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St Peter and St Paul Churchyard (also known as Mitcham Parish Church, Church Road Burial Ground, Church Road Cemetery)

Introduction

The churchyard is on the site of an old Saxon burial ground; it was expanded in 1855 and 1880 to the north, and again in 1909 when it took over the former 'Vicar's Field'.

There has been a church here since at least the C13th, and Church Road Cemetery opened in 1559. The current church of St Peter and St Paul, to the south-west of Mitcham village centre, was built in 1819-21 by George Smith. It was repainted in the 1990s as part of a Challenge Anneke television programme. The churchyard is on the site of an old Saxon burial ground; it was expanded in 1855 and 1880 to the north, and again in 1909 when it took over the former 'Vicar's Field'. Among those buried are Anne Hall (d.1740); Thomas Stanley (d.1811); and Richard Cranmer.

Sources consulted:

Ian Yarham, Dave Dawson, Martin Boyle, Rebecca Holliday 'Nature Conservation in Merton, Ecology Handbook 29', London Ecology Unit, 1998, p100.

For more information see http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=MER051

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Features & Designations

Designations

  • Conservation Area

  • The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building

  • Reference: St Peter and St Paul's Church
  • Grade: II*

  • The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building

  • Reference: Tomb of Anne Hall; Tomb of Thomas Stanley; Tomb of Richard Cranmer; Table Tomb west of Richard Cranmer Tomb; Vicarage
  • Grade: II
Key Information

Type

Funerary Site

Purpose

Sacred / Ritual / Funerary

Principal Building

Religious Ritual And Funerary

Survival

Extant

Hectares

2.22

Open to the public

Yes

References

Contributors

  • London Parks and Gardens Trust