On Sunday 1 December the Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard once again host the Christmas Tree of Remembrance service in the cemetery. Please join us at 1pm for a time of Christmas carols, a blessing by the Reverend John…
Thank-you to Tesco and to our many supporters in and around Prescot, whose blue tokens put our group in first place in the Tesco Bags of Help scheme earlier this year. The win has provided us with £4,000, which will…
The Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard would like to thank everyone who attended this year’s Christmas Tree of Remembrance. Once again we enjoyed some seasonal carols, and the Vicar of Prescot blessed the tree before the Mayor of Prescot,…
The Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard were delighted to be named Community Group of the Year by Prescot Town Council. Pictured below are members of the group receiving their award, along with a cheque for £200, from the new …
We’ve been hard at work in the cemetery and churchyard this year, and we’ve made some videos to show our progress. Enjoy viewing, and follow us on Facebook for more updates about the Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard. Thank…
We were pleased once again to host our annual Christmas Tree of Remembrance ceremony amid flurries of snow on Sunday 10 December. A crowd of several dozen joined the Vicar of Prescot, the Mayor of Prescot and our volunteers to…
All are warmly invited to participate in our annual Christmas Tree of Remembrance ceremony on Sunday 10 December in Prescot Cemetery. Beginning at 1pm, this reflective occasion is an opportunity to place a bauble on the tree in memory of…
It’s a busy time for the Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard. Over the summer, we took delivery of several new lecterns. Lavishly illustrated and packed full of fascinating information, they tell the history of key points around the site,…
Each year, volunteers from the Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard plant daffodil bulbs. We are delighted to say they are now in full bloom. Please take a stroll through the cemetery yourself to enjoy the flowers. It lends the…
Having just commemorated the 100th anniversary of Prescot War Memorial, the Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard are delighted to confirm that the statue was in fact the first to be erected in the UK. The discovery comes via the…