Has anyone heard of Keyham Cemetery Devonport

[janey]

can anyone help?

My Grandma was buried in Keyham cemetery in March 1939.
Can anyone tell me whereabouts the cemetery is or if it no longer exists. I can't find any info about it.

Many Thanks

Janey

[janey]

Does anyone know the name of the cemterey used in devonport in 1939 ish

Maybe I got the name wrong. Is it still used etc

Janey

[janan]

Hi Janey,
I've got no local knowledge of Devonport so may be leading you astray but a Google threw this site up http://www.ford-park-cemetery.org which may be the cemetery you are looking for regards Jan

[janey]

Thanks.
I will ask them to do a search for me.

Many Thanks

Janey
 

[Priscilla]

Hi there!
There was a Milehouse Cemetery, Plymouth,  which was cleared away in approximately 1959.  Remains and headstones were removed to Efford Cemetery Plymouth where they are placed in what is known as "The Sunken Garden".  The headstones have been placed all around the edge of the garden - some are legible others are not.  In the middle of the sunken garden is a memorial giving details of the removal and reinterment.
My great grandmother was interred in Milehouse Cemetery - hence my knowledge!
West Devon Records office at Clare Place, Coxside, Plymouth have in depth information on all the cemeteries and they can be contacted via their website.  Hope this information may be helpful to you.
Kind regards, Priscilla

[krissy]

hi there, being a plymouth girl i can recall a few cemeteries one is ford park which has already mentioned and efford then there is weston mill a little further out but popular never the less and the other is stoke dameral which catered for most of devonport i believe there was also one at the st aubyns church where a few of our family got married .i will ring my mother who is a devonport girl to find if ive missed any, she is still living there
krissy
ps  what was your grannys name?





















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[babybels71]

hi there,
I saw this post and thought I would post a reply. I have just spoken to my father who tells me that the Keyham Cememtary Devonport is located at the Naval docks. From what he could remember it was near the entrance to the Keyham Naval Docks Gates, there is a road opposite these gates which leads to the cemetary. Hope this has been a help.

Julie .

[Priscilla]

Hello again!
Babybels could well be on to something.  Being a Plymothian have done some more research and learned that there was a church in Keyham Road, Morice Town, Devonport, Plymouth - St James the Great - at the location that Babybels father remembers.
St James the Great suffered damage in WW2 and my husband remembers going to night school which was held there in connection with his apprenticeship days in the Dockyard.  Sadly the church is no longer in existence.  The congregation merged with St Michael's Church in Albert Road, Devonport - virtually just around the corner.
Without doubt if you email the West Devon Records Office in Plymouth on pwdro[at]plymouth.gov.uk they will come up with some information.  Other than that may I suggest you contact William Greaves-Stocker, Registrar, Plymouth - telephone 01752 306103 or email him at:-
williamgreaves-stocker[at]plymouth.gov.uk.
Would be most interested to hear how you get on Janey.
Good luck.
Priscilla.

[babybels71]

Hi again folks,
I'm so excited that I may have helped someone out with their query.  Albert Road was where my Father lived. He was definate about it been up the road from the Keyhams Naval Gates.
Thanks Priscilla for backing me up. 
Good Luck Janey and do let us know!!