A new project to open up and restore a neglected graveyard and turn it into a community asset has been awarded a £1,700 grant from the West Yorkshire Freemasons.
Farsley Rehoboth’s project is to take the badly neglected graveyard which has been closed to relatives and family for 11 years with no right of access into a community asset open to all. This includes full access to war graves on the site.
The grant will help with materials and insurance so that the work can start and the volunteers who will carry out the work with be fully protected.
The Farsley Rehoboth Baptist Burial Ground was a place of internment from 1785 to 2000 and reflected the growth of Farsley and, in particular, its textile industry with many prominent residents buried there.
Pudsey MP Stuart Andrew welcomed the grant – Mr Andrew said: “It is wonderful to see that this project has been granted funding"