Somerset England Churchyards and  Cemeteries October 2012

How to use this site

Click on a place/church name to be taken to the Index Page for that church, then click on a name to go to the page displaying photos and transcriptions of the headstones.  There are also other links for the church interiors, village photos and more.

The surnames are listed by the first name on the headstone only, sometimes a headstone may have different surnames and where possible I have included maiden names - so it is worth using the search box below to find names that are not indexed.

There are small red roses under some of the names - this indicates that person is in my tree or database and I am happy to share what information I have.  But please be patient as it may take a while for me to reply.

Barrington - St Mary’s Church Butleigh - St Leonard's Church Chillington - St James' Church Combe St Nicholas - St Nicholas' Church Curry Rivel - St Andrew’s Church Donyatt - St Mary's Church Drayton - St Catherine's Church East Lambrook - St James' Church Fivehead - St Martin's Church Fivehead - The Cemetery Hambridge - St James the Less Church High Ham - St Andrew's Church Huish Episcopi - St Mary the Virgin Ilton - St Peter's Church Ilton - The Cemetery

Isle Abbotts - St Mary the Virgin Isle Abbotts - Baptist Church Isle Brewer - All Saint's Church Kingsbury Episcopi -  St Martin's Church Langport - All Saint's Church Langport - The Cemetery Lopen - All Saints' Church Martock - All Saints' Church Middle Lambrook - United Reformed Church Muchelney – Church of St Peter & St Paul Puckington - St Andrew's Church Seavington St Mary  - St Mary's Church Seavington St Michael  - St Michael's Church Shepton Beauchamp – St Michael’s Church South Petherton - The Cemetery Swell - St Catherine's Church

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Your tombstone stands out amongst the rest, neglected and alone, The name and date are chiseled out in polished marble stone. It reaches out to all who care, it is too late to mourn You did not know that I’d exist, you died and I was born. Yet each of us is cells of you in flesh, in blood, in bone. Our heart contracts, and beats a pulse, entirely not our own. Dear ancestor, the place you filled one hundred years ago spreads out amongst the ones you left who would have loved you so. I wonder how you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew, that someday I would find this spot, and come and visit you. (author unknown)

A special thanks to my very good friend - without Donna I would not have been able to visit the many churchyards and cemeteries, she also helped with the photography too!