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May 12, 2025

General Sir John Jarvis Bisset C.B. K.C.M.G. & his family

John Jarvis Bisset, his daughter Amy Morgan Bisset Master, and his second wife, Frances Hannah Bridge Bisset, are buried together in the western section…

April 10, 2025

Messina Earthquake 1908 – Alice Horn, Annie Kirby and Rev. Charles Huleatt

Some years back, when I was looking for wild flowers at Folkestone Old Cemetery, while Carole took photos of damaged memorials, we saw the…

April 4, 2025

Memorial Spotters Guide

Talking of tombstone quizzes!…… Why not check out this memorials spotters guide and find out about the range of symbols from anchors to doves…

March 25, 2025

Discoveries at the Old Cemeterry

Also published in The Hurricane local news publication The Friends have spent 8 years cutting, delving and researching into the stories in the Old…

February 1, 2025

Love Your Yew Tree Week

February 2025 marks the launch of Love Your Yew Week (8th-14th Feb), a new initiative dedicated to the care and preservation of ancient yew trees….

February 1, 2025

M is for Memorials

Some of the oldest and most impressive monuments, from the pyramids at Giza to the passage grave at Newgrange in Ireland, are memorials for…

January 25, 2025

Unearthing Hidden Histories (an article written for local publication The Looker)

Eight years ago, I attended a Remembrance Day service at the old Folkestone cemetery. It’s the kind of place you might walk past without…

January 25, 2025

1809 – Teenage wife goes to sea with captain

Mary Sophia, 15 years old, sailed down the Thames with husband James Collins, 24, outward bound for Portugal. The couple, from Holborn, hoped their…

December 16, 2024

Stephen and Susanna Court

The impressive memorial stone in Folkestone Old Cemetery gives few hints about a short action filled life and a long widowhood: Stephen Court Master…

December 9, 2024

Consultation on the law relating to burial and cremation

Who we are? The Law Commission of England and Wales is an independent body established by statute to make recommendations to government to reform…

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