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From: Guy Etchells <>
Subject: Re: Preserving cemetery inscriptions?
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 07:40:17 GMT
References: <i5M78.87727$HW3.125492@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>, <3C5FA8F0.5EA315B@virgin.net>, <fb924c044b.tim@southfrm.demon.co.uk>


They because the Church owns the churchyard, but yes I agree a fourth
alternative would be a joint initiative with descendants or "Friends of
churchyard" group. This approach has worked in the case of private cemeteries
such as York Cemetery Trust see -
http://homepages.tesco.net/~hugh.murray/home.htm
and
http://gye.future.easyspace.com/yorkct.htm

Cheers
Guy

Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote:

> In message <>
> Guy Etchells <> wrote:
>
> > I agree Bob, personally I would like to see every churchyard and
> > cemetery preserved, but I live in the real world and understand that in
> > today's world the Church (due to gambles taken in the past) can no
> > longer afford to hang on to many of its churchyards and needs to sell
> > them off when the church has been closed.
> >
> > They have in essence three alternatives
> > 1) Keep the churchyard and pay for its upkeep.
>
> <snip>
>
> Why "They". Why not "We"?
>
> The various graves, tombstones, vaults and sepulchres were erected by
> our ancestors for the glory of their late departed. The local church
> did not pay. I do not see why it should pay now. If the descendants
> wish their family memorials to be preserved, hen they should club
> together and put some pennies in the hands of the local monumental
> mason.
>
> Mind you I'm trying to do just that for a sizeable grave containing a
> fair few of my ancestors and the said mason failed to turn up!
>
> --
> Tim Powys-Lybbe
> For a patchwork of bygones: http://powys.org
>

--
Wakefield England

http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells Transcripts, Parish Records,
Calendar, Scaleable Map of Uk. Link to LDS website, Abbreviations, Returns of
Owners of Lands etc. etc.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/dh/ Whitefield
Transcripts, Etch/ells Transcripts
http://gye.future.easyspace.com Worldwide Cemetery Links, Monumental
Inscriptions, War Graves, etc.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/framland/york.htm Yorkshire
Pages, Photos, and transcripts with a Yorkshire flavour


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