Churchyard and Cemetery Plans
This provides an Index to our resources related to Churchyard burials (and other non-municipal cemeteries associated with churches).
Many of the plans were hand-drawn from the 1986/87 surveys and are therefore not quite as good quality as later digital images.
"Dates covered 1" represents entries mainly from the RO Burial Cards
"Dates covered 2" represents entries from MI transcriptions collated by Dave Gladdis, who set cut off dates of 1901 to about 1970.
"Dates covered 3" represents more contemporary entries, usually as a result of recent site visits.
You can search for burials or monumental inscriptions using this link :
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Location | Church / Cemetery | Dates covered 1 | Dates covered 2 | Dates covered 3 | Churchyard / Cemetery Plans | Notes | |
Arreton | St George's Church | 1559-1900 | 1901-1971 | Also covers some burials at Arreton Gore Cemetery, and the civil portion of St George's Churchyard | |||
Arreton | Gore Cemetery | 1909-2013 | Some burials at Arreton Gore Cemetery are entered in the St George's Church registers | ||||
Barton | St Paul's Church | 1844-1900 | 1901-1979 | ||||
Bembridge | Holy Trinity Church | 1819-1900 | 1901-1990 | Bembridge Holy Trinity Churchyard Schematic Plan.pdf |
Includes burials within the churchyard and at St Luke's Cemetery in Lane End. The separate Lane End Cemetery is administered by Bembridge Parish Council, and we do not have a comprehensive register of the burials there. The Plan referenced to the Churchyard is a digital re-drawn version of a hand-drawn plan prepared for Bembridge Heritage Society St Luke's Cemetery burials are arranged in rows and plots starting A1 at the NW corner of the cemetery, and P9 at the SE corner. |
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Binstead | Holy Cross Church | 1758 - 1900 (some) |
1901-1908 | ||||
Bonchurch | St Boniface Church | 1764-1900 | 1901-1939 | Includes both old and new Churchyards | |||
Brading | Congregational Church | 1901-1974 | |||||
Brading | St Mary's Church | 1567-1900 | 1901-2009 | Churchyard plans (1986/7) | note 5. | ||
Brighstone | St Mary's Church | 1696-1900 | 1901-1987 | 1988-2009 | Churchyard plans (1986/7) | note 9. | |
Brook | St Mary's Church | 1727-1900 | 1901-1978 | Churchyard plans (1986/7) | note 13. | ||
Calbourne | All Saints' Church | 1700-1900 | 1901-1975 | Churchyard plans (1986/7) | note 15. | ||
Carisbrooke | St Dominic's Priory | 1867-1989 | note 36. | ||||
Carisbrooke | St John's Church | 1837-1900 | 1901-1940 | Churchyard Index Churchyard Index and plans |
note 25. | ||
Carisbrooke | St Mary's Church | 1640-1899 | Churchyard plans (1986/7) | note 18. | |||
Chale | St Andrew's Church | 1697-1900 | 1901-1987 | Churchyard plans (1986/7) | note 19. | ||
Colwell Bay | Baptist Church | 1901-2010 | note 22. note 33. | ||||
Cowes | Holy Trinity Church | 1831-1900 | 1901-1927 (and some later) |
note 11. | |||
Cowes | St Faith's Church no burials |
1927-1985 | note 2. | ||||
Cowes | St Mary's Church | 1765-1900 | 1901-1966 | note 23. | |||
East Cowes | Congregational Church | 1901-1939 | |||||
East Cowes | St James's Church | 1834-1900 | 1901-1966 | Churchyard Plans by Elaine Chester 2015/6 | includes some burials in Kingston Rd Cemetery |
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Freshwater | All Saints Church | 1670-1900 | 1901-1987 | Churchyard plans (1986/7) | note 10. | ||
Gatcombe | St Olave's Church | 1644-1900 | 1901-1987 | Churchyard plans (1986/7) | note 7. | ||
Godshill | All Saints Church | 1615-1900 | 1901-1986 | 1987-2012 (partial) | Churchyard Plans (1986/87) | note 29. | |
Godshill | Bridgecourt Cemetery | 1924-2016 | Cemetery plan | note 30. | |||
Gurnard | All Saints Church no burials |
1901-1994 | |||||
Havenstreet | St Peter's Church | 1852-1900 | 1901-1991 | ||||
Kingston | St James's Church | 1704 - 1900 | 1901-1985 | Churchyard plans (1986/7) | note 21. | ||
Mottistone | SS Peter's & Paul's Church | 1695 - 1900 | 1901-1971 | 1972-2011 | Churchyard plans (1986/7) | note 12. | |
Newchurch | All Saints Churchyard and extension | 1637-1900 | 1901-1934 | An overview of the site can be found at Site plan | All the original headstones in the Churchyard were cleared and relaid as paths. No formal transcriptions of these were made, as far as we know. The Churchyard extension remains, with a further area used to the east as the Parish Cemetery. | ||
Newchurch | Parish Cemetery | 1912-2010 | An overview of the site can be found at Site plan | note 31. | |||
