A interesting discussion has been taking place on another list about cemetery care. Can anyone tell me how it is handled in the UK, Gloucestershire particularly, please? Who owns the cemeteries, and the plots? Who is responsible for their care? Is interment permanent or are there times when bodies are removed, and if so, to where? Thanks, Elizabeth _____________________________________________ Gloucestershire Family History Society: www.gfhs.org.uk Gloucestershire Archives: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Elizabeth, "A interesting discussion has been taking place on another list about cemetery care. Can anyone tell me how it is handled in the UK, Gloucestershire particularly, please? Who owns the cemeteries, and the plots? Who is responsible for their care? Is interment permanent or are there times when bodies are removed, and if so, to where?" www.cable.org.uk/files/cemeteries-churchyards-and-burial-grounds.pdf will give you some answers. Trevor
Elizabeth Beckers wrote: > Who owns the cemeteries, and the plots? The cemeteries themselves are usually owned by the local authority (local town council or district council) but the plots can be bought for a period of 100 years by private individuals. > Who is responsible for their care? The actual plots are the responsibility of the owner (where applicable). If a plot is neglected, then the cemetery supervisor and/or local authority will try to contact the owner. The local authority is responsible for the care of the cemeteries themselves. The cemetery supervisor is employed to maintain the cemetery. > Is interment permanent or are there times when bodies are removed, > and if so, to where? To all intents and purposes, it's permanent. However, bodies can be moved if the cemetery has been sold and is being redeveloped (not sure I'd want to live on the site of a former cemetery though!), if there's subsidence or other damage. The remains are moved either to another part of the cemetery or to a new one. Efforts will be made to contact any plot owners. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/
On the 1881 census their are only two entries for Scudder, one just a plain old Scudder and the other a Leather Scudder: 1881 Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Eliza Anderson 1841 Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Wife, Scudder 1881 Nottingham St Mary, Nottinghamshire Arthur Hickling 1865 Nottinghamshire, Son, Leather Scudder I wondered whether it was another word for scuff, thinking about scaling fish or scuffing leather! Scud A film or deposit of waste matter appearing on the surface of leather in process after certain operations, esp. bating. Scud Scud intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Scudded ; present participle & verbal noun Scudding .] [ Danish skyde to shoot, shove, push, akin to skud shot, gunshot, ... Best regards Gillian -------------------------------------------------- From: "Gabrielle Baker" <gbake@unimelb.edu.au> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 11:12 PM To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [GLS] Fish Scudders > Maybe it was someone whose job it was to find out where the fish were > schooling > > -----Original Message----- > From: gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jon Baker > Sent: Tuesday, 22 February 2011 10:03 AM > To: gloucester@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GLS] Fish Scudders > > The url should be: > http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/glossary/Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations > -Ind > ex.html#Old%20Occupations%20-%20R > > Unfortunately like all of the other old occupation indexes to b found > online > "fish scudder" is not included. > > The only clue I can find is that a "scudder" was a term for a scout or > spy. > I don't really see how this is relevant to fish, but maybe someone else > can > see a connection. I can only think that spying on fish is a throw back > to > the co(l)d war (puns intended). > > Jon Baker > > -----Original Message----- > familyresearcher.co.uk/glossary/Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations-Ind > > Angela: Try this site..it should give you every occupation known. > > Evelyn >>> Does anyone on the list know what the above occupation is? Despite >>> rummaging google, I've not managed to find out. A couple of my > relatives >>> are recorded as Fish Scudders on one of the censuses. >> Angela >> >