What’s been going on in the churchyard lately?

12th July – Benn Jamieson is repairing the wall alongside the path to Ashfield Park
7th July – New bench installed in the closed churchyard in memory of Celia Glover. Thanks to Alan Sonn for installing it.
7th July – Closed Churchyard mowed by Ross Town Council’s contractors
5th July – Plans drawn up and permission given for the replacement of the composting area.
4th July – Hereford Times article on diversity in Ross Churchyard
3rd July – The first meeting of the Churchyard Management Group – we made great progress and agreed to look again at how different areas of the managed. A start made on a Churchyard Management Plan.
3rd July – The Probation Service mowed the Garden of Remembrance and strimmed half of area C. Looking much better!
Saturday 1st July – Twelve members of our growing Churchyard Angels team came and worked hard from 9.30 to Noon. We managed to strim all of area A, some of B and the area containing children’s graves by the Prospect. Next session is the first Saturday in August (6th). Please consider joining them.
28th June – Local Historian Heather Hurley led the second of her talks entitled “Tales from the Tombs” – a walk around the churchyard, looking at the graves and lives of some notable Ross residents from the past.
27th & 28th June – John cleared all the weeds from the wall along the path to Ashfield Park.
21st June – New webpage launched with a wealth of information on the Churchyard and tools for reporting issues and signing up to help.

Head over to our Churchyard page to learn more about the way we manage the space and how you can help.