Below is information about cemeteries that are in the Playford area and those that are close by.
A cemeteries index has been compiled and sorted by surname. This can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
Angle Vale Methodist Church Cemetery
Originally known as Ebenezer was the first Bible Chapel to be opened on the Gawler Plains. The Rev Samuel Keen selected the site and the chapel opened in April 1854. The name changed to Angle Vale on 3rd July 1883. A hall built in 1924 and parsonage were built nearby
Amongst the families buried there are the Andrew’s Hatcher’s, Patterson’s and Worden’s.
- Headstone transcriptions compiled in 2003
- Photos of headstones take 2003
- Cemetery map
Carclew Primitive Methodist Church Cemetery
Carclew Road, Penfield Gardens, South Australia
The Carclew Cemetery stands adjacent to the Carclew Primitive Methodist Church.. The Cemetery is the responsibility of the Playford Council although it is no longer used for burials.
On the 14th March 1848, Jonathon Roberts, a Cornishman and one of the first settlers in the district, obtained a large land grant on Section 7581 by the river. He also acquired the adjacent Section 7559 in 1850. He gave a corner of Section 7559 for a church and Cemetery. Roberts named his property Carclew after the area in Cornwall from where he had migrated. This name was later adopted for the Church and cemetery.
In 1900 the Methodist Union merged the, the Angle Vale Bible Christian Chapel (Ebenezer) and the Virginia Primitive Methodist Church with services ceasing at Carclew in 1919.
In 2003 the church was sold and is now a private residence. It has been sympathetically restored.
- Cemetery index The City of Playford holds register 1865 - 1968
- Headstone photographs taken 2002
- Headstone transcriptions from 2002
- Cemetery plan
Little Para Wesleyan Cemetery
Williams Road, Hillbank
The small cemetery situated on section 3092 originally belonged to the Weslyan Methodists from the Gawler circuit. The chapel was built in 1857 on land originally owned by Thomas Williams. The church was demolished in 1902. The chapel served the needs of the small settlement on the Little Para around the Old Spot hotel.
Amongst the burials are members of the Goodman family, Watts and Williams families. The first burial recorded was that of Lydia Tippett aged 4 months on the 2 October 1860. Remains of the Williams family underground burial vault can still be seen.
The land that once held the chapel is now part of the housing estate and the cemetery incorporated into a park. No legible headstones remain.
Burial register held at Uniting Church offices.
- Index taken from register 1996
One Tree Hill Uniting Church
Blacktop Road One Tree Hill, adjacent OTH Uniting Church
The foundation stone of the One Tree Hill Methodist church was laid on 13 August 1867, on land originally granted to William Henry Gartrell. The cemetery seems to be established before the church was built. James Purdie conveyed a piece of land from section 4193 to Messrs Kelly, Harvey and Blackham on the 5 November 1861 for use as a public cemetery.
The cemetery contains the graves of many pioneers in the district including members of the Kelly and Gould families.
- Headstone transcriptions 2003
- information from registers (not held at Playford)
- Cemetery plan (includes plot locations but no names)
Smithfield Memorial Park Cemetery
Main North Road, Evaston South
Opened in 1986 and operated by the Adelaide Cemetery Authorities. Records are available on request from the authority.
Further information available from their website http://www.aca.sa.gov.au/aca/web/smithfield-memorial-park/index.php
Uley Cemetery
Uley Road, Uleybury
The cemetery was once associated with one of the earliest chapels to be built in the district.
The Uley Chapel, built by Moses Bendle Garlick in 1851, was the first Baptist Church in South Australia.
The Chapel fell into disrepair in the 1960’s and was subjected to active vandalism. Attempts to prevent the damage were unsuccessful and the chapel was demolished in March 1981.
Many headstones were also subjected to vandalism, others have even been removed and are no longer on the site, others have been placed randomly within the cemetery. The original sites of these graves is unknown.
In 1994, restoration work was done by the Munno Para Council’s Cemetery Restoration Project. Broken headstones were pieced together and mounted on graves. Other fragments were mounted on the original entrance step of the now demolished Chapel.
- Headstone transcriptions 2002 by Helen Stein
- Headstone photographs by 2002 Helen Stein
- Cemetery map
Zoar Cemetery
Argent Road, Penfield
Zoar cemetery and the small Bible Christian Chapel served the needs of the Penfield community from the mid 19th century to 1941. In 1940-1, the Commonwealth Government compulsorily acquired the land to build a munitions factory. The land originally belonged to Thomas Long, who donated 1 acre of land on the 19 May 1854. A small brick church was constructed known as the Peachey Belt chapel in its early years. The small church was demolished in and a new larger church designed by Daniel Garlick was built on the site. Zoar chapel opened on 3rd September 1865. The church has since been demolished leaving the cemetery. The cemetery underwent restoration by the Munno Para Council in 1994.
Amongst those buried here are Thomas and Catherine Long, Wilson, Fatchen’s and Penfold’s.
- Headstone transcriptions compiled 2003
- Headstone photographs compiled 2003
Cemeteries near the City of Playford
Penfield
Sturton Primitive Methodist Cemetery
Church Road
, Penfield
The Chapel was built by John Jeffries who migrated to Australia via Canada in 1839. The cemetery is located in the City of Salisbury.
Information regarding burials is available from their website http://dcw.salisbury.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=361
Primitive Methodist Chapel cemetery Wards Belt
Parkers Road, between Ward belt Road and Woods Road at Wards Belt. Not part of the Playford Council, but it does have family names from the area.
Burials from late 1870’s to 1968. Family names include Atyeo, Billing,, Heath, Parnham and Window.
- Listing of names 1875 - 1968
City of Playford Cemetery Indexes
This index is compiled from numerous sources.
- Headstone transcriptions
- Burial Registers
- Taylor & Forgie Funeral Directors register,
15 Cowan Street Gawler, extracted by Mary Cockshell, 14 June 1995
- Family histories
Key
F = Father
H = Husband
M = Mother
SL = Son in law
W = Wife
Notes
Where possible the information was cross checked using the South Australian Birth, Death and Marriages index.
Where a discrepancy was noticed between registers and SA Death index in regards to residence, the SA index is listed first followed by the register index
Eg OTH/ Parra Wirra (OTH is recorded in the SA Death index, Parra Wirra from the register)
Hutchinson hospital East Terrace, Gawler East, later known as Gawler Medical Services, Hutchinson Road, Gawler East.
Thomas Hutchinson who died on 29 August 1901 established a trust (the "Hutchinson Trust") under which certain property in the town of Gawler was to be used as a hospital.
Established in or about 1911 in East Terrace, Gawler by the then trustees, and the hospital, which continued to operate at that site until the end of October 1994, became an incorporated hospital under the South Australian Health Commission Act 1976 in 1982.
In September 1994 the name of the Hutchinson Hospital was changed to "Gawler Health Service Incorporated".
Sister Powell’s Hospital, King street, Gawler (corner Victoria Terrace, facing swimming pool and also opposite Caravan Park on Main North Road side, before Wilaston Bridge).
Dr Dawe’s Hospital, Gawler.
Use the links below to access the Playford Cemeteries List in PDF format:
