15 New Street – Wright Family Home
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Read moreThe Beginning
The Stories Behind the Headstones Project started very personally. My husband’s ancestors are buried in the graveyard and his Aunt Vera took me to see the grave and to explain the family history. She hadn’t been well and it had been some time since she’d visited. Despite knowing exactly where…
Read moreSmall Steps Forwards
My son and three of his friends volunteered to help me and we started to uncover graves completely covered in brambles and hidden from views for decades.
Read moreFrom Little Acorns
Many elderly people were struggling to visit the graves of their relatives, and, with the increased interest in genealogy, visitors were coming from all over the world and were shocked at how neglected it was. Many felt that the hallowed ground housing the graves of their ancestors, the war dead…
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