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A couple of daft questions.
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Sam | Report | 11 Apr 2006 21:38 |
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Sam | Report | 11 Apr 2006 21:39 |
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I have been to the library today and printed some pages out of the Municipal Cemetery's burial records. The entries on one page have two columns, one for if a person is buried in consecrated ground and one for if they weren't. Apologies if I sound thick but what does this mean? My rellie has a tick in the 'un-consecrated' ground column - does this mean he wasn't religious? Out of 9 entries on the page, 6 of them were in un-consecrated ground. Secondly, I have looked up a marriage from 1828. For the groom, it says 'of the parish of Madeley' which is correct. For for the bride it says 'of this parish'. Does that just mean it was the parish she was living in at the time and wasn't necessarily born in? This is in Stoke on Trent yet according to census info she came from Crewe, Cheshire so I want to make sure that it could still be the right ne. Thanks Sam x |
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Debbie | Report | 11 Apr 2006 21:41 |
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Hi Sam, not sure about the parish question but I know about the consecrated ground because I asked the same thing recently and the staff at our councils bereavement services were very helpful and explained. If someone is buried in consecrated ground, it means that their religion is Cof E. If they are any other religion (Catholic, Jewish, no religion etc) they are buried in unconsecrated ground. |
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Merry | Report | 11 Apr 2006 21:54 |
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Consecrated ground has been blessed by a Church of England Bishop. Obviously all C of E churchyards will be consecrated, but Cemeteries have different areas for different burials. You do not have to prove you are C of E (or the person arranging your burial doesn't have to!) to be buried in Consecrated ground, but obviously if you are a member of another denomination/religion then you would probably prefer to be in unconsecrated ground. Merry |
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Sam | Report | 11 Apr 2006 21:56 |
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Well that's opened a can of worms, I've looked up the burials of 7 relatives today and have just checked them all, every single one was in unconsecrated ground! As far as I know they were all C of E (all baptised and married in C of E churches anyway) so now I'm intrigued to know why they were buried like this! Sam x |
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