContinue reading “James Bond – Death in Teignmouth”
A Cemetery Ramble with William Rogers Penn
In 1875 a new publication appeared in Teignmouth – the “Teignmouth Journal”, produced by W. Rogers Penn who together with his wife Emma ran a stationery and printing shop in Fore Street. The journal was published monthly and lasted for two years. It was an eclectic mix of local news, including minutes of council meetingsContinue reading “A Cemetery Ramble with William Rogers Penn”
Samuel Poole and Victorian Photography
Introduction Most stories about people buried in the cemetery originate because we have found their graves and there is something significant about the grave suggesting that some further research would be worthwhile. For instance: The person could have a significant rank – see, for example, ADMIRAL Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt The person could have anContinue reading “Samuel Poole and Victorian Photography”
A Footstone Legacy
The Discovery Section K in the “conformist” half of the cemetery is one of the oldest sections. It is also one of the smallest with only 29 graves nestled close to the front of the Episcopal chapel. It is backed by some impressive, now rusting, iron railings which were originally constructed to separate the “dissenters”Continue reading “A Footstone Legacy”
The Journalist Pioneer
Love never dies It is rare to find a grave with a reference going back almost 2000 years and, of course, when you do it prompts curiosity and research. “Uxorem vivam amare voluptas, defunctam religio” was written in the first century AD by the Roman poet Statius and re-surfaces on the cross of a graveContinue reading “The Journalist Pioneer”
The Railway Poet
Beneath the Weeping Lime The weeping lime in Teignmouth Old Cemetery hides many secrets. Stretching low across sections T and U in the older part of the cemetery its canopy covers graves which lie invisible for a large part of the year. When autumn approaches though and the leaves burnish and fall, the secrets areContinue reading “The Railway Poet”
Of War, Brigands, Ice-cream and the Antonuccis
Introduction Baking in the hottest of hot July heatwaves my thoughts turned to keeping cool which inevitably led to ice cream. In turn that reminded me of a grave which I had recently re-discovered in a far corner of Teignmouth Old Cemetery. It is the grave of Angelo Antonio Antonucci. At heart this story isContinue reading “Of War, Brigands, Ice-cream and the Antonuccis”
Teignmouth Old Cemetery 