ISLAND HISTORY
great, great grandson Tim is now actively
involved in creating the Friends’ web site and
newsletter while his wife Marie is treasurer.
Sadly the lodge at the gates, in which his
ancestors lived was demolished in 1939.
For that first burial board, additional costs
for purchasing burial books, a land-hearse,
digging tools, a clock for the waiting room,
furnishings for the lodge and a bell resulted
in a further five hundred pounds being
borrowed.
Initially two thirds of the graveyard
was consecrated but the upsurge in
non-conformist worship meant t