News from Charfield Burial Ground

When we made the pedestrian entry into the burial ground, we were forced to remove some soil in which snowdrops had been planted by folk living in Churchend. Where reasonably practicable we relocated them to the adjacent verges, and we’re very happy to note their return. Snowdrops represent some of [...]

As we continue towards our official opening day of Spring Equinox 2012 all the various aspects of the burial ground are coming together. Today we are very pleased to upload the scale of charges and the rules and regulations for our burial ground. Further minor changes may take place between [...]

  One of the features we wanted to embed into our burial ground was a Wild Service Tree. Requested by South Gloucestershire County Council as part of the landscape plan, it is a relatively rare native tree, with white flowers in the spring and red berries in the autumn, when the normally green leaves also [...]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14647010 An interesting article from the BBC News web site on the scarcity of available burial grounds and how we may deal with our dead in future…