St. Germans Old Cemetery in St Germans, Cornwall

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St Germans, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall England

Coordinates: 50.39694, -4.31188
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The Old Cemetery at St. Germans, Cornwall, was started in 1785. Lord Eliot donated the land when he converted the old Church Burial Grounds into a garden. For over one hundred years, this acreage was the "new" St. German's churchyard. By the mid-twentieth century, only reserved burials for family members or cremations were permitted and a new cemetery for the town was built. The last burial in this old cemetery took place in January 2004, being the funeral of the Countess of Shelburne in the Eliot family vault.

The cemetery is now operated by the local Council, but absolutely no maintenance of any kind is done in the property. For fifteen years or more, the cemetery has been rather overgrown --- being now one of the most overgrown cemeteries in England.

The Eliot family has a large vault built on the Eastern end of the cemetery. This was put up by Lord Eliot in 1785, although the first burial (of twenty) did not occur until 1804.