Was a record kept of where they were reburied? I presume they were not put in individual graves but would be nice to know where my Great Great Grandparent's remains are located. Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS > -----Original Message----- > From: BARBARA WINDER [mailto:barbara@wonderwinder.freeserve.co.uk] > Sent: 28 April 2006 15:25 > To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Moor Lane Baptist Chapel > > I'm sure someone will have more detailed knowledge of this > church but a number of the churches in central Bolton closed > their graveyards mid-1800s. I believe many of the bodies were > moved to the municipal cemeteries at Heaton and Tongue and > re-buried. In many cases however the gravestones remained. > For example the gravestones in the old graveyard at the > Parish church were left along a wall piled on top of each > other. However, I do know a number of the M.I.s were noted > before they moved to their present position and the booklets > on these are indexed in books and microfilm at Bolton Local > Studies Library. > Barbara