TRANSCRIPTION OF THE MEMORIAL STONES
Over the last decade, volunteers have transcribed the inscriptions carved into the memorial stones. In some cases the inscriptions are still clear and legible in good light, but the majority are difficult to read due to the effects of weathering and fragmentation of the stones. Our Research Group has compared the inscriptions transcribed in 2014 with the report of inscriptions made in 1984 and also with a transcription made by the Devon historian W.H. Hamilton Rogers in 1894. A list of the transcribed names and dates is available for download here.
As part of our ongoing improvement work at the graveyard we have installed forty small plaques engraved with QR codes. Most modern mobile phones have QR decoding software built into their cameras and scanning each QR code gives instant access to the current biography.
Biographies
We are actively engaged in researching the families of those known to be buried in the graveyard and many of the biographies can be accessed by clicking the links below. Information is collected from sources including original documents, ledgers, newspapers and from online genealogical searches.
Names marked (QR) have updated biographies and a permanent interpretation marker in the graveyard.
BIOGRAPHIES
ADAMS, James - a stranger (no memorial) - QR
ALEXANDER, Emma (no memorial)
BALLE, William and Elizabeth (Memorial 21) - QR
BARHAM family (no memorial)
BENNETT, Jannet (Memorial 13) - QR
BENNETT and LOVEYS (Memorial 27) - QR
BIDDER family (Memorial 81)
BIELFELD family (Memorial 6) (Wills) - QR
BODLEY, Eve (a baby; no memorial) - QR
BOWDEN family (Memorial 5)
BOWRING family (Memorial 19)
BOWRING family (Memorial 64)
BOWRING family (Memorial 67)
BOYD, Robert (Memorial 72)
BRETLAND and BOWDEN family (Memorials 5 and 35) - BIOGRAPHY UPDATED JULY 2024
BRYANT, George (Memorial 34)
BRYANT, William Dunn and Harriet (no memorial)
CLARK, Joseph and Sarah (Memorial 76)
CLARK, Peter, Elizabeth and family (Memorial 44) - QR
CLARKE, James (no memorial)
CLARKE, William and family (Memorial 23)
COFFIN family (Memorial 38)
COX, Ann and family (Memorial 56)
COX, John and family (Memorial 25)
CRANCH, Richard and family (Memorial 11)
CRANCH, Jane (Memorial 31) - QR
CRANFORD, Mary and Harriet (Memorial 79)
CROOT, Susannah (Memorial 14)
DAVEY family (Memorial 86)
DAVY/DAVEY (no memorial)
DAVIS family (Memorial 49)
DOEG family (no memorial)
DREWE family (Memorial 29) - QR
DUNSFORD family (no memorial)
DUNSFORD, Samuel (no memorial)
EDMONDS family (Memorial 91)
EVANS family (Memorial 66)
EVERY family (no memorial)
FOLLETT, Mary (no memorial)
FROST family (no memorial)
FRYER family (no memorial)
FRYER, William and Frances Maria (no memorial)
GARTON family (no memorial)
GIFFORD family (Memorial 1) - QR
GIFFORD family (Memorial 45) - QR
GILCHRIST, Georgiana Beckwith (Memorial 61)
GLYDE family (no memorial) (Wills)
GOVE family (Memorial 83)
GOVE, Philip (no memorial)
GREEN family (Memorial 26) - BIOGRAPHY UPDATED NOVEMBER 2024
GRIBBLE family (Memorial 16)
GRIBBLE, George and DENNIS, Sarah (Memorial 68)
HALFYARD, Philip (no memorial)
HATCH, Elizabeth (Memorial 8) and the Beare and Hatch families - QR
HILL family (Memorial 62)
HILL family (Memorial 63)
HILL, Harriet (Memorial 87)
HILLMAN, David (Memorial 41)
HIPPIUS family (Memorial 69)
HIRTZEL family (no memorial)
HOGG, Reverend John and family (no memorial)
HOOKER family (no memorial)
HOUGHTON, George and Maria (Memorial 85) (Will)
HUNT, Joseph (Memorial 58)
HUXHAM family (no memorial)
JAMESON, Robert (Memorial 89)
JEFFERY, Nathan Sprigg (Memorial 6 lower surface) - QR
JERWOOD, John and Mary (Memorial 60) - BIOGRAPHY UPDATED NOVEMBER 2023
JUDGSON and KENRICK (Memorial 28) - QR
KENDLE, Alice (Memorial 33)
