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Rame Church Survey

A comprehensive survey of Rame churchyard — one of the most atmospherically located churches in Cornwall — recording every legible grave plot by plot.

Churchyard Survey

Every grave in Rame churchyard

Rame Church sits on the very tip of the Rame Peninsula, looking out across Plymouth Sound. It is one of the most atmospheric churches in Cornwall — still lit by candles, with a hand-pumped organ, and a churchyard that contains the graves of fishermen, pilots, smugglers and local gentry going back centuries.

The group has conducted a detailed plot-by-plot survey of the churchyard, recording all legible inscriptions. Horatia Nelson, Nelson's daughter, is buried here — her grave looking out across the same waters where her father's fleet once anchored.

Survey records

2013

Rame Church — History and Architecture

David Parker's account of the history and architecture of Rame Church, given as a talk in 2013.

Tales from the Rame Churchyard — six short stories about earlier residents including Richard Eddey and others — are available as a booklet at the rear of Rame Church, near the hand-pumped organ.

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