Decision details

Graveyard research - Once the information has be gathered and collated in regard to the memorial stones in the church and church yard, the grant would be spent on printing a final document.

We are a small group of volunteers who are currently working through the parish records at All Saints Church, Burmarsh. As part of this work it has been noted that there needs to be some correlation of records with regard to the grave stones and memorials within the existing church yard.

Our group has started photographing and documenting the memorials and is intending to carry out research into the history of the individual gravestones and their associated families with a view to producing a booklet that would be available to all who visit the church.

We hope, with the help of the Community Archaeologist and the 5th continent project, we can plot the grave stones and make a map of the church and the graveyard.

To provide funding of £250 to the above project.

Reason for decision:

This document will provide an up to date record of information that will be available to both the local members of the community and visitors to the church.

Research has identified that many memorials that were recorded in the early

1900s (Leland.L.Duncan) no longer exist and visitors looking for family graves are unable to find them. It is hoped that some of the current research will be able to provide some historical detail that will be preserved for future generations.