Sling Cemetery (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 14:59 (3806 days ago) @ anthonyworgan

Hi Anthony,
I'm afraid my knowledge of the Sling area is probably worse than yours !, I've only visited it a few times and the various villages in the area are all one to me...sorry.

I've found this nice little site for Sling village, this page has a map at bottom of page which has a Cemetery marked between Sling and Clearwell.
http://www.4villages.org.uk/map

The map enlarges if you click on it => http://www.4villages.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/map4villages.jpg

The map shows a church symbol (cross on disc)# in Clearwell, and another cross seemingly nearer the cemetery - I wonder if this refers to one of the nonconformist chapels that were built in the area, as per the interesting "History" section of the above 4villages site ?.
It may well be worth you emailing that site's owner for advice.

I've studied the close-scale OS maps for the area, I cannot see any church or cemetery at all in Sling itself. The above-mentioned Cemetery is there, looks quite large, it has it's own Chapel and even "Cemetery House" on the High Street near it's entrance I think. Looks like the Cemetery is accessed from the far eastern end of Clearwell High Street onroute towards Sling etc, exactly as per the above map, it's at the "PW" on the map (PW = Place of Worship).
Cemetery photos here
http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/38685/CLEARWELL%20CHURCH%20CEMETERY
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/981852

Altho less builtup than Sling etc, from an historic viewpoint I think Clearwell is the "senior" village in the area so their Church is probably the oldest and might therefore be worth visiting, it looks very nice. I think this is the one marked on the above maps#.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearwell
I recommend you contact Clearwell Church, they'll be able to advise further I'm sure.
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/clearwell-st-peter/
http://www.visitforestofdean.co.uk/discover/thingstodo/i-4435-Clearwell_Church__St_Peters

Looking at this FoD site's PRs searchpage I cannot see any Parish/Chapels listed as "Sling", but the site does list several BMDs for a Parish/Chapel at "Clearwell"; there are several Worgan Burials shown there, I suspect that's your best starting point.

Do you have any more clues eg "your" Churches' name ?

PS I've not been there in years and it's now much-extended, but the local pub the Orepool is wellknown for offering good food and even accomodation which may be usefull during your visit, my sister recommends it.
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g190799-d2550426-Reviews-The_Orepool_Inn...