Following on from finding Maude's grave at St Bartholomew's cemetery in the Summer, the church and the Haslemere Educational Museum have been incredibly helpful in restoring and preserving Maude's grave.
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| Maude Egerton King's gravestone, December 2015 |
- Philip Hunt, St Bartholomew's Churchyard representative managed to persuade Waverley Borough Council to clear the site of Maude's grave, and the grave site was cleared at the beginning of December
- Haslemere Educational Museum agreed to take custody of Maude's deteriorating wooden grave marker, and it is now currently drying out at the museum in a controlled environment
- I am now looking after Maude's grave in the absence of any next of kin!
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| Maude Egerton King's overgrown grave, Summer 2015 |
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| Maude Egerton King's grave, December 2015 |
Maude's grave was barely visible in the Summer, as the site was overgrown with shrubs and brambles. The recent cut back reveals the gravestone to Maude and her daughter Katharine King.
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Maude Egerton King's grave marker, drying out in transit to
Haslemere Educational Museum |
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Maude Egerton King's grave marker, drying out in transit to
Haslemere Educational Museum |
We decorated Maude's grave with four ivy crowns, fresh from the Tree Dressing Ceremony at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum. I would like to think that Maude may have supported such an event which celebrates the English folk traditions. I think that the simplicity of a crown fashioned out of ivy from the Sussex woods could have appealed to her. I hope she likes them.
