Vineyard Passage Burial Ground

51°27′33″N 0°18′05″W / 51.4593°N 0.3015°W / 51.4593; -0.3015Owned byRichmond upon Thames CouncilWebsiteVineyard Passage CemeteryFind a GraveVineyard Passage Burial Ground

Vineyard Passage Burial Ground is a cemetery on Vineyard Passage in Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Established in 1790 and consecrated in 1791,^[1] it was enlarged in 1823.^[2] The last burials were in 1874.^[1] Managed by Richmond upon Thames Council and maintained by volunteers from the Environment Trust for Richmond upon Thames,^[3][4] it is now a garden of rest.^[5]

Notable burials

• Thomas Cundy (senior) (1765–1825), English architect and his wife Mary (née Hubert). The monument to them is Grade II listed.^[6]
• Jacques Mallet du Pan (1749–1800), French historian and journalist. He took up the Royalist cause during the French Revolution.^[7]
• James Stephen Rigaud, English astronomer (b.1726)^[8]

Listing

The brick walls to the cemetery (forming the side of Vineyard Passage) and the 19th-century iron railings are Grade II listed.^[9][10]

Gallery

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  Grave of Col. Edward John Astley
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  The Grade II listed grave of architect Thomas Cundy and his wide Mary
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  Grave of Louisa Frances Gabriel d'Alsace Chimay, Viscountess de Cambis
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  Grave of Martha Davis

See also

• The Vineyard, Richmond

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