Cemetery #15974
Rye Cemetery
66
documented records
≈ 610–1,200
approx. capacity (graves)
0.030 km²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Rye Cemetery is on Rye Hill in Rye, East Sussex. GENUKI gives its founding as 1855. There is no chapel, although a chapel ruin remains on the site.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 50.957901° N, 0.730900° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
Showing the first 50 of 66, A–Z by surname. Search all records
Violet Baker 1905 – 1996 
Albert Barham ? – 1867 - John Barham 1865 – 1865
- Louisa Barham ? – 1882
Ann Bayley 1810 – 1881 
Ellen Bayley 1883 – 1973 - Emily Bayley 1819 – 1882
- Henry Bayley 1812 – 1883
- Robert Bayley 1886 – 1973
George Bell 1885 – 1978 - Isabel Bell 1884 – 1981
Ruth Belshaw 1923 – 1988 
Doreen Clements 1927 – 2013 
Michael Costello 1959 – 2002 
Eliza Curd 1820 – 1876 - Mary Curd ? – 1888
Doreen Dennett 1921 – 1993 - Florence Dennett ? – 1980
- Harold Dennett 1888 – 1944
- Rhoda Dennett 1920 – 1990
John Doughty 1903 – 1985 - Margaret Doughty 1904 – 2001
Doris Foord 1914 – 1999 - Robert Foord 1915 – 2004
Charles Fryman ? – 1887 - Charlotte Fryman 1847 – 1863
- Ernest Fryman ? – 1874
- Frederick Fryman ? – 1874
- Frederick Fryman 1850 – 1873
William Gall 1889 – 1969 
Leon Jaume 1930 – 2004 
David Kerr 1913 – 1995 - Charles Killick 1885 – 1958
- Mabel Killick 1887 – 1966
Ernest Kingham 1928 – 1992 - Joan Kingham 1933 – 1995
Elizabeth Marshall 1963 – 2009 - Philip Marshall 1953 – 2013
Jean Martin 1925 – 2009 - Peter Martin 1924 – 1995
Craig Orbell 1993 – 2004 
Desmond O'Reilly 1928 – 1993 
Frank Palmer 1904 – 1990 - Margaret Palmer 1904 – 1991
Ewart Philcox 1925 – 2008 
Charles Phillips 1882 – 1949 
Harry Phillips 1904 – 1998 - Isabel Phillips 1880 – 1972
- Lisie Phillips 1910 – 1984
Hilda Piggott 1895 – 1976
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- St. Michael's Churchyard 490 m away · Playden · 16 records
- St Mary the Virgin Churchyard 890 m away · Rye
- East Guldeford (Saint Mary) Churchyard 1.8 km away · East Guldeford
- Iden (All Saints) Churchyard 2.6 km away · Iden · 4 records
- Holy Spirit Churchyard 2.8 km away · Rye Harbour
- Saint Peter & Saint Paul Church Churchyard 3.2 km away · Peasmarsh · 1 record
- Winchelsea (Saint Thomas) Churchyard 4.0 km away · Winchelsea · 7 records
- Udimore (St Mary) Parish Churchyard 5.9 km away · Udimore
- St John the Baptist Church, Wittersham 6.2 km away · Wittersham · 2 records
- Wittersham Cemetery 6.3 km away · Wittersham
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Common questions
How big is Rye Cemetery?
Rye Cemetery covers about 30,000 m² (7.5 acres), about the size of 4 soccer fields. It is the 10th largest of the 121 cemeteries we list in East Sussex.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Rye Cemetery is that of Charlotte Maria Fryman, who died on August 27, 1863 at the age of 15.