This is the text from an article published in the Nottingham Evening Post on 03/02/10
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IT MAY look like a humble graveyard, but the grounds at St Edmund’s Church are home to some long-forgotten eighteenth century treasures.
A refugee from the French Revolution, and a gentleman farmer whose descendent had close links to King George V are just two of the great men buried there.
Their grand memorials in Holme Pierrepont have been left alone for decades – but now a team of volunteers has vowed to restore them to their former glory.
They plan to renovate five memorials of historic local figures.
Several of the memorials have been listed on the county council’s list of Monuments and Structures at Risk since 2004.
Since then the church has been busily fund-raising and now, as they are securing a £50,000 grant, their dreams are close to becoming a reality.
Some of the memorials will need to be dismantled and carefully rebuilt.
The church has applied for planning permission to carry out the reconstruction work.
Ian Godson of St Edmund’s Church said: “It would have been better if we could have done it several years ago but funding is crucial.
“It’s the families’ responsibility to do it but in the event when there is no family, it falls on the church to mend its artefacts the best way it can.
“There’s no national funding for maintenance of the church or memorials except war memorials.”
There are also plans to build some storage space inside the Grade I listed church and refurbish its 1865 organ.
The church plans to improve and revamp its website with regularly updated information on current events, church history and details of the church memorials.
Radcliffe Local History Group will undertake a detailed survey of the graveyard and Notts Wildlife Trust is planning to provide detailed reports about the flowers and fauna of the churchyard – all of this will be published on the website.
Rushcliffe Borough Council will decide whether to grant planning permission for the work after public consultation ends on February 11.”
Here is a link to the article on the Evening Post website
Here are a few pictures of some of the memorials
