The cemetery is also known as Compton Village Cemetery. When Compton parish council created a new burial ground, the wife of a local artist Mary Fraser Tyler Watts offered to build an Arts and Crafts memorial chapel there. She worked with many locals to construct the remarkable building from tiles they made. She lies in the burial ground along with her husband, George Frederic Watts, Victorian painter of 'Hope'and Aldous Huxley, author of 'Brave New World'. Many of the older graves are ornate tile constructions.