On the Northern cliff top of the Great Orme, there are two Cemetery's The Great Orme Cemetery & Chapel, serving the local community with ashes burials only.
The adjacent, Saint Tudno's church with its own churchyard, which is separated by a boundary wall from the Great Orme Cemetery.
St Tudno's Church is an active church holding regular services. However the Church in Wales cemetery is no longer accepting any burials.
The Great Orme Cemetery - is owned & operated by Conwy County Borough Council, opened in 1859. Burials are no longer allowed as the site is now full.
There are over a thousand graves on this exposed mountain top, with stunning sea views.
Here is a list of interesting graves found in the Great Orme Cemetery:
North-west sector
1, James Cecil Parke (d.1946) – Olympic Games tennis medal winner and rugby international
2, Captain Gwyn James (d.1940) – bomb expert at experimental centre
3, WE Williams (d.1943) – navigated crippled RAF bomber back to England through the Alps by starlight
4, Robert Arthur Griffith (d.1936) – Welsh-language poet, writer and literary critic
5, Llewelyn Roberts (d.1939) – chief engineer of Cunard liners, supervised machinery of RMS Queen Mary
6, Captain John Parry (d.1907) – mariner who shipped stone to build Llandudno
7, David Cynddelw Williams (d.1942) – First World War army chaplain, awarded Military Cross
North-east sector
9, Beatrice Blore-Browne (d.1921) – pioneer of women’s motoring
10, Stan, Dorothy and Sylvia Taylor (d.1925) – victims of the Dolgarrog dam disaster
11, Mary Ann Johnson (d.1918) – killed by enemy action despite fleeing Kent for safety
12, Thomas Jones (d.1911) – died preparing Investiture Day public celebration
13, Sir William Malesbury Letts (d.1957) – motor pioneer, founding member of the AA
14, Jess Yates (d.1993) – TV entertainer famous in 1950s to 1970s
Southern sector
20, Zachry Brierley (d.1957) – entrepreneur behind Winter Gardens cinema and ballroom
21, Ernest Leonard John Weller (d.1948) – killed in Cheshire train crash a month after his wedding
22, Robert Clare Baxter (d.1950) – rose from poverty to create thriving Clare's department store
23, Donald Boyd-Ball (d.2001) – auctioneer and charity supporter known as Mr Llandudno
24, Edward Goodey Jones (d.1965) – fisherman and boatman whose grandparents lived in a cave
25 John Codman (d.1980) – kept Britain’s longest-running Punch & Judy show in the family.
In my opinion the most Unusual & interesting headstone is the 'Winged Wheel' belonging to - 9, Beatrice Blore-Browne (d.1921) – pioneer of women’s motoring.
(Photo included in this Waymarks photo gallery.)
Websites: Featuring information & Maps on the Great Orme Cemetery & Chapel: (
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Conwy County Borough Council website: (
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