Tiger Hill Cemetery
| Tiger Hill Cemetery | |
|---|---|
Gravestones at Tiger Hill Cemetery in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1905 |
| Location | Coonoor, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu |
| Country | India |
| Type | British colonial Cemetery |
| Owned by | All Saints’ Church, Coonoor |
| No. of graves | ~500 |
Tiger Hill Cemetery is a defunct British-era burial ground in Coonoor, in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, India.[1][2] It was established in 1905 to relieve pressure on the adjoining churchyard of All Saints’ Church.[3][4][5] It was used as a burial place for European residents of the hill station during the late colonial period.[6]
Burials
| # | Name | Occupation | Year of death |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albert Thomas Watson Penn | Photographer, known for documenting the Nilgiris | 1924 |
| 2 | Frederick Nicholson | Civil servant in the Madras Presidency; introduced cooperative banking in India | 1936 |
| 3 | Charles McFarlane Inglis | Ornithologist and naturalist | 1954 |
References
- ^ Young, Valmay (2021-08-24). "Tiger Hill Cemetery – A hidden gem in Southern India". BACSA. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ^ Premkumar, Rohan (2018-12-12). "Tiger Hill Cemetery in the Nilgiris turning into ruins". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ^ "The History of Coonoor – Clean Coonoor". Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ^ Francis, W. (1908). The Nilgiris. Logos Press.
- ^ "Tiger Hill Cemetery, Coonoor". e Coimbatore – Coimbatore Local Directory. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ^ "സാഹസികരെ കാത്ത് ഊട്ടിയിലെ ടൈഗർ ഹിൽ ശവക്കോട്ട". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2025-08-18.