Newsletter 56

Newsletter 56, Winter 2026

  • National Federation President Gwyneth Stokes
  • Undercliffe Cemetery Charity host the NFCF AGM during Bradford’s year as the UK City of Culture
  • St John’s Churchyard, Nelson
  • An update on the project of the Friends of St Mary’s Churchyard, Whyke, Chichester
  • Professor James Stevens Curl
  • Laurence Goff
  • News from Beckett Street Cemetery, Leeds
  • National Cemeteries Week 2025
  • Review: Headstone symbols explained
  • Review: From Dust to Ashes: The Development of Cremation in England and Wales, 1874-2024
  • New Members
    - Friends of Aberffrwd Cemetery, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
    - Friends of Darfield Cemetery, Barnsley
    - Friends of Saron, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
    - Friends of St John’s Churchyard, Nelson
    - Friends of Stoney Royd Cemetery, Halifax
    - Hermon Cemetery Trust, Nantyglo, Gwent, Wales
    - Herne Bay Cemeterians, Herne Bay, Kent
    - Save Our Green Space, For Belle Vue Cemetery, Shrewsbury
    - St Mary Magdalene Cemetery Working Group, Prudhoe
    - Michael Broadley (Cemetery Supervisor for City of York Council)
    - Fiona Nixon
    - Robert Orchard
    - Edward Playfair

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Newsletter 56, Winter 2026