Isle of Wight Family History Society

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.

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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		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		1901-1979
Bembridge	Holy Trinity Church		1901-1990			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.
Binstead	Holy Cross Church	1758 - 1900 (some)	1901-1908
Bonchurch	St Boniface Church		1901-1939
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		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		1901-1966		Churchyard Plans by Elaine Chester 2015/6	includes some burials in Kingston Rd Cemetery
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		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		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. note 1a.
Newport	Unitarian Church no burials		1905-1980
Newport	Parkhurst Garrison Church / Military Cemetery	1850-1900	1901-1956		plan courtesy of Antony Barton. Click to enlarge	note 35.
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
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		1901-1987
Shanklin	St Blasius' Church		1901-1940		Churchyard Plan and Index [St Blasius' Church website]
Shorwell	St Peter's Church
St Helens	St Helen's Church		1901-2005		Churchyard plans (1989)
St Lawrence	St Lawrence's Church		1903-1986
Thorley	St Swithin's Church	1631-1897	1885-2009		Old Churchyard plan	note 17. note 27.
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		1905-1978
Wellow	Baptist Church		1838-2012		Churchyard schematic plan	note 34.
Whippingham	St Mildred's Church		1901-1940
Whitwell	St Mary with St Rhadagund's Church		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		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

Notes

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.