Land donated by Beckford’s daughter in 1847 to the rector of Walcot, laid out and used as a parish cemetery. Adjoins Beckford’s tower. Beckford’s tomb was relocated here from Abbey Cemetery, 1848.
ARNO’S VALE CEMETERY, Arno’s Vale
Garden cemetery 1837, later extended to c45a; Arcadian layout with serpentine walks on steep site; mature trees.
Pair of Neo-Greek Doric lodges (LB II*) 1837-38; entrance gates and screen walls 1837; Church of England Chapel (LB II*) c1840, Dissenters’ Chapel (LB II*) c1840, all Charles Underwood; Indian Romantic style tomb of Rajah Ram Mohun Roy Bahadoor (LB II*) 1843; neo-classical tomb of James Bartlett 1851; Gothic table tomb of Thomas Lucas 1859 by Tyley; obelisk 1866 by Tyley; obelisk to Francis Barber Ogden 1857 by Tyley; Gothic pinnacle to John Tilly
mid C19 and adjacent obelisk mid C19; War Memorial c1920, (all LB II).
Parish Cemetery
Land donated by Beckford’s daughter in 1847 to the rector of Walcot.
Adjoins Beckford’s tower. Beckford’s tomb relocated here from abbey Cemetery 1848.
2019 – Beckford’s Tower placed on the Heritage at Risk Register