General Chat

Lack of burial space Nationwide problem!!!! On the Politics Show today, apparently they are looking at requesting graves 75yrs old with any living relatives permission to be shared, how does that work two headstones or what!??? But one cemetery in London 'WOODGRANGE' they have sold off a large part of it to developers to build 200 flats, talk about hypocrites, the sad sight was headstone after headstone stacked like playing cards, what is going to happen to these headstones and how will people searching their ancestors burial place be able to find them ??? The reporter said it's common trend for many graveyards to sell of areas of land to developers! Either they have a problem with lack of burial space or they don't, seems to me as though it's a case of double dealing ???? I think it's an absolute disgrace, something needs to be done about it??

Nothing but Grave robbing, if you ask me.......... how do they do that? they surely cant build on top of graves....... Bob

Sacrilege Bob pure Sacrilege !!!! Rose :(

omg i have rellies in that cemertry.Thats awful.My nans grave is no longer in a cemertry just up the road from there.She died in 1933 and it was a pauper grave so was dug over many years ago.Still upsets my mum.Mum was adopted age 3 after her mum died and she found peace by going to her birth mums grave. Annie

One of our local churches got into a state of disrepair, so they decided to church share with another local church. The orginal church got even worse, so was decided to pull it down. However this church also have a graveyard around it. But even so they decided to place an flats on part of the site. Where the church stood is now a memorial, the flats are to one side and their gardens are the remainder of the graveyard!!!!

OMG Grannie I'm even more sorry to hear that, it upset me enough watching the report !! I tried to find your thread about grave visits to help others but could'nt find it !!! I hope with my heart none of your rellies are under threat (((((((((hugs)))))))))) for you. Rose xx

My father bought a burial plot, which has only 25 years lease on it. He obviously thought that was long enough for him, so I have no problems with the grave being reused when the time comes. He was buried 250 miles from where I live, and I only tend his grave once a year, so you can see that it is not a significant place for me. Personally, I find burial a distressing option for myself and have opted for cremation. It is also true that most Churchyards used and reused the same graves over centuries, as space ran out. If every person who had ever lived, was buried in a separate grave, the whole country would be one mass of graves. OC

Rose i did not have a thread on grave visits but i did add to it and i have done a few for people and taken photos. Annie

Sorry about that Grannie my mistake,,I should have gone to Specsavers lol !!!! I did so what does that say !!!! Rose

How do they find living relatives ??? As I know from church where I got married, when they moved graves I spoke to the vicar he said those that are'nt claimed any valuables go to church?? Rose

yes how do they contact any living rellies? Especially if the graves are 75 years old. Do they not know that each one of those graves could have loads of living rellies. GRand children and great grandchildren. Well some might agree and some might not so who gets the casting vote........? When my brother died his girlfriend reserved a place for herself with him but within weeks of his funeral she had a new boyfriend and was living with him so guess she does not need to be buried with my brother. Often wonder if I could claim it for when my mum is ready to go......

My grandfather is under a block of flats! New Southgate cemetery in North London sold off land about 20 years ago and built a housing estate on it. Kim

This is a really emotiive subject Rose, When I found my ggg grandparents in a country church yard the though of them being turfed out would really upset me but I dont live in a built up area, Caz x