KINCAID, George and Patrick (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY FEBRUARY 2024
KINGDON family (no memorial)
KINGDON, Samuel (Memorial 82)
LAKE family (Memorial 2) - QR
LINSCOTT family (no memorial)
MACKINTOSH and TYRELL family (no memorial)
MANNING, Revd James and family (no memorial)
MARDON family (Memorial 77)
MATTHEWS, Henry (Memorial 71)
MERIVALE family (Memorial 80)
MILFORD, John (Memorial 18) and family members
MICHELL/MITCHELL, William (Memorial 75)
MORTIMER, Elizabeth (Memorial 20)
MORTIMER, family 1 (no memorial)
MORTIMER, family 2 (no memorial)
MOUNTJOY family (Memorial 24)
MOUNTSTEPHENS (Memorial 15) - QR
MURCH, James and family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY MARCH 2024
NATION family (Memorial 40) - QR
OTTLEY, Martha and Elinor (Memorial 50)
OXENHAM (Memorial 47)
PALMER family (no memorial)
PARKINS family (no memorial)
PARMINTER, Elizabeth (no memorial)
PARMINTER, John Vowler and family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY JANUARY 2024
PARMINTER, Samuel and family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY JANUARY 2024
PARR/POPE, Elizabeth Lane (no memorial)
PERKINGS family (Memorial 12) - QR
POPE, James and family (no memorial)
POWELL, George and Elizabeth (Memorial 59)
POWELL, Joseph (Memorial 37)
PRENTICE, James - A stranger (Memorial 43) - QR
RIDGE - see TREADWIN, TUCKER and RIDGE (Memorial 52)
ROWE family (no memorial)
SAMS, Richard, Jane and Ann (no memorial)
SHEPHERD, William (Memorial 32)
SMALE family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY OCTOBER 2024
SNELLING, Melony (Memorial 54)
STAPLETON, Myra (no memorial)
STEPHENS family (Memorial 51) - QR
TAPERELL family (no memorial)
TAPRELL family (Memorial 39)
TATHAM, John Walkingame and Ellen Garnett (no memorial)
TOWGOOD, Reverend Micaiah and family (Memorial 42)
TOWGOOD, Reverend Stephen and family (no memorial)
TOZER family (no memorial)
TREADWIN, TUCKER and RIDGE (Memorial 52)
TRELEAVEN, Catherine (Memorial 17)
TUCKER, Mary Ann (Memorial 3) - QR
TRUMP, Mary and Robert (no memorial) - QR
TUCKER children (no memorial)
WALROND family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY NOVEMBER 2023
WELSFORD family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY JANUARY 2024
WELSFORD, John Nathaniel (Memorial 9) - QR - BIOGRAPHY UPDATED FEBRUARY 2024
WILCOCKS, William d. 1828 (no memorial)
WILCOCKS, William d. 1845 (no memorial)
WILLCOCKS family (no memorial)
WITHERS family (Memorial 30)
WOOD, Hartley (Memorial 4) - QR
WOOLCOTT family (no memorial)
Over the last decade, volunteers have transcribed the inscriptions carved into the memorial stones. In some cases the inscriptions are still clear and legible in good light, but the majority are difficult to read due to the effects of weathering and fragmentation of the stones. Our Research Group has compared the inscriptions transcribed in 2014 with the report of inscriptions made in 1984 and also with a transcription made by the Devon historian W.H. Hamilton Rogers in 1894. A list of the transcribed names and dates is available for download here.
As part of our ongoing improvement work at the graveyard we have installed forty small plaques engraved with QR codes. Most modern mobile phones have QR decoding software built into their cameras and scanning each QR code gives instant access to the current biography.
Biographies
We are actively engaged in researching the families of those known to be buried in the graveyard and many of the biographies can be accessed by clicking the links below. Information is collected from sources including original documents, ledgers, newspapers and from online genealogical searches.
Names marked (QR) have updated biographies and a permanent interpretation marker in the graveyard.
