St. Michael's Churchyard, Mickleham

The church building dates back to the Norman period from 950 to 1180, but some changes to the building were made in 1823, 1842, 1872 and 1891.[1][2][3]

There are 867 recorded burials, but more are accounted for since 1891, not including those from 950 to 1891. The graveyard is the final resting place of

• Richard Bedford Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada and a member of the House of Lords. Bennett's grave is located steps from the front of the church doors and has a marker from the Government of Canada signifying the important figure buried there.[4]
• Sir John Norton-Griffiths, 1st Baronet, "Empire Jack", the driving force behind the Tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers in WW1, was buried here on 18 October 1930.
• Cyril Hare, detective story writer, who was born in Mickleham Hall in 1900 and died at Westhumble in the parish in 1958.
• Sir Trevor Lawrence, who had famous orchid houses at Burford Lodge in the parish. He was the grandfather of Cyril Hare's wife.
• Maria Drummond (née Kinnaird), widow of Thomas Drummond.
• Sir John Junor (1919–1997), controversial editor of the Sunday Express and The Mail on Sunday.
• Graham Gilmour, pioneer aviator. Killed in a plane crash in Richmond Park in 1912.