Please select from the list below to see more information for any of the cemeteries or the crematorium that is under the perview of Isle of Wight Bereavement Services.
The Isle of Wight Crematorium was built in 1961, and in its first year of opening carried out 308 cremations. Cremation figures since then have steadily increased and now an average of 1500 cremations is carried out per annum. Approximately 80% of deaths on the island result in cremation which is slightly more than the national average.
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The 1st Interment to take place in this cemetery: November 30th 1910.
Originally the parish cemetery, the land was purchased by the old Isle of Wight District Council from the Ashey Manor Estate in 1910 and absorbed into Ryde Borough Council in 1933.
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This is the largest Cemetery on the Isle of Wight. The 1st Interment to take place in this cemetery: May 3rd 1858.
The cemetery was originally under the control of Carisbrooke and Gatcombe Burial Board, but in 1974 the cemetery was put under control of Medina Borough Council and later in 1995 ownership transferred to the Isle of Wight Council who still own and manage it to date.
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The 1st Interment to take place in this cemetery: February 11th 1857.
This Cemetery was originally a small parish cemetery, but was absorbed by Ryde Borough Council in 1933. The old part is full, With a new extension opening in 1948 and again in mid-1960’s
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The 1st Interment to take place in this cemetery: January 10th 1877.
The land that East Cowes Cemetery is located on was given by Queen Victoria through the Royal Estates with certain proviso and covenant.
The cemetery has an extension to it located on the other side of the road.
For further information, please visit: www.friendsofeastcowes.org.uk
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The 1st Interment to take place in this cemetery: May 11th 1858.
Newport Cemetery was opened by Newport Borough Council with some input by the Royal Estate at Osborne in 1858 and later put under the control of Medina Borough Council 1974.
In 1995 the Isle of Wight Council took ownership of the cemetery in 1995 who still manage it today.
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The 1st Interment to take place in this cemetery: July 19th 1899.
This cemetery as originally opened 1899 as an extension to St Pauls Churchyard, Barton.
The cemetery is now full apart from existing burial rights.
In 1995 the Isle of Wight Council took ownership of the cemetery in 1995 who still manage it today.
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The 1st Interment to take place in this cemetery: November 8th 1856.
This is the second largest Cemetery on the Isle of Wight. Northwood was opened to cater for Northwood, St Mary’s Cowes and Holy Trinity Churchyards which were full.
The land in which the cemetery is sited was originally part of the Ward estates.
This cemetery is a fine example of a Victorian cemetery layout, well planted with Victorian varieties of trees, with twin chapels. The chapels were fully restored in 2017 through funding from the Heritage Lottery.
The cemetery has a cemetery friends group The Friends of Northwood Cemetery that where paramount in securing the lottery bid to have the chapels restored to their former glory.
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The 1st Interment to take place in this cemetery: December 2nd 1862.
The cemetery was officially opened in 1842 making Ryde Cemetery older than any of the Island’s other municipal cemeteries
In 2010 the Isle of Wight Council carried out extensive restoration work in Ryde Cemetery in conjunction with the Heritage Lottery Fund
All three chapels were restored and a Heritage and Learning Centre was created in one of the two central chapels; new railings and gates, in a Victorian Style, were installed at the Pellhurst Road entrance as the originals had been removed to help with the war effort during the second world war; new wooden gates were installed at the West Street entrance, the central driveway
and area surrounding the central chapels were improved; much of the boundary wall was repointed and some of the significant graves were restored.
There are two volunteer groups present in the cemetery:
- The Friends of Ryde Cemetery
- Ryde Social Heritage Group
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The 1st Interment to take place in this cemetery: June 11th 1926.
Formerly administer by the Urban District Council then amalgamated with Sandown and Shanklin UDC, then the South Wight Borough Council and taken over by the Isle of Wight Council in 1995
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The 1st Interment to take place in this cemetery: July 1st 1877.
Formerly administered by the old Shanklin Urban District Council then Sandown & Shanklin UDC then the Isle of Wight Council in 1995.
The land that the cemetery is situated on had connections with the Atherley family. A large plot of land on the cemetery site was in reserve, but has now been developed and subsequently consecrated.
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The 1st Interment to take place in this cemetery: October 17th 1870.
Former Burial ground for the Parish of Ventnor which was absorbed into the old Ventnor Urban District Council and in 1974 came under the South Borough Council. In 1995 the Isle of Wight Council took over ownership and management of the cemetery.
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Originally a Parish cemetery Wroxall Cemetery was absorbed into Ventnor Urban District Council around 1933 under the Isle of Wight Union Act and then Passed to South Wight Borough Council. In 1995 the cemetery was passed into the Isle of Wight Councils ownership and control.
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