Hi All, Thanks very much to Sandra and Vanessa. A stake through the heart! Wow! I should think the prospect of that alone would deter suicides. And as long as I'm on about burials, what are/have been the laws about how long a grave is owned? And what about babies who were buried with unrelated adults to keep them company? Is that still done? Is/was permission needed from the adult's family? Maybe too curious, Lois -----Original Message----- From: Vanessa Morgan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: 'Black Country Rootsweb [Black Country]' <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jul 20, 2009 6:45 pm Subject: Re: [Black Country] Burial Question Hi Lois It's true. For many years suicides were buried at crossroads with a stake through their heart - the last recorded person to be buried in such a way (but without a stake) was Griffiths, buried at the junction of Kings Road, Eaton Street and Grosvenor Place, London at 1.30 am in 1823. In the following year, the practice was abolished by statute, which provided that burial was to be in a churchyard at night but without religious rites. In 1882, suicides were allowed to be burieed in daylight hours. Gruesome or what???? Cheers Vanessa (Cardiff) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 20 July 2009 22:19 To: [email protected] Subject: [Black Country] Burial Question Hi All, Someone on another list made a statement about burials in England, which I've copied below. I figure my B.C. list family will know the answer. What do you think? Lois In England in centuries past any deaths from what could be suicide led to burials late at night (there's a term for those burials but it escapes me at the moment) ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message