Brixham Heritage Database

The entries below are example names and dates from gravestones at the parish church of St Mary's, Brixham. The full text of a selection of inscriptions are in our library and are indexed on our database. For details of our enquiry service, click here.

• Susan Allgur d28/4/1770
• Mary Ashford d13/1/1831 & husband William d 11/7/1870
• Samuel Bailey of Churston Ferrers d8/6/1824 & wife Mary d 28/2/1836 - burials from Churston took place at Brixham.
• Michael Bartlett, surgeon, d15/10/1829 & widow d17/9/1847 Peter, Agnes & John Bartlett, died young
• Matilda Blake d30/6/1824, brother William d 17/8/1825, brother John d3/3/1830, sister Jane d2/11/1830, sister Mary d5/4/1841, & their parents William d2/2/1865 & Matilda d 6/3/1874
• Mary Churchward d23/10/1781 & husband Andrew d 25/8/1789
• James Cornish d17/4/1829
• Matthew Crang, d16/10/1832, his son Richard d 16/4/1833 and his wife Petronell d21/10/1851
• John Edwards of Coleton & Upton d1786 & wife Agnes d1757
• Katherine Fogwell d31/10/1810 & her parents William d24/12/1824 and Mary d27/12/1851 & their dtr Mary d24/4/1877
• George Gempton, master of the brig "Indian Lass", who died in Cadiz 9/9/1849 & his wife Sarah d 25/9/1845 & their dtr Mary d28/3/1801 & her sister Mary wife of Henry Nicholson, d3/9/1844 & her sister Elizabeth
• Mary Green d17/4/1781 & husband Joseph d24/12/1816 & their dtr Susanna Pinhey d16/3/1848
• Midshipman James Kerr of Nova Scotia d14/8/1817 on board HMS Firth at Torbay
• Hannah Methrell d27/8/1814, & husband Richard d3/4/1852 & Grace wife of John Tyrer d4/11/1838 & Catherine Sciville d 17/1/1841 & husband John d18/3/1873 & Hannah Varwelle, his second wife d26/7/1884 & his son John d12/11/1894 & his son John d25/2/1915 & Beatrice, Ellen & Eames Kendrick.
• Samuel Penney d25/7/1830, wife Mary d14/8/1839 & dtr Mary Elizabeth d12/3/1824 & son Samuel Shears d3/7/1861 at St Johns Newfoundland
• Anthony Pollexfen d20/6/1833
• John Reeves d23/8/1828, father John Reeves drowned off Lundy 28/7/1843 & two of his infant children & his wife Johanna d24/7/1868 Also Thomas Taylor d21/11/1840
• Ann Semmonds d16/3/1800 & husband Thomas lost with his boat & 3 crew in Dartmouth 22/8/1800 & their children
• Mary Southcote d4/8/1752 only dtr of Mr Southcote & his wife Mary, now wife of Charles Hayne of Lupton
• John Tapper d16/8/1819 & wife Joan d2/3/1833 & dtr Mary Ann d18/8/1833
• John Varwell d18/6/1780, & wife Eliza d31/3/1780 & son William d11/9/1771, his brother Benjamin d14/7/1834, brother Peter d21/10/1800 & his wife Mary d12/8/1799 & their son Peter d24/11/1824 & his wife Sarah d21/2/1843
• William Vittery Wheaton, merchant, d12/1/1821 at Gt Yarmouth & wife Elizabeth d4/8/1836
• Elizabeth Wood d7/2/1812 & husband Thomas d5/9/1849 & 11 infant children. Also their dtr Elizabeth Drew d24/2/1874 & her dtr Elizabeth Drew d2/4/1890
• Faithful Yanddel d30/6/1777 & wife Mary d9/1/1780