Gage family burial plot, St Peter's Churchyard
Lewes, East Sussex, England
The Dock, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6NY, United Kingdom
GRAVE
VISITOR INFORMATION
Free, donations invited; church normally open during daylight hours.
There is no charge and a donation box stands by the door. Park in the village street or the public car park and walk up the lane. The churchyard is grass and uneven.
SITE FEATURES
Surviving Structures
Peak visitation season unconfirmed. No reliable site-specific monthly attendance pattern was established.
May-June or September for St Peter’s Church in Firle, after confirming church opening and whether the Gage monuments can be seen. Crypt entry needs separate permission; Firle Place house tickets do not establish access to the burial vault.
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About Gage family burial plot, St Peter's Churchyard
Burial place of Thomas Gage.
The Gage family burial plot remains within the maintained churchyard at St. Peter’s, marked by historic stones and monuments. Thomas Gage’s grave survives in the family setting, while the active parish protects the church, cemetery landscape, paths, and surrounding rural character.
History happened here at Gage family burial plot, St Peter's Churchyard
Gage family burial plot, St Peter's Churchyard contains or adjoins the burial place of Thomas Gage. Thomas Gage was the British commander in chief in North America at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Buried in the Gage family plot at Firle.
PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
Thomas Gage
EXTERNAL LINKS
firle.com: https://firle.com/news_articles/the-gage-family/a-portrait-of-maria-teresa-gage/
Historic England: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1043939
Identity and burial note: the Firle estate states that General Thomas Gage died on April 2, 1787 and was buried April 8 in the family crypt beneath Firle church. This differs from an outdoor family burial plot. Historic England records the Gage chapel and monuments but does not establish crypt access.
Accessed 2026-09-30