Bath Abbey Burials
Inside the Abbey =7 burials in 1844, 2 in 1845, last burial in Abbey 29 Jan 1845. Virtually all the burials listed here from 1844 onwards should be listed in the "Bath Abbey Cemetery" section of the Findagrave website. When Ann died in 1846 the Abbey was closed to new burials and so Ann was buried in the Abbey cemetery, where she is commemorated by an impressive Greek revival tomb.
John Bythesea (1827-1906) John Bythesea is the only holder of the Victoria Cross to be buried in the Abbey cemetery. The burial registers for the Abbey have until recently been un-indexed and with the need to consult the microfiche copies at either Bath Record office or the Somerset Heritage Centre. Transcripts of the Register of Bath Abbey 1801-1840 and of the Register of Bath Abbey & St James Burials (Poor) at Widcombe 1784-1840.
E S Jenkins (1980). The Registers of the Abbey Church of SS Peter and Paul. Bath Abbey Cemetery The Anglican Bath Abbey Cemetery, officially dedicated as the Cemetery of St Peter and St Paul (the patron saints that Bath Abbey is dedicated to), was laid out by noted cemetery designer and landscape architect John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843) between 1843 and 1844 on a picturesque hillside site overlooking Bath, Somerset, England.
The cemetery was consecrated on 30. Bath Abbey Memorials: This is a catalogue of the wall tablets and gravestones in Bath Abbey. There are almost 1500 monuments, one of the largest collections in the UK.
Bath Abbey's Church burial ground Bath Somerset, England Bath Abbey's Church burial ground, Bath The GPR holds 6 grave and 14 person records for the burial ground. There have been 2797 requests for photographs from the burial ground. The latest details for the burial ground were added before 2011.
Records of the major restorations of the Abbey in the 19th and 20th centuries Minutes, registers, burial records, title deeds, service sheets, choir records, newsletters and photographs. Deeds, photographs, and correspondence relating to properties owned by the Abbey, such as the Abbey cemetery in Widcombe and Abbey Church House in central Bath. Abbey Cemetery Bath England, Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset Introduction The cemetery is situated on a steeply sloping, three-hectare site overlooking the town.
It was designed by JC Loudon, and consecrated on 30th January 1844. Bath Abbey Cemetery is no different. Burials had taken place at Bath Abbey for centuries - prominent citizens and parishioners were buried beneath the floor of the Abbey, and underneath the stones of the courtyard, as well.
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, [6] is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. [7] Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of.