Yesterday Andy and Scott continued their quest to uncover more of Milnrow’s heritage by uncovering more of our hidden gravestones. It’s hard graft but uncovering the stones and revealing names of those who lived and worked in Milnrow before the turn of the century is a real reward.
Check out the stones revealed so far in the before and after pictures below. If you look carefully there’s an awful lot of stones in our yard!
Thanks Andy and Scott, great job.
On Saturday 1st July six of our strongest men set to work to uncover long lost grave stones within the church yard. The plan was to reduce the amount of grass cutting needed in some of our harder to reach parts of the church yard. As the stones started to appear not only did the church yard start to look more aesthetically pleasing but we realised the wealth of heritage being uncovered. Do stop and take a look at the stones uncovered.
Given how much better the churchyard now looks we plan to repeat this initiative over the summer period. So if you’d like to lend a hand uncovering a few stones we’d love to welcome you on board. Send us your email address to st.jamesmilnrow@outlook.com and we’ll add you to our mailing list.