Gravestones Project

Gravestones Project

In 2014 and 2015, with funding from Thornbury Parish Council and the Torridge Town and Parish Fund, a group of volunteers recorded and photographed all of the graveyard and other inscriptions in Thornbury Church, Woodacott Chapel, and the War Memorial. The results of this project were recorded as a set of hardback albums for the Hamlets, a DVD containing all of the material, which is reproduced here.

Gravestone inscriptions from St Peter’s Church Thornbury

The recorded information consists of:

  1.  An introduction to the Church inscriptions with layout and numbering scheme
  2. An index for the Church inscriptions
  3. Gravestone transcriptions from the Church: Area A, Area B, Area C, Inside Church

Gravestone inscriptions from Woodacott Chapel

The recorded information consists of:

  1.  An introduction to the Chapel inscriptions with layout and numbering scheme
  2. An index for the Chapel inscriptions
  3. Gravestone transcriptions from the Chapel, all areas

Photographs of gravestones and inscriptions

A complete set of low resolution images for all inscriptions in the index:

  1. Images for the Church:  Rows 1 to 10Rows 11 to 20Rows 21 to 37,  Others, Inside Church and Windows
  2. Images for every gravestone at the Chapel
  3. Labelled images for the War Memorial and Chapel dedications

Note: All images are copyright © 2015 Thornbury Parish Council, who funded this project

We are keen to make contact with anyone who has family connections with the Hamlets, and whose ancestors may be buried in the graveyards. Please contact  tatler@thornburyhamlets.com  if you would like a high resolution copy of any of the images, or if you would like to purchase a copy of the DVD for £5 (plus P&P at cost), containing all of the material, including a full set of the high resolution images.

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