‘Some of the stones looked like they were probably never cleaned. They were filthy, black, streaky … you couldn’t read the inscriptions on them.’

US Friends hold event to clean gravestones

‘Some of the stones looked like they were probably never cleaned. They were filthy, black, streaky … you couldn’t read the inscriptions on them.’

by Rebecca Hardy 6th November 2026

A group of US Friends held an event last month inviting the public to help clean the gravestones in their still-active burial ground.