St Michael & All Angels, Bampton: Churchyard Burials Listing

The comprehensive survey of all the graves in the churchyard is available in alphabetical order. You can select the appropriate page by clicking on the letters above. You can check the location with the churchyard plan here.

Index, Key and Notes:

The list on this web-site gives details of those interred in the churchyard and is the result of many years painstaking work. Whilst some of the gravestones have been easy to read, others are almost indecipherable; much of the information has been gleaned from Parish Records and local knowledge.
Some work is still to be done on existing burials. Also details of recent graves and internment of ashes will need to be added in as time goes on.

There are a few graves where we have not yet been able to identify who is buried there - they are listed here.

If you find this information useful to help you find the last resting place of a long lost friend or relative, you may wish to give a donation towards the upkeep of the Church - it would be greatly appreciated. Cheques should be made payable to 'Bampton PCC' and sent to:
Mr R. C. Sloman, 28 Barnhay, Bampton, Tiverton, Devon EX16 9NB

Index to locations:

Section A. (GREEN on plan)
In immediate vicinity of and around the church building.

Section B. (RED on plan)
Between the path from Home Cottage to Church Terrace and Home Cottage wall.

Section C. (GREY on plan)
The triangular area in the middle of the churchyard.

Section D. (PURPLE on plan)
To the west of Section C towards the church porch

Section E (DARK BLUE on plan)
Adjoining the Old Infants School and the Vicarage garden wall.

Section F. (ORANGE on plan)
Between the main path and that leading to the Old and New Vicarages.

Section F(a)

Interred ashes alongside paths in section F

Section G. (YELLOW on plan)
Between the narrow path to the Old Vicarage and the "New" part of the churchyard.

Section G(a)
Interred ashes alongside paths in section G

Section H. (LIGHT BLUE on plan)
The "New" part of the churchyard alongside Church Terrace.

Section I. (UNCOLOURED on plan)
Inside the church.

Key to Grave Information

A        Ashes.
A?       Probably Ashes – Some incumbents did not register such burials.
i          Wording on memorial illegible.
k         Kerbs - Lettering removed.
K        Kerbs - Names etc. provided by local knowledge.
l           Lettering removed from memorial.
L         Lettering removed from memorial - Names etc. provided: by local knowledge.
m         Mound without memorial.
M        Mound - Names etc. provided by local knowledge.
N         Memorial but no burial
P          Probable burial site but no positive confirmation.
S         Space without any marking but names etc. provided by local knowledge.
u          Urn without names.
U         Urn - Names etc. provided by local knowledge.
T          Table tomb.
V         Vault .
*          Memorial possibly NOT in its original position.

Dates and ages shown on lists are those appearing on memorials.    If they are in
brackets they have been obtained from Burial Registers or other sources.
Notes following ages
h          hours
d          days
w         weeks
m         months
y          years

Notes

Note	Grave
1	A	20	See also Hll/21.
2	A	40	Same names as on Grave No. A38.
3	A	42	May be named but vault covered by the oil tank.
4	A	43	Name of last known burial in vault.
5	B	61	Killed in France. Buried at Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 at Somme, France under the name of Corporal Ernest Scherzinger.
6	B	73	Drowned in Egypt. Buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery at Kantara Est, Egypt
7	B	100	Died in Palembang, Sumatra one week after VJ day. Buried in Jakarta Military Cemetery, Java, Indonesia.
8	C	8	Died at Loyal Cottage, Ruishton, Taunton
9	C	34	Killed in France. Commemorated at The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
10	G	34	Died in Perth, Western Australia.
11	H11	24	See also A20
12	C	20	Died at Royal Park, Clifton.
13	F	25	Top of headstone removed - Possibly for John Manley.
14
15	B	24	Grace CHICK - in register as BAKER.
16	D	12	Interred at St. Pancras Cemetery, London.
17	B	2	Ashes scattered at Taunton Crematorium.
18	C	59	Of Old Junction Farm, Weston-Super-Mare.
19	C	27	Of Boobier Hill, Bampton
20	C	28	Of Higher Boobier Hill, Bampton
21	B	67	Died at Lewisham, London.
22	C	51	Daughters of Bessie Burrow.
23	C	63	Of Camborne. In register as Elsie Pailina.

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