Designation:
Devon Local List
Type:
- Cemetery
Period/Century:
- C19
Post Code:
PL19 9EA
Parish:
Tavistock
Local Authority:
West Devon
OS Grid Ref:
SX 480 735
Map no.:
Landranger 201
Description:
The Dolvin Road Cemetery on the south side of the road comprised four burial grounds and the earliest to the west was opened for dissenters in 1834. To the east of this, a Quaker Meeting House and burial ground were opened in 1835. Further east still, two further areas were opened in 1845: the central one served the parish church, and the ground at the far eastern end provided more accommodation for nonconformists. This cemetery was full by 1881, when a new cemetery was provided in Plymouth Road.
References
Cherry & Pevsner: The Buildings of England – Devon, 1989: 442
Photo credit: Liz Mary Photography Devon
