Cemetery #8057
Chard Cemetery
32
documented records
≈ 330–650
approx. capacity (graves)
0.016 km²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Chard Cemetery is a four-acre cemetery formed in 1857. It contains monuments to James Gillingham, inventor of artificial limbs, who died in 1924. Chard Town Council took over sole responsibility for it on 1 April 1992, having previously run it jointly with another body.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 50.875946° N, 2.968018° W Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
32 memorials, A–Z by surname.
Susan Adams 1958 – 1976 
Phyllis Allum 1909 – 2008 - Rowland Allum 1913 – 1995
Emily Brown ? – 1869 
Ellen Camac 1842 – 1907 
Edgar Clarke 1919 – 1994 - Marion Clarke 1920 – 2009
Eileen Collard 1923 – 2005 - Norman Collard 1909 – 1996
Kay Comer 1928 – 2012 
Donald Cox 1918 – 2002 
Bernard Crouch 1932 – 2007 - Giovanna Crouch 1932 – 2001
- William Dunn ? – 1871
John Harrison 1944 – 2011 
Mabel Miller 1923 – 1994 
Brian Mooney 1934 – 2000 
Ivy Parsons 1898 – 1978 
Geoffrey Rideout 1918 – 2000 
Albert Savage 1911 – 2005 - Hylda Savage 1917 – 2004
Andrew Smith 1963 – 1996 - Edith Snart 1899 – 1990
- George Snart 1894 – 1983
George Toms 1862 – 1908 - John Walley 1909 – 1979
Ambrose White 1919 – 2007 
Dorothy White ? – 1975 - Norman White 1914 – 1990
- Phyllis White 1926 – 1991
Alan Wickenden 1931 – 2008 - Rita Wickenden 1932 – 2008
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Blessed Virgin Mary Churchyard 800 m away · Chard · 9 records
- Tatworth Cemetery 2.6 km away · Tatworth · 32 records
- St Nicholas Church 2.9 km away · Combe St Nicholas
- St Michael and All Angels Churchyard 3.6 km away · Chaffcombe · 4 records
- St Andrew Churchyard 4.2 km away · Whitestaunton
- Chardstock (Saint Andrew) Churchyard 4.6 km away · Chardstock · 1 record
- Cricket Malherbie (Saint Mary) Churchyard 4.9 km away · Cricket Malherbie
- Cricket Saint Thomas (Saint Thomas) Churchyard 5.3 km away · Cricket St Thomas · 6 records
- St Mary The Virgin Churchyard 5.5 km away · Donyatt
- Cudworth (Saint Michael) Churchyard 5.6 km away · Cudworth
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Common questions
How big is Chard Cemetery?
Chard Cemetery covers about 16,000 m² (4 acres), about the size of 2 soccer fields. It is the 28th largest of the 567 cemeteries we list in Somerset.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Chard Cemetery is that of Emily Jane Brown, who died on November 23, 1869.