Newport | St Thomas's Church no burials |
1901-1956 | note 1. | ||||
Newport | St Thomas's Church - Church Litten Burial Ground site cleared in 1944 |
early 17th C to mid 19th C | Churchyard Plans and transcriptions iwhistory.org website |
The material referenced on the iwhistory.org website should be treated with caution as many of the historical transcriptions were incorrect. |
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Newport | Unitarian Church no burials |
1905-1980 | |||||
Newport | Parkhurst Garrison Church / Military Cemetery | 1850-1900 | 1901-1956 | Parkhurst Military Cemetery plan |
note 35. Plan courtesy of Antony Barton |
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Newtown | Church of the Holy Spirit | 1831- 1900 (some) | 1901-2000 | 1961-2010 (some) | note 20. | ||
Niton | Baptist Church | 1901-1965 | |||||
Niton | St John's Church | 1734-1900 | 1901-1987 | Churchyard plans (1986/7) | note 28. | ||
Northwood | St John's Church | 1697-1900 | 1901-1987 | Churchyard plans (links to Northwood Village website) |
note 16. See also Northwood Village website Burials database |
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Porchfield | Congregational Church | 1901-1978 | |||||
Ryde | Holy Trinity Church | 1920-1949 | |||||
Ryde | St John's Church | 1901-1985 | |||||
Sandown | Christ Church | 1847-1900 | 1901-1988 | Churchyard plans (1989) | note 8. | ||
Sandown | St John's Church | 1969-1988 | |||||
Shalfleet | St Michael and All Angels' Church | 1621-1900 | 1901-1987 | ||||
Shanklin | St Blasius' Church | 1729-1900 | 1901-1940 | Churchyard Plan and Index [St Blasius' Church website] | |||
Shorwell | St Peter's Church | 1585-1900 | 1910-1978 | ||||
St Helens | St Helen's Church | 1593-1900 | 1901-2005 | Churchyard plans (1989) | |||
St Lawrence | St Lawrence's Church | 1658-1900 | 1903-1986 | Includes both old and new Churchyards | |||
Thorley | St Swithin's Church | 1631-1897 | 1885-2009 | Old Churchyard plan | note 17. note 27. |
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Totland Bay | Christ Church | 1883-1900 | 1901-2011 | note 14. | |||
Totland Bay | St Saviour's R.C. Church | 1886-1900 | 1901-2012 | note 26. | |||
Ventnor | St Catherine's Church | 1838-1900 | 1905-1978 | ||||
Wellow | Baptist Church | 1838-2012 | Churchyard schematic plan | note 34. | |||
Whippingham | St Mildred's Church | 1665-1900 | 1901-1940 | ||||
Whitwell | St Mary with St Rhadagund's Church | 1678-1900 | 1901-1912 | ||||
Wootton | St Edmund's Church | 1767-1900 | 1901-1954 | see note 24. | note 6. | ||
Wootton Bridge | St Michael's Church | 1894-1905 | note 6. | ||||
Wootton Bridge | St Mark's Church | 1905-1994 | note 6. | ||||
Yarmouth | St James's Church | 1614-1900 | 1901-2004 | 2005 to 2020 | Plan of Churchyard extension at Yarmouth Common | We are indebted to Colin Wilcox of Yarmouth Town Trust who donated this Plan to us in 2021 |
1. | Newport : St Thomas's Church does not have a burial ground; events registered here indicate that the burials took place elsewhere, most likely Fairlee Cemetery, Newport |
1a. | Newport : St Thomas's Church; burials from the early 17th C to the mid 18th C were made at Church Litten. The area was cleared in 1944 and records made of plots and visible inscriptions are held by the County Record Office, Newport. A modern transcription of the plan and burial entries was made by Alan Stroud/Richard Brimson in 2020 and can be found on the iwhistory.org website. |
2. | Cowes : St Faith's Church does not have a burial ground; events registered here indicate that the burials took place elsewhere, most likely at Northwood Cemetery |
3. | March 2010 : Brighstone : St Mary's Church : entries for 1988-2009 have been made using transcriptions of the visible headstones in the Churchyard extension, and many photographs have been added for the Churchyard extension |
4. | March 2010 : Sandown : Christ Church : entries for 1847-1900 have been made using transcriptions of the visible headstones in the Churchyard, and many plot locations, dates of death and relationships have been added from Monumental Inscriptions for the majority of the entries. (Thanks to Tina Lambert for retyping original transcriptions) |
5. | July 2010 : Brading : St Mary's Church : entries for 1567-1900 and 1988-2009 have been made using transcriptions of the visible headstones in the Churchyard, and many plot locations, dates of death and relationships have been added from Monumental Inscriptions for the majority of the entries. Note that there seems to be 2 varieties of section / plot numbering for these. Work in process : adding photographs of many of the headstones in the churchyard (currently about 800 have been added). (Thanks to Tina Lambert for retyping original transcriptions) |
