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cemeterys that have been removed!!

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Linda

Linda Report 16 Aug 2008 23:13

Hi On my resent visit to Devon I found out that the church where i believe my Ancestors are buried was bombed in the the Plymouth blitz, When Plymouth was all built again the cemetery that stood in the church grounds of St Andrews all graves were interred some where else is there any way of finding out where they are now?? Linda

Researching:
AUSTIN, Brobyn,

Alison

Alison Report 17 Aug 2008 00:51

From my relative Brian's Plymouth Data Site.

http://www.plymouthdata.info/Churches-Ancient%20Parish-St%20Andrew.htm

Being an ancient parish church, St Andrew's used to have a churchyard. However, by the mid-19th century it had become so heaped with bodies that it was higher than the roadway and obscured part of the church so in 1884 it was levelled and the bodies removed to the burial ground in Westwell Street, a few yards to the west. In place of the churchyard was erected a memorial cross, St Andrew's Cross, but this landmark was badly damaged in the Blitz of March 1941 and later removed for safety.

Linda

Linda Report 19 Aug 2008 01:40

Hi Alison, Thank you i have just tried to go onto this site but could not get on it, I copied and pasted the address but could not get on any suggestions. it asks if i have spelt it correctly.Linda.

Researching:
AUSTIN, Brobyn,

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 19 Aug 2008 01:50

Page has just shown for me from that posted address.
.Maybe it was having a glitch.....

Gwyn