The Necropolis Railway used to carry corpses from Waterloo Station to the huge cemetery in Brookwood, Surrey. There were two stations inside the cemetery, one for Anglicans, the other for Dissenters. I used to guide at Highgate Cemetery and they have two separate sections. The Anglican section had been consecrated by the Bishop of London when the cemetery opened in 1839. The other section was never consecrated as it contained, not just Dissenters, for example the scientist, Michael Faraday, but also atheists. Nick Serpell Sent from my iPad > On 27 Sep 2014, at 11:47, Liz & Tom Thompson via <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > We have a similar situation at St Agnes. The Stilefields Cemetery, around > and behind St Agnes Museum, is split into two sections. The righthand part > is the consecrated part for CofE, and the lefthand, for non-conformists, > i.e. generally Methodist. The Chapel of Rest, now the Museum, was similarly > split, with a 9" thick wall between the two so that one party couldn't hear > what was happening next door, and two identical entrances, originally with > two separate paths leading to the building. > > Tom Thompson, > St Agnes. > >> Consecrated ground was for C of E parishioners, those not C of E would >> have the plot consecrated by their particular minister at the time of >> burial > > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Highgate Cemetery can also claim Karl Marx, Douglas Adams and some illustrious Muslims among its permanent inhabitants. -- Norman D. Nicol, Ph.D. Professional Genealogist/Family Historian Specializing in NE Pennsylvania, England, esp. Cornwall, and Scotland