God's acre

Caption: A candlelight vigil is held annually at God's Acre Veterans' Cemetery, CFB Esquimalt's military cemetery.

Memorial Service at God's Acre Chapel, Moss House Lane, Much Hoole, Preston, PR4 4TD, followed by Interment in the Woodland Burial Ground on Monday, July 16th at 2.00 p.m.

The churchyard has become part of the God's Acre - Yorkshire's Living Churchyards project.

"God's Acre" refers to the burial ground surrounding the church building where many early worshippers are buried.

The manual suggests occasional community or sponsored evenings to make floodlighting more of a special occasion and calls for a revival of the God's Acre tradition of churchyard management, using more of the land to provide havens for wildlife and plants.

Cemeteries have been called God's acre. Visits to any sacred burial ground are always consecrated moments.

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Moravians settled here in 1830 (from Winston-Salem, North Carolina), built three schools, the 1830s God's Acre Cemetery, and the 1875 Hope Moravian Church.