Agatha Christie

AKA:

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan

Birth Name:

Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller

Birth Date:

September 15, 1890

Birth Place:

Torquay, Devon, England

Death Date:

January 12, 1976

Place of Death:

Winterbrook House, Winterbrook Wallingford, United Kingdom

Age:

Cause of Death:

Natural causes

Cemetery Name:

St. Mary's Church

Claim to Fame:

Writers and Poets

Agatha Christie, the world’s best selling author, was born on 15th September 1890 in Torquay. She is know as the Queen of Crime for her detective fiction stories and her two most famous detectives are Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She is also the only female playwright to have had three productions in London’s West End theatres simultaneously, the most famous of which The Mousetrap is the world’s longest running play.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

St. Mary's Church

Church Road

Cholsey, Wallingford, , OX10 9PP

United Kingdom

Europe

Grave Location:

Northwest Corner

Grave Location Description

Tucked away in a tranquil northwest corner of the churchyard next to the end of the 6-foot high brick wall is Agatha’s grave. As you take the paved path to the left of the church continue straight across the grass to the back of the new addition to the church. Once past the church veer to the right towards the brick wall and then follow the wall back to Agatha’s grave. The grave is unassuming with a headstone and two stone boundary markers. Between the two markers is a small tablet on the grass. It reads M.E.L.M. and A.M.C.M. which stands for Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan and Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan.