All Saints, Rhodes

All Saints was built on land given by the Earl of Wilton, and was consecrated on 16 January 1864. The graveyard was added later and was consecrated on November 14th 1876, with the first burial taking place on Dec 21st of that year.

The initial land proved to be inadequate and an additional area to the North was later obtained to extend the yard. On the diagram below, the approximate area of the original yard is edged in blue and the extension in orange.

Like most cemeteries, there are public graves, used where the family could not afford a grave plot (or sometimes for burials of unknown persons). However there are also "Subscription" graves. I believe these are where a policy was taken out with a local burial club, who would on death pay for the burial. This cemetery is the only example I know of where the burial club owned common graves. (Grave K 22 was owned by the Carters Arms pub and the only internment was a lodger at the pub) The grave register has other grave types listed - Church grave and Town grave. these both appear to be a from of public grave but the significance of the wording is not known.

Numbering

The plan held at the church is shown below, however this is only a partial plan showing the extension only. Graves 1 to 35 are in the old part of the Cemetery with the lettered columns running South to North (Row 1 adjacent to Walker St). As you enter from Walker St, Column B is to your right and C to your left.

By 1911, the space for new graves was running out and additional rows numbered 1 to 3 were made. Row 1 starts in Jan 1911. Row 2 in Sept 1913 and row 3 in circa 1919. The location of these rows is to be determined.

A draft plan (See notes on Page 4) can be downloaded here

 

Grave Plan