Gravestones @ St Francis Church, Fort Kochi.

Sunday 24 March 2024

4) THE BRITISH CEMETERY OF VELI, FORT COCHIN

The 'Dutch Cemetery' of Fort Kochi is well known, but very few might have heard of a 'British Cemetery' in Fort Cochin. The current functional cemetery of St Francis CSI church located at Veli in the outskirts of Fort Kochi was once used by the English community of Cochin. Many would be unaware that, the mid-19th century Veli cemetery still has relatively well-preserved British graves inside. I have traced 87 such graves, of which 67 have identifiable epitaphs. Details of these grave monuments along with around 125 photographs are uploaded in my blog,  'Jewish Monuments of Kerala'. See links here:

1-A DETAILED SURVEY OF THE EUROPEAN FUNERARY MONUMENTS IN ST. FRANCIS C. S. I. CEMETERY, VELI, FORT KOCHI.

2-EUROPEAN FUNERARY MONUMENTS IN THE ST. FRANCIS CSI CEMETERY, VELI, FORT KOCHI.

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