Candie Cemetery

Burials in St Peter Port were originally in and around the Town Church, but there was little room there and other cemeteries were then used: the Cimitière des Soeurs, or Sisters' Cemetery which was located on rising ground to the south of the Church, and the Cimetière des Frères or Brothers' Cemetery which was located north of town. In 1780 a Cimitière des Étrangers, or Strangers' Cemetery, was created, near Elizabeth College, but by 1830 it too was full and Candie Cemetery was opened. In the 1890s Candie Cemetery was still referred to as the “New Cemetery”.{{Cite web|url=https://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/articles/article/april-1896-cemeteries|title=Priaulx Library: April 1896 – the Cemeteries|access-date=29 January 2024}}

There are five war graves in Candie Cemetery; all five soldiers died after the end of WWI.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2097835/st-peter-port-candie-road-church-cemetery-guernsey/|title=Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Candie Road Cemetery|access-date=29 January 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/content/articles/2008/10/27/remembrance_madell_family_feature.shtml|title=BBC Guernsey: Madells of Mount Durand|access-date=29 January 2024}}

In 2021 a remembrance garden was created in Candie Cemetery.{{Cite web|url=https://guernseypress.com/news/2021/12/05/town-procession-after-memorial-garden-blessed/|title=Guernsey Press: Town Procession after Memorial Garden blessed|access-date=29 January 2024}}

Priaulx Library holds copies of the burial records from Candie Cemetery for the period 1831 to 1986.{{Cite web|url=https://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/pdfs/GUERNSEY-PARISH-CHAPEL-CEMETERY-RECORDS.pdf|title=Priaulx Library: Guernsey Parish, Chapel and Cemetery Records|accessdate=29 January 2024}}

• Harman Blennerhassett (1764–1831), plantation owner in Virginia (present-day West Virginia).{{Cite web|url=https://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/articles/article/eternal-stranger-harman-blennerhasset|title=Priaulx Library: An Eternal Stranger – Harmen Blennerhassett|access-date=29 January 2024}}
• Johnny Bromby (1840–1851), son of John Bromby, headmaster of Elizabeth College (and subsequently the founding headmaster of Melbourne Grammar School), who hanged himself while larking about in the boarders’ room.{{Cite web|url=https://guernseypress.com/news/features/2019/06/18/tale-of-two-schoolboys/|title=Guernsey Press: A Tale of Two Schoolboys|access-date=29 January 2024}}
• Peter Le Lievre (1812–1878), artist.{{Cite web|url=https://guernseydonkey.com/peter-le-lievre-unsung-local-artist/|title=Guernsey Donkey: Peter Le Lievre|access-date=29 January 2024}}
• Samuel Elliott Hoskins (1799–1888), physician.
• Ralph Durand (1876–1945), writer.
• Robert William Randall, one of the members of the Randalls Brewery family.{{Cite web|url=https://www.breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=A_History_of_R_W_Randall_Ltd|title=Brewery History: A History of RW Randall Ltd|access-date=29 January 2024}}

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