BIOGRAPHIES
ADAMS, James - a stranger (no memorial) - QR
ALEXANDER, Emma (no memorial)
BALLE, William and Elizabeth (Memorial 21) - QR
BARHAM family (no memorial)
BENNETT, Jannet (Memorial 13) - QR
BENNETT and LOVEYS (Memorial 27) - QR
BIDDER family (Memorial 81)
BIELFELD family (Memorial 6) (Wills) - QR
BODLEY, Eve (a baby; no memorial) - QR
BOWDEN family (Memorial 5)
BOWRING family (Memorial 19)
BOWRING family (Memorial 64)
BOWRING family (Memorial 67)
BOYD, Robert (Memorial 72)
BRETLAND and BOWDEN family (Memorials 5 and 35) - BIOGRAPHY UPDATED JULY 2024
BRYANT, George (Memorial 34)
BRYANT, William Dunn and Harriet (no memorial)
CLARK, Joseph and Sarah (Memorial 76)
CLARK, Peter, Elizabeth and family (Memorial 44) - QR
CLARKE, James (no memorial)
CLARKE, William and family (Memorial 23)
COFFIN family (Memorial 38)
COX, Ann and family (Memorial 56)
COX, John and family (Memorial 25)
CRANCH, Richard and family (Memorial 11)
CRANCH, Jane (Memorial 31) - QR
CRANFORD, Mary and Harriet (Memorial 79)
CROOT, Susannah (Memorial 14)
DAVEY family (Memorial 86)
DAVY/DAVEY (no memorial)
DAVIS family (Memorial 49)
DOEG family (no memorial)
DREWE family (Memorial 29) - QR
DUNSFORD family (no memorial)
DUNSFORD, Samuel (no memorial)
EDMONDS family (Memorial 91)
EVANS family (Memorial 66)
EVERY family (no memorial)
FOLLETT, Mary (no memorial)
FROST family (no memorial)
FRYER family (no memorial)
FRYER, William and Frances Maria (no memorial)
GARTON family (no memorial)
GIFFORD family (Memorial 1) - QR
GIFFORD family (Memorial 45) - QR
GILCHRIST, Georgiana Beckwith (Memorial 61)
GLYDE family (no memorial) (Wills)
GOVE family (Memorial 83)
GOVE, Philip (no memorial)
GREEN family (Memorial 26) - BIOGRAPHY UPDATED NOVEMBER 2024
GRIBBLE family (Memorial 16)
GRIBBLE, George and DENNIS, Sarah (Memorial 68)
HALFYARD, Philip (no memorial)
HATCH, Elizabeth (Memorial 8) and the Beare and Hatch families - QR
HILL family (Memorial 62)
HILL family (Memorial 63)
HILL, Harriet (Memorial 87)
HILLMAN, David (Memorial 41)
HIPPIUS family (Memorial 69)
HIRTZEL family (no memorial)
HOGG, Reverend John and family (no memorial)
HOOKER family (no memorial)
HOUGHTON, George and Maria (Memorial 85) (Will)
HUNT, Joseph (Memorial 58)
HUXHAM family (no memorial)
JAMESON, Robert (Memorial 89)
JEFFERY, Nathan Sprigg (Memorial 6 lower surface) - QR
JERWOOD, John and Mary (Memorial 60) - BIOGRAPHY UPDATED NOVEMBER 2023
JUDGSON and KENRICK (Memorial 28) - QR
KENDLE, Alice (Memorial 33)
KINCAID, George and Patrick (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY FEBRUARY 2024
KINGDON family (no memorial)
KINGDON, Samuel (Memorial 82)
LAKE family (Memorial 2) - QR
LINSCOTT family (no memorial)
MACKINTOSH and TYRELL family (no memorial)
MANNING, Revd James and family (no memorial)
MARDON family (Memorial 77)
MATTHEWS, Henry (Memorial 71)
MERIVALE family (Memorial 80)
MILFORD, John (Memorial 18) and family members
MICHELL/MITCHELL, William (Memorial 75)
MORTIMER, Elizabeth (Memorial 20)
MORTIMER, family 1 (no memorial)
MORTIMER, family 2 (no memorial)
MOUNTJOY family (Memorial 24)
MOUNTSTEPHENS (Memorial 15) - QR
MURCH, James and family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY MARCH 2024
NATION family (Memorial 40) - QR
OTTLEY, Martha and Elinor (Memorial 50)
OXENHAM (Memorial 47)
PALMER family (no memorial)
PARKINS family (no memorial)
PARMINTER, Elizabeth (no memorial)
PARMINTER, John Vowler and family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY JANUARY 2024
PARMINTER, Samuel and family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY JANUARY 2024
PARR/POPE, Elizabeth Lane (no memorial)
PERKINGS family (Memorial 12) - QR
POPE, James and family (no memorial)
POWELL, George and Elizabeth (Memorial 59)
POWELL, Joseph (Memorial 37)
PRENTICE, James - A stranger (Memorial 43) - QR
RIDGE - see TREADWIN, TUCKER and RIDGE (Memorial 52)
ROWE family (no memorial)
SAMS, Richard, Jane and Ann (no memorial)
SHEPHERD, William (Memorial 32)
SMALE family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY OCTOBER 2024
SNELLING, Melony (Memorial 54)
STAPLETON, Myra (no memorial)
STEPHENS family (Memorial 51) - QR
TAPERELL family (no memorial)
TAPRELL family (Memorial 39)
TATHAM, John Walkingame and Ellen Garnett (no memorial)
TOWGOOD, Reverend Micaiah and family (Memorial 42)
TOWGOOD, Reverend Stephen and family (no memorial)
TOZER family (no memorial)
TREADWIN, TUCKER and RIDGE (Memorial 52)
TRELEAVEN, Catherine (Memorial 17)
TUCKER, Mary Ann (Memorial 3) - QR
TRUMP, Mary and Robert (no memorial) - QR
TUCKER children (no memorial)
WALROND family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY NOVEMBER 2023
WELSFORD family (no memorial) - NEW BIOGRAPHY JANUARY 2024
WELSFORD, John Nathaniel (Memorial 9) - QR - BIOGRAPHY UPDATED FEBRUARY 2024
WILCOCKS, William d. 1828 (no memorial)
WILCOCKS, William d. 1845 (no memorial)
WILLCOCKS family (no memorial)
WITHERS family (Memorial 30)
WOOD, Hartley (Memorial 4) - QR
WOOLCOTT family (no memorial)
Occupations
A list of the occupations as stated in the later Burial Registers (1824-1854) can be downloaded here.
