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Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 99 Send Message	feralcat	Report	30 Jul 2008 00:56
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 99 Send Message	UNPURCHASED GRAVE An unpurchased grave, sometimes known as a public or common grave, is where the right to burial cannot be bought and the council has total control of the grave. These graves can sometimes be bought at a later date provided they have not been used for a second interment. The council will decide who will be buried in the grave and this might not be members of the same family. No memorial rights exist on public graves so no headstone or other memorial can be put up. http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=3297
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 5 Send Message	Denise	Report	30 Jul 2008 00:35
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 5 Send Message	hi i have been trying to find my great grandfathers grave for a long time people who were at his funeral can tell me where it was but there is no gravestone? When i made enquiries about it i was told the grave was not bought out can someone tell me what this means exactly because the family had money as they owned shops and big house and also my great grandmother was supposed to be buried with him but the family got her cremated instead so i am a bit confused can someone explain this to me as i am a newby and find somethings hard