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Radnor Street Cemetery, Swindon, Wiltshire, England


Radnor Street Cemetery is under the management of the Swindon Borough Council.  The cemetery covers a large sloping area, incorporating some thirty three thousand internments.  The land is divided into sections, and these sections divided into plots.  The graves should have markers - orange/red brick like objects - but over the years many have broken or been lost and some are in the wrong place.  Our first visit to this cemetery coincided with some considerable maintenance work being undertaken.  One of the people involved was very helpful and spent some time helping us locate specific graves - thanks Richard.  He told us that, sadly, there had been a lot of vandalism in the cemetery but we understand that since the Radnor Street Cemetery Society have raised awareness it's history there is much less..

There is a small chapel near the centre which, in the past, was used for funerals; nowadays it is opened on occasions for displays by the Society, who also hold monthly (March-October) tours of the cemetery - see their  Facebook  page.

We are in awe of the Society who work tirelessly in persuit of improving the condition of the Cemetery and bring awareness of its history to Swindon.  We have been on several guided tours and found it interesting to learn about some of the people buried there - and it brings home to us that every single one of these graves has a story to tell, a story that is part of Swindon's history.

Outside the chapel is a War memorial (no names inscribed).  This is an official Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery where 104 servicemen are buried.  Most of these gravestones have the familiar shaped stone and the inscription has the initials of the person's name - when we know the full name of the person we have included it as well as the plot number.  This information comes from the book 'Tell Them of Us' - a true labour of love by local Mark Sutton who has become an expert of Swindon's First World War activities.

If you would like a photograph taken of a grave and know where it is located, we will be happy to go and take one for you.  Please contact us with your details.

We are very grateful to Frances Bevan and Mark Sutton, local historians, who have allowed some of their photographs of gravestones to be used on this site.  Apart from their work for the Cemetery and their historical research, Frances and Mark are two of the three people (along with Graham Carter) who launched a publication in 2013 called Swindon Heritage.  Being subscribers ourselves, we thoroughly enjoyed this publication and were sad when it ceased publication.  Swindon is often accused of having little history (or has knocked it all down!), but this magazine will soon put you right on that - they could write a book each month but had to limit their enthusiasm to a quarterly magazine.  Although the magazine is no longer printed, the team behind it plus some newer members, continue to champion Swindon's history.

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Railings
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Information about the cemetery
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We think this photograph was taken in September 1921 after the burial of Hilda Mary Barnes Tydeman.
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The chapel in the cemetery
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First World War Memorial
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Frances Bevan during one of the monthly guided walks - here talking about William Henry Gladwin
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Frances passing around a photograph of Charlotte Andrews
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... Eastcott Community Council, 2006
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Swindon Town Centre
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