Newsletters
In the Spring and Autumn, the Friends publish a newsletter summarising events and activities. The newsletter often highlights the lives of those buried at Woodbury, research that has been done, monument repairs, a gardening report, and issues relevant to the membership and to the wider community. Below, you can read each edition.
South & South East in Bloom photos, volunteering, 175th Anniversary, headstone plotting and development, J.C. Dillman Engleheart feature, research by Emma Vidler – and more.
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South & South East in Bloom competition results, gardening team report, words for Woodbury Park Cemetery, Rusthall's changing landscape – and more.
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John Harris and his 7 children, a Cripps visit, our new Dove Tree, a Bevy of Backhouses
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The Reverend William Du Pre; also butterflies, giant teasels, memorial repairs, and other news.
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The Jeffery Hale Award 2019; gardening highlights; memorial repairs (Dr John Hennen and Amy Kennett); and other news.
The Jeffery Hale Award 2018; Rich and Poor; the children's Tree Trail; our new Chair; and other news.
Celebrating Jeffery Hale; also John Waithman and his sisters; gardening and wildlife matters; and the Tree Identification Walk.
Sydney Smirke and his daughter Margaret; the Poynder Grave; gardening matters; and other news.
Spring gales; Charlotte Smoult and Anna Maria Coombs; Jan Holly's surname index; "the Chapel of St Sepulchre"; and other news.
General George Middlemore in St Helena and Tunbridge Wells; Frederick Barraud's time ball; and other news.
Commander Charles Friend RN; the Queen's Diamond Jubilee; and other news.
Jonathan and Kezia Wheatley; moths and the Tree Bumblebee; Frederick Coleman; Grayson Perry and other news.
William and Eliza Maingay; Canon Edward Hoare and his family; spring in the cemetery; monument repairs; and other news.
Caroline Archdell; memorial repairs; new notice boards - and some Grave Humour.
Cake and canapés; Woodbury in 1876; Lieutenant-General Thomas Williams; and plenty more.
Popes and Bishops; Frederick Barraud; General Middlemore and Napoleon; sad vandalism; autumn colour; and more.
Jacob Bell; the wildlife of Woodbury; Murder Most Foul; Fanny Kemp; and more.
Paradise on Earth; Robert Fowler's grave repaired; Pembury Workhouse and the creosote remedy; Annie Wraight.
Our first Green Flag Award; smaller wildlife at Woodbury; conserving our memorials; the 1987 gales; and Caroline Burgess - inventor
Spring at Woodbury and nature conservation; historical research; memorial repairs; William Hilbert; and more.
A 'dawn chorus' walk and other Woodbury events; vandalism; and other news.
Our first AGM and our constitution; the new committee; historical work - and gardening Action Days.
Our initial plans for clearance work and historical research; and a call for volunteers.