Aaron Lawson, lead surveyor, with the Leica Pegasus backpack mapping the graveyard of Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
Chris Gray using a trimple GPS mapper to take a GPS point. St Cuthbert Church in Embleton, the Lake District.

19,000 Graveyards to go...


A UK company with funding from the USA has begun a monumental task to 'google streetview' all of the UK's Church of England Graveyards - thats over 19,000.


Using state of the art equipment they are taking detailed scans of each and every grayestone. They are also digitizing old records held by each church, some dating hundered of years ago. 


The end product will be a website where you can click on a map of a church somewhere in the UK, click on a gravestone and see who is buried there, and when. 


More information is available on request. Including quotes and contact details for the mappers and CEO of the project. 

Aaron Lawson, lead surveyor, with the Leica Pegasus backpack mapping the graveyard of Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
Robert Neal with the BLK2GO device and mapping the grounds and perimeter of St Margaret's Church in Wythop, the Lake District.
The BLK2GO device. Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
Chris Angus, a church warden of Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
Chris Angus, the Church warden holding a book of records. Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
Aaron Lawson, lead surveyor, with the Leica Pegasus backpack mapping Old Brompton Church. Old Brampton Church, Brampton, Cumbria.
Chris Gray with the BLK2Go device mapping the interior. St Margaret's Church in Wythop, the Lake District.
Robert Neal with the BLK2GO device and mapping the grounds and perimeter of St Margaret's Church in Wythop, the Lake District.
Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
Chris Gray with the BLK2Go device mapping the interior. St Margaret's Church in Wythop, the Lake District.
St Mary's Church in Thornthwaite, the Lake District.
Robert Neal with the BLK2GO device and mapping the grounds and perimeter of St Margaret's Church in Wythop, the Lake District.
Chris Gray with the BLK2Go device mapping the interior. St Margaret's Church in Wythop, the Lake District.
Robert Neal using the Trimble GPS mapper and taking a GPS point in the grouds of St Cuthbert Church in Embleton, the Lake District.
Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
An example of how the project will look when finished, you will be able to identify which grave belongs to who from across the world. Old Brampton Church, Brampton, Cumbria.
Aaron Lawson, lead surveyor, with the Leica Pegasus backpack mapping the graveyard of Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
Tim Viney, the CEO and founder of Atlantic Geomatics. Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
Chris Angus, a church warden of Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
Aaron Lawson, lead surveyor, with the Leica Pegasus backpack mapping Old Brompton Church. Old Brampton Church, Brampton, Cumbria.
Lily Hopkins, the church warden standing next to the oldest gravestone at the church which dates to 1686. Old Brampton Church, Brampton, Cumbria.
Lily Hopkins, the church warden, standing next to her great grandfathers grave. Old Brampton Church, Brampton, Cumbria.
Aaron Lawson, lead surveyor, with the Leica Pegasus backpack mapping Old Brompton Church. Old Brampton Church, Brampton, Cumbria.
Chris Gray mapping the interior with the BLK2Go. Old Brampton Church, Brampton, Cumbria.
Old Brampton Church, Brampton, Cumbria.
Robert Neal using the Trimble GPS mapper and taking a GPS point in the grouds of St Cuthbert Church in Embleton, the Lake District.
Chris Gray using the BLK2GO device to map St Cuthbert Church in Embleton, the Lake District.
Mrs Brandwood, a church warden holding the records and registry. St Margaret's Church in Wythop, the Lake District.
Mrs Brandwood, a church warden holding the records and registry. St Margaret's Church in Wythop, the Lake District.
Mrs Brandwood, a church warden holding the records and registry. St Margaret's Church in Wythop, the Lake District.
Robert Neal taking a GPS measurement. St Margaret's Church in Wythop, the Lake District.
St Mary's Church in Thornthwaite, the Lake District.