In the early 1960s Denis Leatherdale, Roy Brooks and Jack Gostling were appointed Guardians of the Churchyard. Denis drew up the original ground plan with each individual grave marked. In 1988 Helen Taylor, with many helpers, began the task of recording all the details of the graves and giving each grave a number. Janet Nunn continued this work after Helen moved to Suffolk. Before the final typing could take place the Burial Registers were checked beginning in 1864 to ensure the records were as accurate as possible. Jill Goddard, Richard Denton and Peter Nunn helped with this task. Finally, in January 2001, Dick Wilde typed all the information and meticulously drew all the plans and made the final booklet 150 pages long.

Records have now been printed and there are copies in Hampton Hill Library and Richmond Library where all the local historical records are kept. A copy has been sent to the London Metropolitan Archives in London who look after all our Burial Registers except the one in current use from 1948 onwards. There is also a copy in the Vestry.

Not only are the actual graves listed but also the names on the War Memorial and on the Board inside the Church. The names of the people whose ashes are buried in the Garden of Rest are also there. This information is now readily available for anyone doing historical research.

Source: Janet Nunn, The Spire Magazine - 2001 February