Joyce Green Cemetery
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Joyce Green Cemetery

Dartford, Dartford Borough, Kent, England

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    Coordinates: 51.45826, 0.22998
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Many burials took place in its grounds up until 1951, over 80% of the burials occurred in just one year, over 100 years ago, in 1902. This was the year that saw London and surrounding areas devastated by a severe smallpox epidemic. Other than just one remaining gravestone, the only other signs that this area was a burial ground are the yew trees which are traditionally planted in churchyards and cemeteries. Since the early 1950's the area has been untouched and although there was no purposeful intention for it to become a woodland burial site, that is the miracle that nature has brought about. Part of the Trust's aim is to maintain the Enchanted Woodland as a healthy, living green space with gentle paths to meander through, sunny clearings to bask in and woodland events to get involved in. At the base of the Temple Hill Estate lies a three and a half acre area of once open land. The plot has reverted to nature becoming a natural woodland. It is this wood we call the Enchanted Woodland. (darealjolo)
Many burials took place in its grounds up until 1951, over 80% of the burials occurred in just one year, over 100 years ago, in 1902. This was the year that saw London and surrounding areas devastated by a severe smallpox epidemic. Other than just one remaining gravestone, the only other signs that this area was a burial ground are the yew trees which are traditionally planted in churchyards and cemeteries. Since the early 1950's the area has been untouched and although there was no purposeful intention for it to become a woodland burial site, that is the miracle that nature has brought about. Part of the Trust's aim is to maintain the Enchanted Woodland as a healthy, living green space with gentle paths to meander through, sunny clearings to bask in and woodland events to get involved in. At the base of the Temple Hill Estate lies a three and a half acre area of once open land. The plot has reverted to nature becoming a natural woodland. It is this wood we call the Enchanted Woodland. (darealjolo)

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