If you have any information about the occupation of any individuals buried in the graveyard or related to anyone mentioned in the biographies please let us know so that we can improve the information we hold. Contact enquiries@edgt.org.uk.
Wills and probate inventories
Our Research Group members use Wills and other legal documents that are available in the public domain to learn more about some individuals buried in the graveyard. Wills in particular can provide valuable information about the deceased's family, friends, servants, property, wealth and prized possessions.
Many Wills have been transcribed in full or in part by our Group to aid our research, and some of them are available here.
A list of the occupations as stated in the later Burial Registers (1824-1854) can be downloaded here.
If you have any information about the occupation of any individuals buried in the graveyard or related to anyone mentioned in the biographies please let us know so that we can improve the information we hold. Contact enquiries@edgt.org.uk.
Wills and probate inventories
Our Research Group members use Wills and other legal documents that are available in the public domain to learn more about some individuals buried in the graveyard. Wills in particular can provide valuable information about the deceased's family, friends, servants, property, wealth and prized possessions.
Many Wills have been transcribed in full or in part by our Group to aid our research, and some of them are available here.
Number of burials
There are slightly over 1500 names mentioned in the available burial registers and the vast majority were buried in the Dissenters' graveyard. There is a gap in the records from the Bow Meeting for the period 1757-1776 when no burials were mentioned, so the number of burials in the graveyard is likely to be understated. Burials in the graveyard grew in number over the years as can be seen from the charts below. The most burials in a single year (37) occurred in 1832 - the year of the cholera epidemic that swept through the City between July and October. Over 400 people died during the outbreak and some were buried in established graveyards. The burial ledgers do not mention cholera, but an interesting memorial to Thomas Hatch in the Unitarian Chapel at Moretonhampstead reads: Also to the memory of his beloved wife ELIZABETH BEARE who was taken from him on the 8th of August 1832 in the awful time of the cholera morbus then raging in the city and her remains interred in the Saints Rest Memorial Ground, Magdalen Road, Exeter. At least eleven people were buried in the graveyard during August 1832 at the height of the outbreak, four of whom were members of the Willcocks family from the St Pauls parish. It seems likely that several victims of the epidemic were buried in the Dissenters' graveyard.
There are slightly over 1500 names mentioned in the available burial registers and the vast majority were buried in the Dissenters' graveyard. There is a gap in the records from the Bow Meeting for the period 1757-1776 when no burials were mentioned, so the number of burials in the graveyard is likely to be understated. Burials in the graveyard grew in number over the years as can be seen from the charts below. The most burials in a single year (37) occurred in 1832 - the year of the cholera epidemic that swept through the City between July and October. Over 400 people died during the outbreak and some were buried in established graveyards. The burial ledgers do not mention cholera, but an interesting memorial to Thomas Hatch in the Unitarian Chapel at Moretonhampstead reads: Also to the memory of his beloved wife ELIZABETH BEARE who was taken from him on the 8th of August 1832 in the awful time of the cholera morbus then raging in the city and her remains interred in the Saints Rest Memorial Ground, Magdalen Road, Exeter. At least eleven people were buried in the graveyard during August 1832 at the height of the outbreak, four of whom were members of the Willcocks family from the St Pauls parish. It seems likely that several victims of the epidemic were buried in the Dissenters' graveyard.
