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Commonwealth War Graves – More than meets the Eye

24th May 2022

The author Barbara Cooper is a retired Royal Air Force officer and a volunteer for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). The views expressed below are hers alone and do […]

Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ypres

Flowers and immortelles on Graves – A Welsh custom?

22nd March 2022

It seems very likely that the custom of placing flowers on graves was unique to Wales (at least withing the UK), until the middle of the 19th century. Some of […]

Graveyard Guardians

31st January 2022

“Don’t look up!” – good advice for the fainthearted crossing a churchyard at dusk – you may encounter fearsome faces leering at you from above. This article explores the wonderful […]

Churchyard boundaries

17th February 2020

Guest blog post written by Judith Leigh, CfGA Trustee and member of Diocesan Advisory Committees. The boundary of a churchyard is very significant as it separates off a consecrated space, […]

Churchyard crosses, especially in Herefordshire

25th February 2019

Guest blog by Judith Leigh – Trustee, Caring for God’s Acre and member of Diocesan Advisory Committees Historic churchyard crosses are often overlooked by visitors to churches, but they are […]