The Churchyard - Forncett Info

What's special about Ivy?

Written by Claire Jordan.

How often do we walk past the glossy tendrils of ivy, doing its thing of clambering, up and over walls...

Written by Claire Jordan.

There are not many organisms living on this planet that can claim immortality. Perhaps none, other...

Written by Claire Jordan.

It didn't do to get ill or injured in the past. Something quite trivial, a sharp thorn in a finger,...

Written by Claire Jordan.

"The ground is all yellow like the sun", was the astonished cry of an excited 6 year old seeing her...

Written by Claire Jordan.

Ted Hughes wrote in his poem 'Snowdrop' that it is as "heavy as metal"! This seems a curious description,...

Written by Claire Jordan.

The first daffodil in England was brought by the Romans and is often known as 'The Lent Lily'. Wild...

Written by Claire Jordan.

Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly, tra-la-la-la-la... So goes the lovely old English Christmas...

Written by Claire Jordan.

Here's a puzzle. What single thing can get rid of moths and fleas, help curdle cheese, work as a coffee...

Written by Claire Jordan.

"I will pick the green yarrow that my figure may be fuller...that my voice will be sweeter...that...

Written by Ally Rae.

Natterer's Bat. Photo Paul van Hoof St Peter’s Goes Batty! Bats are amazing little...

In Memory of Thomas Parke and his wife Mary:


Edmond Marcon, Grace Marcon, Edmond Marcon, John Marcon


Robert Osborne and Christian his wife:


William Aggas, Rector of both Forncetts and of Hempnall:


Thomas Jack, Rector of Forncett: