Hello and Welcome to the Friends of Prescot Cemetery and Churchyard group of volunteers.

We are passionate about Prescot and the history of those who lived in the area dating back hubdreds of years. If you're also keen on finding out more about Prescot, it's ancient churchyard and the more recent council cemetery section, then this website is for you!

Following the regular Posts we will be making will help to broaden your knowledge of the work we undertake - and plan to undertake, and hopefully provide you with some some help and guidance along the way.

Why not start by browsing our extensive record set showing all of the burials in the Prescot St Mary's churchyard burial ground. We have painstakingly recorded each and every gravestone transcription that we have been able to see in and around the church and the burial ground many of which date back to the late 1600s and there are also a fair number of Wargrave Commission headstones to show those who gave their all in World War 1 or World War 2.

Did you know that the Prescot War Memorial is officially the oldest War Memorial in the UK as confirmed by the Imperial War Museum?

<See the image of the War Memorial to the right and clicking on that will give you more information about this fascinating fact >

Come and enjoy the regular Blogs and Posts added by the volunteers and also keep an eye on our Facebook page for weekly updates.

"At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them"