Teignmouth Old Cemetery officially opened in early 1856 and the first person to be buried there was Mary Bowden. She was buried in an unmarked, unbricked grave in what appears to be a fairly arbitrary position (plot number F51) in consecrated ground close to the Anglican (“non-dissenters”) chapel. The event had a brief mention inContinue reading “The First Twenty”
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Finding Mary Bowden’s Grave
Last Thursday I went up to the cemetery armed with a stake and a hammer ….. and before anyone says it, no I wasn’t vampire hunting – I also had a makeshift plaque and a tape-measure. I was there to meet up with Katrine Smith, the Cemetery Officer from Teignbridge. She came clutching two mapsContinue reading “Finding Mary Bowden’s Grave”
Teignmouth Old Cemetery 