Examples of some of Gwent s Living Churchyards

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1 Examples of some of Gwent s Living Churchyards 1

2 Index Churchyard/Cemetery Page number St James,Rudry 3 St Michaels & All Angels, Lower Machen 6 St Michaels, Tintern 8 St Teilos, Llantilio Pertholey 11 Monmouth Cemetery 14 St Michaels, Llantarnam 17 All Saints, Llanfrechfa 20 St Cadocs, Raglan 23 St Illtyds, Llanhilleth 26 St Cadocs, Tevethin 28 St Michaels, Glascoed 30 St Peter s Pantside 33 Bettws Newydd 36 St Martins, Cwmyoy 39 Groeswen Chapel 41 Ebbw Vale & Cefn Gollau Cemeteries 45 St Woolos & Christchurch Cemeteries 46 Abercarn & Brithdir Cemeteries 47 2

3 St James, Rudry Local Contact: Margaret Jones Website: 3

4 Churchyard activity. Wildflower meadow area - cut and raked twice a year by volunteers Annual rake & bake day, bird boxes, stag beetle bucket and children s activities Basic wildlife survey Stone interpretation panel to be installed 4

5 Wildlife Wildflowers, slow worms, waxcap fungi, veteran yew trees.. 5

6 St Michael s & All Angels, Lower Machen Local contact: George Hughes Website: 6

7 Churchyard activity.. Nurturing of a wildlife area in new churchyard Grant from Newport Community Fund 2010 for new notice board and launch event Rake and bake community get together Basic survey of wildlife area 7

8 St Michael s, Tintern Local contact: Revd Nora Hill & Bernard Bradshaw 8

9 Churchyard activity Basic wildlife survey New compost bin, relocated away from yew tree Church & churchyard open days Wildflower meadow area & sowing of wildflower seed Digitising of burial records by local volunteer Gravestone recording day, bat evening, gravestones talk, visit to a local hay meadow Host for Churchyards in Wye Valley Day Successful grant applications inc for spring bulb planting, notice board, path resurfacing, strimmer, bench (Keep Wales Tidy, Monmouthshire CC) Tree survey & tree works 9

10 Wildlife Veteran yews, bats, wildflowers, masonry bees 10

11 St Teilo s, Llantilio Pertholey Local contact: Maurice Rolls & Anne Davies Website: 11

12 Churchyard activity. Basic wildlife survey Trial meadow area, extended in 2010 to include churchyard margins Lichen identification session (British Lichen Society) Bee and butterfly hotels, bird boxes Church & churchyard open days, including visit by local invertebrate expert Talks to other groups locally to explain what s been happening Wildflower plug planting with school children Planting of a living celtic cross Grant from Monmouthshire CC for interpretation board & leaflets 12

13 Wildlife Veteran yews, wildflowers, slow worms, fungi, 83 species of lichen 13

14 Monmouth Cemetery Local contact: Debbie McCarty & Daphne Smith Website: cemetery_group 14

15 Cemetery activity.. Managed by Friends of group & Monmouthshire CC European funding for restoration of chapel including interpretative materials for biodiversity & history Basic wildlife survey & plan Wildflower meadow area Annual hay day, history walks Moth trapping session (30+moths) & wildlife wander 15

16 Wildlife Mature trees, wildflowers, bats, slow worms, glow worms 16

17 St Michael s, Llantarnam Local contact: Roger & Myra Alma Website: 17

18 Churchyard activity Basic wildlife survey & plan Bird boxes Wildlife sightings book for visitors Llantarnam through the seasons a collection of photos taken by Roger Alma 18

19 Wildlife Mature trees, spring flowers, fungi, birds 19

20 All Saints, Llanfrechfa Local contact: John Palmer 20

21 Churchyard activity.. Basic wildlife survey & plan Churchyard open day, including children s bug hunt Update of church leaflet to include churchyard Plans for an interpretation board 21

22 Wildlife Mature trees, spring flowers 22

23 St Cadocs, Raglan Local contact: Reg & Viv Davies Website: 23

24 Churchyard activity.. Basic wildlife survey Trial wild plant areas Promotion of conservation areas within entry to Village in Bloom competition 24

25 Wildlife Mature trees, stone walls, lower plants, wildflowers.. 25

26 St Illtyd s, Llanhilleth Local contact: Merril Davies Website: 26

27 Churchyard activity.. Established friends of group Managed as a wildflower meadow Moth trapping session, gravestone recording Repair of stone walls Wildflower seed collecting Plant chart for visitors Heritage days Visit by British Lichen Society churchyard sub group 27

28 St Cadoc s, Trevethin Local contact: Malcolm McElhone Website:ftscc.org.uk 28

29 Churchyard activity Established Friends of group have worked with a number of partners to undertake wildlife survey & management plan and implement wildlife friendly care Meadow area established New interpretation board Open days, wildlife walks, how to research your churchyard history session Wildlife work groups 29

30 St Michael s, Glascoed 30

31 Churchyard activity Sensitively managed to support its large variety of wildflowers Basic wildlife survey Was identified in 2005 as a Local Wildlife Site (recognises sites of importance locally for wildlife) Churchyard open days Orchid & Cowslip spectacular 31

32 Wildlife Wildflowers (including early purple orchids) & waxcap fungi 32

33 St Peter s, Pantside 33

34 Churchyard activity.. Basic wildlife survey Bug hunt & bird box making with youth group Community hedgerow planting event Wildflower seed sowing Grassland cut and raked Litter picks 34

35 Wildlife Wildflowers (including native bluebells), new native hedgerow.. 35

36 Bettws Newydd 36

37 Churchyard activity.. Grant for artistic yew tree interpretation panel and leaflet Sunday school yew tree activities Talk by Fred Hageneder (author of Yew; a History.) Visit by Saced Space Project (Wrexham) Gravestone recording session 37

38 Wildlife Famous veteran yew over 2000 yrs old & one of the oldest living things in Gwent! 38

39 St Martin s, Cwmyoy 39

40 Wildlife Spring flora (inc native bluebells), slow worms, mistletoe, yellow meadow ants, Grimmia ovalis (nationally scarce moss).. 40

41 Groeswen Chapel The Westminster Abbey of Wales 41

42 Chapel-yard activities. Rebuilding a section of stone wall 42

43 Wildlife 43

44 Bethania Chapel - Regeneration project by Ystrad Mynach students & Keep Wales Tidy - clearing pathways, cutting down overgrown brambles to reveal hidden graves, development of a plan of the cemetery and research into the history of the gravestones. Website: 44

45 Ebbw Vale & Cefn Gollau Cemeteries, Blaenau Gwent - Wildflower meadow, new pond, dawn chorus walk, venue for a biodiversity blitz (over 300 species recorded inc brown hawker dragonfly), BGCBC environment awards nominee 45

46 St Woolos & Christchurch cemeteries, Newport Found to be an important Welsh site for waxcap fungi following specialist fungi surveys, fungi walks led by Gwent Fungus Group 46

47 Abercarn & Brithdir cemeteries, Caerphilly - Changes to cutting regime in parts of the cemeteries to encourage wildflowers, following a basic wild plant survey - at Abercarn this includes a heathland flora (with heather, wavy hair grass, bilberry, goldenrod, wood sage, tormentil & lousewort) 47

48 Gwent Living Churchyards Project December 2007 November 2010 Thank you to our funders: 48 Photos by R Alma, S Evans, C Goring, Keep Wales Tidy, D McCarty & R Price