Friends of Leatherhead Parish Church
Working to maintain the Churchyard

We fund £1000-1500 per year of the cost of keeping the grass in the churchyard under reasonable control and usually it looks fine.

In 2004 it became obvious that despite the gallant efforts of the churchwardens, a few parts of the churchyard needed a team to bring them under control. In particular some graves which had been overtaken by bushes or brambles, as had parts of the section on the St Mary's Road boundary.

We try to keep the rubbish area in the SW corner, can rapidly become 2-3 feet deep cleared; much of the St Mary's Road section has been recovered and the section by Park Gardens and many graves, including some war graves, have been liberated from enveloping bushes.

Hedley Kay and the war grave of Charles Richards,
a Leatherhead fireman from Poplar Road, killed on service
in Portsmouth in 1941. This grave and the ones either side
had been completely overtaken by bushes and brambles.

some of a team	and it all has to be got rid of
some other graves before	and after

some of a team, including the late John Forehead

Despite the ever clinging brambles the general feeling was that we have made a more than noticeable difference. We continue progress and hope for more volunteers to join our happy gang, to whom many thanks.

further 2007 sessions: 0900-noon Leatherhead Parish Churchyard:
Sat 4 Aug
Sat 1 Sep
Sat 6 Oct
Sat 3 Nov

Please call Frank Haslam 01372 379341 if you too can help. Frank is grateful to David Jones for his dedicated attendance and stepping in to guide things when Frank is away, as has Sue Roberts.

last updated 2 June 2007