Kemsing's churchyard is open, well maintained by a large team of volunteers along with professional gardeners, and has excellent records.
As well as records of the burials, we also have detailed records of the trees in the churchyard. Below you will find a complete list (as of the end of 2012) of all the trees. You can click on the image at the top of this page to enlarge a hand-drawn plan that will show you where they all are.
Many thanks to Brian Doe for his research.
| Number | Location | Vernacular | Species / Cultivar | Donor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Lychgate | Snowy Mespilis | Amalanchier canadensis | In memory of George Hutt, given by Mrs Eileen Hutt |
| 2 | Main Lychgate | Chinese Rowan | Sorbus Hupchensis | In memory of Kathleen & John Richardson |
| 3 | Church Path (Main Lychgate-Porch) | English Yew | Taxus baccata | Indigenous |
| 4 | Public Footpath (FP91) | Pink Cherry | Prunus “Hilliers” | St Mary’s Church Choir (Bert Skinner) |
| 5 | Public Footpath (FP91) | English Yew | Taxus baccata | Indigenous |
| 6-8 | Church Porch | Irish Yew | Taxus fastigiata | Indigenous (encircling) |
| 9 | Public Footpath (FP91) Western Red | Cedar | Thuja plicata | |
| 10 | Southern Churchyard (close to Crinckle-Crankle wall) | Westfelton Weeping Yew | Taxus Dovastoniana | Sir Mark W Collet (planted by Matthew Nicholls – Head Gardener at St Clere, in 1920s) |
| 11 | Opposite Church Hall | White Cherry | Prunus Pandora | (by Village Car Park wall) |
| 12 | Opposite Church Hall (by Village Car Park wall) | Scarlet Crabapple | Malus lemoinei | |
| 13 | Philip Burrows Memorial bench (FP91) | English Yew | Taxus baccata | Indigenous |
| 14 | Philip Burrows Memorial bench (FP91) | English Yew | Taxus baccata | Indigenous |
| 15 | Church Path (East Lychgate – Church) | Flowering Crabapple | Malus chanowski | Kemsing Gardeners – Silver Jubilee |
| 16 | Outside Church West Door | English Holly | Ilex Aquafolium | Indigenous |
| 17 | West of wooden shed | English Yew | Taxus baccata | Indigenous (oldest in Churchyard – approx. 150 years) |
| 18-19 | East boundary | Ghost Birch | Betula jacquemontii | Donated by Men of the Trees. Kemsing was trees champion, 1976 |
| 20 | Outside Vicar’s Vestry | Western Red Cedar | Thuja Plicata | |
| 21 | North Churchyard | English Yew | Taxus baccata | Indigenous |
| 22-24 | Outside North Aisle | Western Red Cedar | Thuja Plicata | Indigenous |
| 25-28 | Outside North Aisle | Box Tree | Buxos sempervirons | Indigenous |
| 29 | North boundary | English Yew | Taxus baccata | Indigenous |
| 30 | North boundary | Maidenhair Tree | Gingko boloba | Mr Johnson of Greenlands Rd 1976. |
| 31 | North Churchyard | Mahonia “Charity” | Mahonia “Charity” | In memory of Brigadier H R Norman |
| 32 | North Churchyard | Atlantic Blue Cedar | Cedrus Atlantica | Richard Brooker of Pilgrims Way East |
| 33 | North Churchyard | Yellow Rowan | Sorbus “Joseph Rock” | Eric Lott – in memory of Georgina Lott. |
| 34 | North Churchyard | English Yew | Taxus baccata Indigenous | |
| 35 | North boundary (before wall) | Pink Cherry | Prunus Pink Pearl | In memory of Mr & Mrs J Saunders |
| 36 | Below Memorial Terrace | Pink Cherry | Prunus Pink Pearl | |
| 37-42 | West Churchyard (avenue) | Red Maple | Acer platanoides “Crimson King” | Planted in 1970 by request of Rev. Kenneth Daniels |
| 43 | Below Memorial Terrace | Cherry | Prunus “Hilliers Spire” | |
| 44 | Beyond Memorial Terrace | Walnut | Juglen regia |