6. | July 2010 : Wootton churches : entries for 1767-1900 have been made using transcriptions from the Funeral Services Registers as published by the Parish Church Archive (with acknowledgements) |
7. | December 2010 : Gatcombe : St Olave's Church : entries for 1644-1900 have been made using transcriptions from the Monumental Inscriptions recorded in 1986/7 (Thanks to Di Hayter for retyping original transcriptions) |
8. | January 2011 : Sandown : Christ Church : added the Churchyard plans originally prepared by Barry Hall in 1989 |
9. | February 2011 : Brighstone : St Mary's Church : entries for 1696-1900 have been made using transcriptions of the visible headstones in the Churchyard, with plot locations using transcriptions from the Monumental Inscriptions recorded in 1986/7 (Thanks to Di Hayter for retyping original transcriptions) |
10. | February 2011 : Freshwater : All Saints Church : entries for 1670-1900 have been made using transcriptions of the visible headstones in the Churchyard, with plot locations using transcriptions from the Monumental Inscriptions recorded in 1986/7 (Thanks to Tina Lambert for retyping original transcriptions) |
11. | February 2011 : Cowes : Holy Trinity Church : entries for 1831 - 1900 (and some later) have been made using transcriptions of the visible headstones in the Churchyard, from photographs taken in 2010 by Geoff Allan. The majority of funerals registered here will have been made at other locations, particularly at Northwood Cemetery |
12. | February 2011 : Mottistone : SS Peter & Paul's Church : entries for 1695-1900 have been made using transcriptions of the visible headstones in the Churchyard, with plot locations using transcriptions from the Monumental Inscriptions recorded in 1986/7 (Thanks to Di Hayter for retyping original transcriptions) April 2012 : added entries for more recent headstones in the New Section of the churchyard, and added over 100 photos. Many of the older headstone inscriptions are now illegible. |
13. | April 2011 : Brook : St Mary's Church : entries for 1727-1900 have been made using transcriptions of the visible headstones in the Churchyard, with plot locations using transcriptions from the Monumental Inscriptions recorded in 1986/7 (Thanks to Di Hayter for retyping original transcriptions) |
14. | April 2011 : Totland : Christ Church : entries for 1883-1900 and 1969-2011 have been added using the Funeral Registers. (thanks to Robin Gosden for research and transcriptions) |
15. | November 2011 : Calbourne : All Saints' Church : entries for 1700-1975 have been added using the transcriptions of the visible headstones. Note that no dates of burial have been recorded, only dates of death. (thanks to Di Hayter for research and transcriptions) |
16. | January 2012 : Northwood : St John's Church : entries for 1697 - 1900 have been added using the data from the Northwood Village website. You may notice some discrepancies between this presentation and that on the Northwood Village website as some entries for illegible headstones have been removed, and some data corrections have been made. (thanks to Alan Welfoot for the download of the Northwood Village database). |
17. | January 2012 : Thorley : St Swithin's Church : entries for 1631 - 1897 have been added using the transcriptions of the visible headstones. Note that no dates of burial have been recorded, only dates of death. (These refer to the old burial ground, not the churchyard of the present Church). (thanks to Tina Lambert for re-typing transcriptions) |
18. | March 2012 : Carisbrooke : St Mary's Church : entries for 1640 - 1899 have been added using the transcriptions of the visible headstones. Note that there are quite a number of discrepancies in dates recorded on headstones compared to those in funeral registers. (thanks to Di Hayter for re-typing transcriptions) |
19. | November 2012 : Chale : St Andrew's Church : entries for 1697-1900 have been added using the transcriptions of the visible headstones. (thanks to Di Hayter for research and transcriptions) |
20. | December 2012 : Newtown : Church of the Holy Spirit : some entries for 1831-1900 and 1961-2010 have been added using the transcriptions of the visible headstones, although many from pre-1900 are illegible. 94 headstone images have been added. |
