The "Of the Parish" headstone and memorial indexing and photograpghy project

A project to put details of the people who died in Plymouth and the surrounding area online. The photographs have been taken or scanned by our volunteers. The digital images produced, along with the names of those listed on them can be searched and viewed in our Online Catalogue using the links below. The images are a valuable source of information for family and local historians and are available to purchase. Please email us at pwdro@plymouth.gov.uk for details. Please note that many of the databases are not yet fully complete.

Churchyards and burial grounds in our online catalogue

• Oreston Methodist Church, Plymstock
• Pleasure Hill non conformist burial ground, Oreston, Plymstock
• Royal Naval Hospital burial ground, No Place Field, Plymouth
• St Budeaux, Plymouth
• St Edward, Eggbuckland, Plymouth
• St Peter The Poor Fisherman, Stoke Beach near Noss Mayo, Devon
• Stoke Damerel, Milehouse overflow burial ground, Devonport
• Stoke Damerel, Churchyard, Devonport
• Churchyards currently being photographed

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Stoke Damerel Church, Milehouse overflow burial ground, Milehouse Road, Plymouth
(Database is complete)

Opened in 1871 and closed in 1961. A short history of the burial ground can be found on the Plymouthdata website. As part of the process of grave removal, the Central Electricity Generating Board photographed the remaining headstones in 1967.

• Search for a name on a headstone (enter the surname you want followed by the number 706, for example, Smith 706)
• See all of the Milehouse entries in the database as a list
• See an aerial photograph of the burial ground as it is today

Here are some example images of the headstones in Milehouse burial ground. Copyright Plymouth City Council 2009.

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Stoke Damerel Church, Paradise Road, Devonport
(Database is complete)

The earliest recorded burials in Stoke Damerel churchyard took place in 1595/1596 and were finally stopped in 1871. As part of the process of grave removal undertaken by the city in the 1950s, some of the remaining headstones were placed flat onto the ground to form footpaths around the churchyard. In 2009 a process began to move some of the headstones into new positions on a flatter area of the churchyard. The photographs were taken between 2009 and 2010.

• Search for a name on a headstone (enter the surname you want followed by the number 3522, for example, Smith 3522)
• See all of the Stoke Damerel entries in the database as a list.
• See an aerial photograph of the burial ground as it is today with some images attached. If you click on the image, its location will be shown.

Please note that the process of entering the Stoke Damerel head stones is ongoing and is far from being complete.

Here are some example images of the headstones in Stoke Damerel churchyard. Copyright Plymouth City Council 2009.

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Royal Naval Hospital burial ground, No Place Field, Eldad Hill/North Road West, Plymouth
(Database is complete)

A burial ground since 1824. It received burials of sailors from the adjacent Royal Naval Hospital until 1897. The remaining headstones are placed in a square in Wantage Gardens, with a few still in the trees adjacent to Victoria Park. The photographs were taken between 2009 and 2010.

• Search for a name on a headstone (enter the surname you want followed by the number 3626, for example, Smith 3626)
• See all of the No Place Field entries in the database as a list
• See an aerial photograph of the burial ground as it is today

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St Edward, Eggbuckland Parish Church, Church Hill, Eggbuckland, Plymouth
(Entries and images are still being added to this database)

The first recorded burial took place in 1653. The graveyard at Eggbuckland is still in use today.

• Search for a name on a headstone (enter the surname you want followed by the number 3759, for example, Smith 3759)
• See all of the Eggbuckland entries in the database as a list
• See an aerial view of the churchyard in Google Maps
• See a short history of the church with a 360 degree panorama photograph from the top of the tower on the Eggbuckland History Project. website.

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St Budeaux Parish Church, The Green, Crownhill Road, St Budeaux, Plymouth
(Entries and images are still being added to this database)

The first recorded burial took place in 1538. The graveyard at St Budeaux is now closed for new burials.

• Search for a name on a headstone (enter the surname you want followed by the number 3768, for example, Smith 3768)
• See all of the St Budeaux entries in the database as a list
• See an aerial view of the churchyard in Google Maps

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Oreston Wesleyan Methodist Church, Plymstock Road, Oreston, Plymstock, Plymouth
(Entries and images are still being added to this database)

The congregation at Oreston can be traced back to around 1789. A history of the congregation can be found on the Plymouthdata website. The first burials took place in about 1845.

• Search for a name on a headstone (enter the surname you want followed by the number 3774, for example, Smith 3774)
• See all of the Oreston entries in the database as a list
• See an aerial view of the churchyard in Google Maps

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St Peter the Poor Fisherman, Stoke Beach, Revelstoke Parish, near Noss Mayo, Devon
(Entries and images are still being added to this database)

St Peter is the original parish church for Revelstoke parish and dates from the 13th century. The church is now disused and was replaced by a new church in Noss Mayo in Victorian times.

• Search for a name on a headstone (enter the surname you want followed by the number 3764, for example, Smith 3764)
• See all of the St Peter entries in the database as a list
• See an aerial view of the churchyard in Google Maps

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Pleasure Hill (Howard Road) non conformist burial ground, Oreston, Plymstock, Plymouth
(Database is complete)

A very small non conformist burial ground which is owned by Hooe Baptist Church.

• Search for a name on a headstone (enter the surname you want followed by the number 3693, for example, Smith 3693)
• See all of the Howard Road entries in the database as a list
• See an aerial view of the burial ground in Google Maps

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Churchyards and burial grounds currently being photographed

• Longcause non conformist burial ground, Plympton St Maurice, Plymouth.
• Weston Mill Cemetery, Plymouth.
• Minor sites and memorials including those in the Barbican Plymouth and on Plymouth Hoe.

Images from these burial grounds will be made available as soon as possible. If you are interested in helping with project, please see our volunteers page.