Whilst looking over some maps I found a curious woodland, something about it just wasn't right.
A little bit of research soon cleared up what I had found, this was no ordinary piece of woodland, it was in fact and abandoned grave yard the church having long since been demolished.
I had found the churchyard of St Marys close to the old hamlet of Eisey just a few hundred yards away from the river Thames.
There has been a Church on this site since the 14th Century, the original church was demolished and a newer one replaced it in 1844.
The "New" Church was only to stand for 109 years before it to was demolished in 1953.
I think the church fell into disuse because of low populations in the area. The
population of Eysey had always been a small one, just 95 adults in 1851 and only 52 in 1901.
Over the years there have been possibly hundreds of burials in this abandoned church yard. The parish registers date from 1571, and end in 1947 so as you can imagine there are a fair few burials in the churchyard. Today there is evidence of the boundary wall and some memorials but the whole area is heavily wooded and overgrown.
Well worth a visit if you happen to be cycling by:)
Негізгі бет 700 Year old abandoned Cemetery in the woods, Church demolished. Reclaimed by Nature. Wiltshire Man
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