21. | December 2012 : Kingston : St James's Church : entries for 1704-1900 have been added using the transcriptions of the visible headstones. (thanks to Di Hayter for transcriptions) |
22. | December 2012 : Colwell Bay : Baptist Church : a few entries have been added using transcriptions of some of the visible headstones. (thanks to Geoff Allan for photos and for transcriptions) |
23. | January 2013 : Cowes : St Mary's Church : about 80 entries have been added using transcriptions of the visible headstones in St Mary's Churchyard. About 25% of the 200 or so headstones have legible inscriptions. The majority of the burials recorded will refer to burials at Cowes (Northwood) Cemetery (thanks to Geoff Allan for photos and for transcriptions) |
24. | January 2013 : Wootton : St Edmund's Church : further entries and 120 photographs have been added using transcriptions of the visible headstones in St Edmund's Churchyard (but not the newer extension). About 50% of the 230 or so headstones have legible inscriptions. (thanks to Geoff Allan for photos and for transcriptions) |
25. | December 2013 : Carisbrooke : St John's Church : a plan of the churchyard showing burials (surname and year only) before the churchyard was cleared has been added. Some of the burials have been identified from other sources. (thanks to Graham Salter, former Churchwarden, for the plan and Antony Barton for research) |
26. | September 2014 : Totland Bay : St Saviour's R.C. Church : 74 photographs identifying 116 individuals have been added to the database, mainly for the older burials. Note that this is not a comprehensive survey of this Burial ground, nor a transcript of the Burial Registers held. (thanks to Geoff Allan for photos and for transcriptions) August 2019 : Added several entries for burials at the 'Weston Manor' burial ground - which was the private WARD family grounds, which became the core of the St Saviour's burial ground, |
27. | September 2014 : Thorley : St Swithin's Church : 30 photographs identifying 42 individuals have been added to the database, for burials in the present Churchyard. Note that this is not a comprehensive survey of this Churchyard, nor a transcript of the Burial Registers held. (thanks to Geoff Allan for photos and for transcriptions) January 2017 : an additional 200+ entries have been added for the 1901-2009 period, with thanks to Antony Barton for this. |
28. | December 2014 : Niton St John's Church : The remaining pre-1901 transcriptions have been added. The Churchyard Plans are awaiting scanning and will be added in due course. (thanks to Di Hayter for transcriptions) |
29. | March 2016 : Godshill All Saints Church : The remaining pre-1901 transcriptions have been added. The Churchyard Plans are awaiting scanning and will be added in due course. (thanks to Di Hayter for transcriptions) |
30. | August 2016 : Godshill Bridgecourt Cemetery : Transcriptions have been added from the visible grave markers in this Civil Cemetery administered by Godshill Parish Council. (thanks to Antony Barton for transcriptions) Further transcriptions by John Earley from the Parish registers (with the permission of the Parish Clerk) were made in 2018 and added to the database, along with images by Antony Barton, and an updated plot map |
31. | September 2016 : Newchurch Parish Cemetery : Entries have been added for the burials in this Civil Cemetery administered by Newchurch Parish Council. (thanks to John Earley for permission to use the Parish records. |
32. | November 2016 : St James' Church, East Cowes : Entries have been added for the burials in this Churchyard based on surveys and photos undertaken by Elaine Chester. (thanks to Elaine Chester for permission to use these, and to Antony Barton for processing the photos and transcriptions) |
33. | January 2017 : Colwell Baptist Church : Entries have been added for the burials in this Churchyard based on Church records and additional information researched by Antony Barton, with acknowledgements to the Church authorities. |
34. | August 2017 / Feb 2018 : Wellow Baptist Church : Entries have been added for the burials in this Churchyard based on observations and additional information researched by Antony Barton, with acknowledgements to the Church authorities. |
35. | May 2020 : Parkhurst Military Cemetery : Entries have been added for the burials in this Cemetery based on observations and additional information researched by Antony Barton. |
36. | January 2021 : St Dominic's Priory : Entries have been added for the burials of Dominican nuns in this Cemetery based information supplied by Peter Clarke and researched by Anthony Bevis. |