The previous link seems to have been broken so here it is again: http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/cemetery-and-cremat orium/conservation-and-heritage/Pages/New-grave-re-use-area.aspx This isn't the first time graves have been re-used at the City of London cemetery. My 2xggf is buried there and I found the details online, found the map and visited the site. The area had been re-used and there are late 20th century graves. I understand the original graves are still underneath so I was able to 'visit' my 2xggf - I suspect he had no gravestone in any event. That burial was in 1859 in Square 10, Number.2469. Regards June

Here in West Australia cemeteries are doing what they call redevelopment of areas where the leases have expired (used to be 100 yrs then changed to 50 and now 25 years, some elderly people thought the grave site bought years ago was still a family grave but the laws changed and if they had moved, they had no idea. If the area is for redevelopment you cannot renew the lease. The deceased bodies are being left in situ, but headstones are removed (you are allowed to claim them but where does one put them in your front garden!!), it's the areas between the old graves that are being used, but these are only 25 year leases then what.   Some areas have been planted with gardens and made into ashes sites, but these too have a limited life   Helen ________________________________ From: June Figg <junefigg@btinternet.com> To: essex-uk@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 8 May 2013 4:24 PM Subject: [Ess] Proposed re-use of graves at City of London cemetery The previous link seems to have been broken so here it is again: http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/cemetery-and-cremat orium/conservation-and-heritage/Pages/New-grave-re-use-area.aspx This isn't the first time graves have been re-used at the City of London cemetery. My 2xggf is buried there and I found the details online, found the map and visited the site. The area had been re-used and there are late 20th century graves. I understand the original graves are still underneath so I was able to 'visit' my 2xggf - I suspect he had no gravestone in any event. That burial was in 1859 in Square 10, Number.2469. Regards June ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 2013/05/08 10:24, June Figg wrote: > The previous link seems to have been broken so here it is again: Bracket the link between < and >. Then it won't get split. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg