Over 12,000 people are interred in Teignmouth Old Cemetery. You can read here some of the stories of those who are buried here. Also use this page if you are trying to track down someone of special interest to you. Click on the blue links to see more.
War Graves
Like other villages, towns and cities across the country Teignmouth suffered its own losses during the two world wars. There are 49 Commonwealth War Graves in the cemetery alongside those of many others who died during the air-raids of the last war.
The First Twenty
The first page of the first burial register contains twenty names -those buried between the start of February 1856 and the start of May that year. This is what we know about them so far.
Tales from the Grave
The cemetery is a fount of historical memories. Here are the stories of some of the people involved in local, national or international happenings
Find a Grave
This section is in development. It will enable you to find where a person is buried.
Leah Laforgue
Leah’s grave was the first that we cleared. As with Mary Bowden we have included her official records here. But her story itself is amazing and features in Tales from the Grave. See it directly here.
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