Finding Mary Bowden’s Grave

Last Thursday I went up to the cemetery armed with a stake and a hammer ….. and before anyone says it, no I wasn’t vampire hunting – I also had a makeshift plaque and a tape-measure. I was there to meet up with Katrine Smith, the Cemetery Officer from Teignbridge.  She came clutching two maps

Cemetery Records

Last week I met with Katrine Smith, the Cemetery Officer for Teignbridge District Council.  She very kindly, and with great enthusiasm, showed me the records that are held on the Teignmouth Old Cemetery. We looked at the fascinating old map of the burial plots and looked up the records of Leah Laforgue, the first person