Civil (area 6) Cemetery, Petersfield, Hampshire, England: burial monument details indexed by Gravestone Photographic Resource Project (GPR)

Civil (area 6) Cemetery, Petersfield, Hampshire, England

Civil (area 6) Cemetery
Petersfield
Hampshire, England

photo of Civil (area 6) Cemetery

Civil (area 6) Cemetery, Petersfield


Petersfield Cemetery was established in 1857 to replace that at St Peter’s Church. The earliest burials are concentrated around the two memorial chapels near the entrance, on rather uneven land. The cemetery is in the care of East Hampshire District Council. This is a medium size non-denominational cemetery, which has been extended into adjacent fields after the original area itself was filled. There have been about 7600 burials at the site with perhaps two thousand gravestones still visible in total. As there are no gates and the cemetery is approached by a long and secluded avenue of lime trees, there has been some vandalism over the years, with headstones broken and pushed over, particularly in the area near the chapels. The cemetery is still in active use, but is now approaching capacity and a new site is being researched for acquisition by the council. This set of gravestones are from the central area of the cemetery. The majority of the burials date from the middle of the twentieth century.


The GPR holds 361 grave and 592 person records for the cemetery.

There have been 12 requests for photographs from the cemetery.

The latest details for the cemetery were added on 25 May 2017

Cemetery Plan

Cemetery Plan

No cemetery plan is currently available on the GPR.

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