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Croft Unitarian Chapel Burial Ground

30/9/2022

 

Restoration Project to Begin Soon

Colourised image of chapel from 1900
A Colourised image of Croft Unitarian Chapel around 1900
The image above shows just how neatly the burial ground was kept whilst the chapel was open. If you look at the gentleman walking down the path, you can see the two original yew trees next to him.
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All of the trees, plants and grass are immaculate in the few images available from over the years.
​The last 30 years are where you can really see the difference.
​In 1993, you can still see the two trees, though they seem to be growing bigger.
Croft Unitarian Chapel
Croft Unitarian Chapel in 1993
By 2006, the two yew trees now look like one and have grown out in every direction.
Croft Unitarian Chapel
Croft Unitarian Chapel in 2006
By September 2021, the two trees have fully merged into one and have brambles and ivy growing between the branches. They are damaging the graves and the path.
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Croft Unitarian Chapel Yew Trees in 2021

Time for Change

The maintenance of the graveyard is the legal responsibility of Warrington Borough Council, but as you probably know, they do little more than cut the grass every six weeks or so. Despite bringing this to their attention, they have done nothing different.

Thankfully, Croft Parish Council were willing to listen and to help. They have agreed to pay for a specialist landscaping team to cut back the yew trees to two individual trees at a managable size and also to clear the remaining weeds and overgrowth around the grounds.

​Work is due to begin soon. Thankyou, Croft Parish Council!

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    Cheyvonne Bower is a local historian with a passion for the past.
    A member of
    ​Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society and The Society for One-Place Studies.

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    • Risley Presbyterian Chapel
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    • The Yates Family >
      • Philip Yates
      • Mary Yates
      • Samuel Yates
      • James Yates
      • Ellen Yates Junior
      • Richard Yates
      • Richard Yates Part 2
      • Richard Yates Part 3
      • Joseph Yates
      • Anne Yates Interview
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