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Peasedown, which had been administered by Bathavon Rural District Council from 1933, was formed as a civil parish out of parts of Camerton, Dunkerton and Wellow, this taking effect on 1 Apr 1954. The new parish council decided to lay out its own cemetery, securing a loan for this 1956, and on 17 Jul 1958 part of it was consecrated by the Bishop of Taunton in the presence of two nonconformist ministers (Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer of Fri 25 Jul 1958 p10). The site in Eckweek Lane was named Ashgrove Cemetery. In common with other municipal cemeteries, areas for Anglicans and non-Anglicans are separate.
The cemetery is administered by the civil parish council.
The burial register is maintained by Peasedown St John Parish Council. Cut-down entries from the burial register have been put at its website. This includes burial date and location but in Nov 2022 was limited to two sections of the cemetery.
At a meeting of the Cemetery Committee on 24-Jan-2023 the committee kindly agreed to provide transcripts of the burial register entries for inclusion in the Bath Burial Index. The meeting’s minutes have ‘The Bath Burial Index information, as raised under the public session, was considered, along with the reports provided by their representative. The general feeling was the Council would like to link to the Bath Burial Index, however, it was resolved that the Council’s own records are completed in accordance with the original plans first, and once actioned, the Bath Burial Index representative is granted access to the records to complete the report they have started. Once the Parish Council works are completed, the records, including a link to the Bath Burial Index can be published and a press release put together to make residents aware and help promote the information.’. In the absence of these burial register entries the Bath Burial Index is currently limited to the information found from a survey of the memorials.
If you wish to view and search burials within this cemetery, please visit the Bath Burial Index search page.