St. Margaret's Churchyard

“Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name. In some ways men can be immortal.”
― Ernest Hemingway

You can use this map to find the first 50 grave locations (based on the church's original Churchyard Guide by Mike Laslett) without leaving the website itself. Enlarge to get a closer view of all the listed memorials.

Or...  you can try the new interactive map below which includes additions that are only available online.
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Interactive Graveyard Map

This option allows you to download a separate map document onto your device. Clicking on any individual numbered grave will take you directly to the relevant website information.

50 memorials to explore...

1

Ridsdale family tomb

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2

William ('Trunky') Thomas

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3

Robert Page

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4

George Avery Brooker

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5

William Saxby

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6

John Funnell

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7

Beard Family Vault

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8

Lt. Thomas Hope RN

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9

Major General Sir Evan Gibb DSO

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10

Samuel Thacker

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11

William Black

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12

Lady Carson

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13 (a)

Sir Edward and Georgiana Burne-Jones

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13 (b)

Angela Thirkell

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14

Wood Family Tomb

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15

'Copper Corner'

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16

James Walker

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17

John Norris

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18

William Savage

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19

Richard & Elizabeth Knight

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20

Rev. Arthur Thomas

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21

Henry Matthews

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22

Four crew of HMS Eurydice

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23

John Henley

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24

Hannah Durban

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25

James Snudden

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26

Stephen Welfare

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27

William Brown

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28

Robert Lang

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29 & 30

Enid Bagnold & Sir Roderick Jones

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31

Brigadier Ralph Bagnold

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32

Steve Barrow

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33

James Leonard Avery

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34

Sir George Lewis

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35

Gary Moore

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36

Nimrod Ping

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37

David Hennessy

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38

Nelson Stenning

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39

Crew of the SS Tycho

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40

Cormell Price

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41

Henry Alled

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42

Jimmy Noon MBE

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43

John Commin

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44

Henry Mason

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45

Jerry Jobsey

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46

Cecil D'Oyly-John

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47

Charles & Dorothy Neville

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48

Rev. Thomas Pelling

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49

Conrad Betts

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50

Rev Dr. Thomas Hooker

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51

Martha & James Mockford

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52

Louisa Martha Mead

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53

Bertie Sandells

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54

Charles Thomas

55

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56

John Nathan Turner

57

Trevor Mann

58

Princess Despina Karadja

59

Frederick Thomas

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Much of this information is from records held in the archive of Rottingdean Heritage, formerly Rottingdean Preservation Society, held in The Grange Museum. Rottingdean Heritage is a local charity which maintains the Windmill, as well as The Grange Museum and Gallery and supports many other activities in the village.
www.rottingdeanheritage.org.uk


Acknowledgements image
This tour owes the greatest debt to local historian Mike Laslett's Churchyard Guide, which is available as a booklet inside the Church. Material has been added from other sources, particularly the National Archives, Stephen Williams' essays about the Burne-Jones family in Rottingdean as published in the Journal of William Morris Studies, as well as data, documents and photographs located using online genealogical research tools. We are also indebted to local Rottingdean residents who have provided us with first-hand family information and resources. Jo and Mike welcome contributions to the site's content: please get in touch through the contact page if you have any comments, corrections or insights.
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