Thanks Gerry. You are right I just cited that cemetary as Pauline James told me that is where they would look in Llanelli for my relatives. I should not have generalised. Yours, Jane > I'm sorry to disagree with you, but there is only ONE Box Cemetery and that > is in a part of Llanelli (Carmarthenshire) called Box - hence its name. A > very suitable name, nevertheless, for a cemetery! > > It was started by the nonconformists in Llanelli in the 1850s because the > local Church of England vicars were refusing to allow nonconformist > ministers to officiate at burials at the Old Cemetery which was known to > local Welsh speakers as Mynwent y Crach (Graveyard of the Snobs). > > "Looking Around Llanelli with Harry Davies" edited by Gareth Hughes has a 2 > page article called "The Origins of Box Cemetery" which explains the whole > business in detail. > > Gerry Lewis > >