St George's Churchyard, Deal

St George's Churchyard, Deal, Kent

Visited April 2017

The churchyard behind St George's Church, Deal, has largely been cleared to form a park. The gravestones have, as is so often the case, been lined up around the walls with only a few of the larger chest and table tombs left 'in situ' on the lawns. This was done in the 1950s, when the churchyard became a Garden of Rest (if an area full of dog-walkers and passers-by can be restful!).


Closer to the church itself there are some gravestones which haven't been moved, and which are surrounded by well-tended gardens.


The church was dedicated in 1715, with burials stopping in 1856 - this means lots of early stones with memento mori carvings, which are not too overwhelmed with Victorian and later memorials.