Old Cemetery History Project - adding records to the map

Caring for God’s Acre works nationally to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy burial grounds and graveyards.There are over 20,000 burial grounds in England and Wales, ranging from small rural medieval churchyards to large Victorian city cemeteries, spanning different cultures, religions and centuries.Appealing to many who are interested in local history and the natural world, burial grounds encapsulate the history of communities whilst offering refuge for our native wildlife.For many people burial grounds are the only locally accessible green space. However, their heritage value, and even their continuing presence, cannot be taken for granted. They are under threat from development, closure, under management and mismanagement.Join the movement. Let’s keep burial grounds beautiful, accessible and connected to their communities.

The Beautiful Burial Ground Project

Indoor, winter friendly sessions adding the records we collected in the summer to the digital map .

The Roy Fletcher Centre

Over the summer volunteers have been noting down memorial inscriptions in the old cemetery on Longden road in Shrewsbury.We now have over 200 records to add, with photographs to the digital map.This session will take place in the computer room at the Roy Fletcher Centre where we will work together to add the records to the online map.The centre is accessible, please contact George (george@cfga.org.uk) if you have any concerns and wish to discuss your access needs.Full training, tea &amp; coffee will be provided.There is no charge to take part in this session.

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Old Cemetery History Project - adding records to the map

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