South West
Bristol
Arnos Vale Cemetery (1836)
The website of the Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust includes some pages of site history.
Shirehampton Churchyard (17th century)
Coates, R. (2023) Shirehampton Church-yard Book, Bristol Record Society’s Publication vol. 76.
Exeter
Bartholomew Street Cemetery (1835)
Brooks, C. and Evans, D. (1993) ‘Burial and the body politic: the building of Bartholomew Street Cemetery, Exeter’, Devon Buildings Group Research Papers, vol 11.
Penzance
Jewish Cemetery (c.1740)
K. Pearce (2015) The Penzance Jewish Cemetery: A Concise History and Guide, Penlee House Gallery and Museum.
Wells
Mendip Hospital Cemetery (1873)
A burial ground attached to what was originally called the ‘Somerset and Bath Lunatic Asylum’. The Friends of Mendip Hospital Cemetery website offers some history of the burial site and its passage into the ownership of the NHS.
