Removal of Graves and Tombstones in and around Somerset

If you enjoy cemetery or graveyard exploring it is always best to check that they are still in existence.  Below is a summary of removed graves and tombstones held at The National Archives for the Somerset area.

The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Removal of graves and tombstones from disused and closed burial grounds and cemeteries.
The collection from TNA (Ref: RG37) states;

"The origin of official custody of records of burial ground removals dates back to 1911 and arose initially out of a recommendation made by the Attorney General that such records be made and deposited with the local registrar of births and deaths. The Home Secretary agreed to the suggestion made by the Registrar General that they should be deposited instead with the miscellaneous records held by the General Register Office.

The provision was incorporated into various private bills under which the removal of graves was authorised, and subsequently in the Town and Country Planning (Churches, Places of Religious Worship and Burial Grounds) Regulations 1950 (SI 1950 No 792), the Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981 and schemes under the Pastoral Measures 1968, although it was omitted from the Local Authorities Cemeteries Order 1977 (SI 1977 No 204)".

Church or Chapel	Area	Date Moved	Burial Dates
Bradford on Tone Chapel Burial Ground, Taunton	Somerset	1925	1860 - 1887
Holy Trinity Church, Exeter	Exeter	1988	1831 - 1803
Jewish Burial Ground, Temple Meads, Bristol	Bristol	1925	1820 - 1822
Old King Street Baptist Chapel, Bristol	Bristol	1956/57	1827 - 1855
Quaker Meeting House, Princes St. Bedminster	Bristol	1955	1837 - 1839
Quaker Burial Ground, Quakers Friars, Bristol	Bristol	1956	1808 - 1946
Quaker Burial Ground, Redcliffe Way, Bristol	Bristol	1956	No Dates
St. Andrews Churchyard, Monpelier, Bristol	Bristol	1974	1817 - 1944
St. John the Baptist, Wheathill, Taunton	Somerset	1974	No Dates
St. Kerrian's Church Graveyard, North Street	Exeter	1972	c.1601 - 1851
St Michael's Burial Ground, Walcot, Bath	Somerset	-	1795 - 1952
United Reformed Church, Chard	Somerset	1986	1836 - 1904
Walcot Methodist Chapel Burial Ground, Bath	Somerset	1988	1810 - 1915
Walcot St Swithins Burial Ground, Walcot	Somerset	1988	1792 - 1880

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