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Reclaimed Graves
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Crista | Report | 11 Jul 2004 20:41 |
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Hi Karen, I will email you. Crista |
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(¯`*•.¸*Karen on the Coast*(¯`*•.¸ | Report | 11 Jul 2004 20:22 |
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Crista, when the grave was reclaimed after my g aunt died the family of the people that were then buried there never purchased the grave so it makes it straight forward for me to purchase it and put a headstone on it. Do you want me to see if i can find anything out for you tomorrow? Karen. |
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Crista | Report | 10 Jul 2004 19:06 |
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Many thanks for all your replies. I will check the links out. Zoe, is this the page you mean? http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/chp/crg/reusing.htm Karen, have you made contact with the people who have the deeds to the grave now or is this what you are checking into on Monday? Thanks, Crista |
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Bob | Report | 10 Jul 2004 18:09 |
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This is a council run cemetery and, judging by there website: http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/pcc/leisure/Parks/Cemeteries/LEI_PARKS_Cemetries.cfm they are pretty strict (no kerbs, only stone headstones etc). I wondered if they had an area hwere a small memorial could be placed as for people who were cremated. Bob |
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Zoe | Report | 10 Jul 2004 14:43 |
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http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/chp/crg/ there was a page somewhere on this site about a year ago regarding reburial rights |
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(¯`*•.¸*Karen on the Coast*(¯`*•.¸ | Report | 10 Jul 2004 14:20 |
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Crista, i'm going to milton on monday to purchase a grave of my great aunt,(died 1931).the grave was then reclaimed in the late 1950's.i have just been put in contact with my great uncle in ohio and he wants a headstone put on his sisters grave and as theres no one there i'm able to do this.if you want i can ask there for you about your situation, karen |
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Twinkle | Report | 10 Jul 2004 14:12 |
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I don't know that you can do anything. They have bought (or leased) the land and so have a right for their headstone, and theirs only, to be placed upon it. Someone mentioned on the board a few weeks ago that they weren't even allowed to put flowers on a grave because it now belonged to someone else. However I don't think a small bouquet is going to cause much offence. |
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Crista | Report | 9 Jul 2004 21:25 |
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While I was visiting Milton Cemetary in Portsmouth, we discovered my G Grandmother had been buried in a pauper's grave (not sure why) and without a headstone. The grave had been "reclaimed" by another family a decade or so later and the other family's headstone is over the grave. My mother would like to do something about this but not sure what. Crista |
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Crista | Report | 9 Jul 2004 21:24 |
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Doesn't anyone know about reclaimed graves? |
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