There are lots of resources online to help the Cherishing Sidmouth’s Cemeteries project move ahead. And much of these have already been accumulated on the CSC’s ever-expanding website: Cherishing Sidmouth Cemeteries – A Vision Group for Sidmouth initiative There are some excellent other places to […]

There’s a national project aimed at cherishing our cemeteries and churchyards – and it’s doing well in East Devon: Caring for God’s Acre – in East Budleigh – Cherishing Sidmouth Cemeteries A year ago, they concluded a specific project – with the results here: Celebrating […]

Ian Gregory, chair of the Vision Group for Sidmouth, has the privilege of putting together a monthly piece for the Herald – and this month he focussed on the work happening at Sidmouth Cemetery – and what a difference it’s making! Volunteers transform Sidmouth’s neglected […]

“Clearing up” around Sidmouth Cemetery means “giving growing things a bit of breathing space” – for example, pulling out the bullying three-cornered leek and allowing things like celandine to stretch in the sun. Here’s a photo from this week’s working party by Cherishing Sidmouth Cemeteries […]

It’s quite impressive how Sidmouth Cemetery has been transformed over the last few weeks – and that’s not the Cherishing Sidmouth Cemeteries group saying that! Here’s a very positive note sent after the CSC working party session yesterday [Thursday 29th] morning. It’s from a key […]

The Cherishing Sidmouth Cemeteries website is not only about recording the considerable efforts of the busy volunteers: Working parties – Cherishing Sidmouth Cemeteries It’s also about recording the personal stories and the growing information about the memorials: Graves and links to records – Cherishing Sidmouth Cemeteries There […]

Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Cherishing Sidmouth Cemeteries project! Early Spring 2024: work done so far: In just a few weeks, the CSC working party have already made a huge difference to Sidmouth Cemetery – with a few valiant volunteers braving the weather […]

A Devon botanist was also a Devon priest – and he showed how churchyards can embrace beautiful things: “God’s Botanist” – Revd. William Keble Martin – Cherishing Sidmouth Cemeteries The East Devon District Council have created a charming churchyard: St Gregory’s Seaton: balancing low grass […]

It’s great that other groups are working with Cherishing Sidmouth Cemeteries – and on Saturday afternoon a group of Scout Explorers, leaders and family members had a working party concentrating on the area just south of the Chapels: Thanks to the Scouts – Cherishing Sidmouth […]

Are you interested in adding to a database of photographs and histories of the people associated with Sidmouth Cemetery? Ideas have been shared about looking at the cultural side of the Cemetery, for example doing more on the ‘monumental’ side of the historic site – […]