I was reading last nights evening post and they were reporting on the fact that Babell Chapel in Carmarthen Road Cwmbwria are going to have their headstones removed to make way for Swansea housing consortium to build new homes . Gravestones under 50 years old will be placed on the boundary of the property and the older ones will be broken up and disposed of within 2 months . There are 800 graves at his site no bodies to be exhumed but they promise to TRY to move the gravestones to a memorial garden. It goes on to say that the John Williams has 4 generations of his family there all members of the Presbyterian Church of Wales and its predecessor The Welsh Calvinistic Methodists. I can Just make out a bit of the info on one of the graves in the photo Glyn Ivor Johnson, John Charles Johnson Also Mary beloved wife of the above also Gladys. rest of the info to small to read clearly Althea

This is terrible and something similar happened to an East London burial place a few years ago. I seemed to recall at the time there was quite a campaign to stop it happening. Did I not read somewhere that graves under 100 years old cannot be obliterated or was that just my fancy. My sister died as an infant 54 years ago and I would be saddened to think someone was going to despoil her grave. In the brutal world of the property developer these sort of things are just considered sentimental Christopher (6684) Still looking for: CHALLENER - (Anywhere) DAVIES (Carmarthenshire/Pembrokeshire) SPROSTON (Mainly Cheshire) TREMBLE (Co. Wexford/South and West Wales/East London) SCOPES (Mainly Suffolk) GOLDING (East London) MANNING (18th. C Cheshire) ----- Original Message ----- From: "althea.john" <althea.john@ntlworld.com> To: <CARMARTHENSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:25 PM Subject: Graveyard bits the dust >I was reading > last nights evening post and they were reporting on the fact that Babell > Chapel in Carmarthen Road Cwmbwria are going to have their headstones > removed to make way for Swansea housing consortium to build new homes . > Gravestones under 50 years old will be placed on the boundary of the > property and the older ones will be broken up and disposed of within 2 > months . There are 800 graves at his site no bodies to be exhumed but > they promise to TRY to move the gravestones to a memorial garden. > It goes on to say that the John Williams has 4 generations of his family > there all members of the Presbyterian Church of Wales and its predecessor > The Welsh Calvinistic Methodists. > I can Just make out a bit of the info on one of the graves in the photo > Glyn Ivor Johnson, John Charles Johnson Also Mary beloved wife of the > above also Gladys. rest of the info to small to read clearly > Althea > > > ______________________________

To all interested in this graveyard GlamorganFHS have a booklet of MI's (monumental inscriptions) on their lists on the Parish Chest site. So hopefully the names have all been recorded. I haven't seen it yet. Cheers Pat In message <007801c5de1b$a3bbe310$d1071c52@TheChallener>, Christopher Challener <christopher.challener@virgin.net> writes >This is terrible and something similar happened to an East London burial >place a few years ago. I seemed to recall at the time there was quite a >campaign to stop it happening. > >Did I not read somewhere that graves under 100 years old cannot be >obliterated or was that just my fancy. > >My sister died as an infant 54 years ago and I would be saddened to think >someone was going to despoil her grave. > >In the brutal world of the property developer these sort of things are just >considered sentimental > >Christopher (6684) > >Still looking for: >CHALLENER - (Anywhere) >DAVIES (Carmarthenshire/Pembrokeshire) >SPROSTON (Mainly Cheshire) >TREMBLE (Co. Wexford/South and West Wales/East London) >SCOPES (Mainly Suffolk) >GOLDING (East London) >MANNING (18th. C Cheshire) >----- Original Message ----- >From: "althea.john" <althea.john@ntlworld.com> >To: <CARMARTHENSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:25 PM >Subject: Graveyard bits the dust > > >>I was reading >> last nights evening post and they were reporting on the fact that Babell >> Chapel in Carmarthen Road Cwmbwria are going to have their headstones >> removed to make way for Swansea housing consortium to build new homes . >> Gravestones under 50 years old will be placed on the boundary of the >> property and the older ones will be broken up and disposed of within 2 >> months . There are 800 graves at his site no bodies to be exhumed but >> they promise to TRY to move the gravestones to a memorial garden. >> It goes on to say that the John Williams has 4 generations of his family >> there all members of the Presbyterian Church of Wales and its predecessor >> The Welsh Calvinistic Methodists. >> I can Just make out a bit of the info on one of the graves in the photo >> Glyn Ivor Johnson, John Charles Johnson Also Mary beloved wife of the >> above also Gladys. rest of the info to small to read clearly >> Althea >> >> >> ______________________________ > > > >==== CARMARTHENSHIRE Mailing List ==== >I use Wales Genealogy CD's for my research >http://www.Wales-Genealogy.co.uk > -- Pat Powell