Uncovering family graves in the Cemetery: further finds

Over this month, the volunteers of the Cherishing Sidmouth’s Cemeteries have been uncovering several family graves in Sidmouth Cemetery. A fortnight ago it was The Barratts, a tailoring family whose graves were cleared of vegetation. Last week it was the grave of the former Manor […]

Controlling dogs at Sidmouth Cemetery

Back in August, the district council launched the first stage of its consultation on controlling dogs in public spaces, asking for any interested parties to put in requests for changes to the current 2023 Public Space Protection Orders by 30th September, to be included in the full […]

Managing the Cemetery’s grass for flowers

After some months of work, it feels as though the Management Plan for Sidmouth Cemetery still isn’t working – although, looking at how things are handled in other cemeteries, managing the Cemetery’s grass shouldn’t be an impossible task. Yes, it’s a matter of balance but it does seem, then, that there […]

Managing the Cemetery’s grass

Over the last weeks, the Cherishing Sidmouth’s Cemeteries social media pages have been looking at how other cemeteries have been dealing with invasive long grass – some more successfully than others: Managed sensitively, this lovely old meadow grassland can enhance the burial site for visitors, […]

Planting woodland bulbs at the Cemetery

Sidbury and Sidmouth cemeteries are basically sited on former meadowland – and something the Cherishing Sidmouth’s Cemeteries project would like to see would be enabling the dormant meadow flowers to flourish through careful management of the dominant grass. There are other notable areas – such […]