Blog posts
17th September, 2020
A triple event
Saturday 12th September 2020 proved to be a triple event. Starting with the launch of this website live, followed by our AGM and culminating with a small group of dedicated volunteers and supporters enjoying a pleasant...
21st August, 2020
Carefully planned conservation strategies
Heene Cemetery is designated a Sussex Site of Nature Conservation Importance, and is managed as a nature reserve, with consideration for the need to maintain access to the graves and to treat...
29th July, 2020
Heene Cemetery received a grant on the 24th February 2020 of £10,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for an exciting heritage project, Collect, Preserve and Share the History of Heene Cemetery Burials.
Made possible by money...
20th July, 2020
Six feet under
The phrase ‘six feet under’ is a popular euphemism for burial, and there was an old folk belief that one’s grave should be as deep as one is long. However, digging a grave to a specific depth of six feet is a practice...