Gravestones To Tregonwell Campbell And Shelley Families And To Vicars Of St Peters In Churchyard Of St Peters

The gravestones for the Tregonwell, Campbell, and Shelley families, as well as those of the vicars of St Peter, are located in the churchyard of St Peter. Among them is a white marble altar tomb on a terrace beside the churchyard steps, erected around 1853 by Percy Bysshe Shelley's son. This tomb contains the heart of the poet and the bodies of his parents-in-law, William and Mary Godwin, who were moved here from St Pancras Churchyard in London, along with his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, who died in 1851. Next to this tomb is a Gothic stone altar tomb for Mrs. Maria Campbell, who died in 1860. It features pink marble colonnettes at the corners, a dog-tooth round inscription panel, and foliage carving at the ends and under the eaves. Just below, there are gravestones for several vicars, including the first, Alexander Morden Bennett, who died in 1880. These gravestones have crosses at the head and foot, with one featuring a roundel of a chalice. On the next higher landing of the steps is the Perpendicular style panelled altar tomb of Lewis Tregonwell, the founder of Bournemouth, which was erected in 1846. The Church of St Peter, the Churchyard Cross, the Lychgate, the Chapel of the Resurrection, and two groups of gravestones form a cohesive group.