Late last year I discovered some graves with one of our family names in our local churchyard, one had a very unusual forename and I dismissed it as being related to me. But so much family history has been uncovered this year, I now know the stone related to my family, so I went back to have another look and to photo the gravestone for my records, only to find the stone and others surrounding it had all gone!
It was a fine ornate stone memorial, taller than myself with lovely deep engraved lettering, it wasn't dangerous in any way, it wasn't leaning, was in good condition and stable, so why has it been taken up along with the others?
The churchyard is very well kept, but I did notice a wide line of the turf dug and resettled all the way from the church to the middle of the churchyard within the path of my ancestor's grave.
I have many questions as I am so outraged by this 'legal' desecration of graveyards!
Did they lay a water/mains line I wonder and had to go through the grave sites?
Or are they reusing the graves for new graves?
What happened to my ancestor's gravestone? Couldn't they have re-sited it along the wall of the churchyard as others have been re-sited over the years?
Needless to say I am so annoyed and I am kicking myself that I didn't get it on record before this happened. Who do I go to for answers?
Twiglet.
It was a fine ornate stone memorial, taller than myself with lovely deep engraved lettering, it wasn't dangerous in any way, it wasn't leaning, was in good condition and stable, so why has it been taken up along with the others?
The churchyard is very well kept, but I did notice a wide line of the turf dug and resettled all the way from the church to the middle of the churchyard within the path of my ancestor's grave.
I have many questions as I am so outraged by this 'legal' desecration of graveyards!
Did they lay a water/mains line I wonder and had to go through the grave sites?
Or are they reusing the graves for new graves?
What happened to my ancestor's gravestone? Couldn't they have re-sited it along the wall of the churchyard as others have been re-sited over the years?
Needless to say I am so annoyed and I am kicking myself that I didn't get it on record before this happened. Who do I go to for answers?
Twiglet.
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