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HER Number:MDV60392
Name:CEMETERY in the Parish of Beer

Summary

There was a graveyard associated with the chapel which was eventually filled-up with victims of the 17c plague, and subsequent burials had to take place at seaton until the rolle family made a gift of the new cemetery in 1886. The field opposite the site at sy23028940 was called 'chaple close' in ta (dixon + turton).

Location

Grid Reference:SY 229 893
Map Sheet:SY28NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBeer
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishBEER AND SEATON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SY28NW/16/3

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • CEMETERY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Dixon, T. + Turton, S. D., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV130976.

There was a graveyard associated with the chapel which was eventually filled-up with victims of the 17c plague, and subsequent burials had to take place at seaton until the rolle family made a gift of the new cemetery in 1886. The field opposite the site at sy23028940 was called 'chaple close' in ta (dixon + turton).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV98367.

Dixon, t. + turton, s. D. /archaeological and historical appraisal of the town of beer east devon/(1995)6/(ea report 95.48).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV130976Migrated Record: Dixon, T. + Turton, S. D..
SDV98367Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments

MDV60391Related to: Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel, Beer (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Aug 6 2021 2:23PM