Blandford Church burial ground
VA - Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA, United States
CHURCH
VISITOR INFORMATION
Cemetery grounds open daily, free. Blandford Church Museum and Reception Center open Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and by appointment; a paid admission covers the guided church tour.
FREE PUBLIC PARKING
Blandford Cemetery is open daily and free to walk, and it is still an active city burial ground, so keep clear of any funeral or graveside service. Restrooms, the gift shop and the car park are all at the reception centre on Rochelle Lane.
PUBLIC RESTROOMS
SITE FEATURES
Exhibits & Artifacts
Gift Shop
Guided Tours
Surviving Structures
Peak visitation season unconfirmed. Year-round tours and an advertised October 31 evening programme provide specific visiting opportunities. Confirm the current calendar.
April-May or September-October for Blandford Church’s burial ground in Petersburg. Confirm the reception-centre tour calendar and any separate church-interior opening. October 31 is an option for the advertised evening cemetery tour if offered in the travel year.
HISTORIC SITES NEARBY
Nearby Historic Sites
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WHO WAS HERE
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About Blandford Church burial ground
Burial place of William Phillips.
Blandford Cemetery protects the historic churchyard and William Phillips’s marked grave within an extensive municipal cemetery. The eighteenth-century brick church also survives as a museum, while monuments, mature landscaping, and later burial sections maintain the site’s layered historic character.
History happened here at Blandford Church burial ground
Blandford Church burial ground contains or adjoins the burial place of William Phillips. William Phillips was a British artillery officer and general who died during the 1781 operations at Petersburg. Buried near Blandford Church after dying at Petersburg in 1781.
PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
William Phillips
EXTERNAL LINKS
petersburgva.gov: https://petersburgva.gov/303/Blandford-Cemetery
dhr.virginia.gov: https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/123-0110/
dhr.virginia.gov: https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/123-0039/
Accessed 2026-09-29