Elida wrote: Please define -"Nonconformist" These are people who do not belong to the established Church of England. Some examples would be Baptist, Methodist and Calvinist. Any independent churches in other words. Their records are harder to find. They were often buried in cemetaries in 19thC called BOX cemetares too. Hope this helps you Regards, Jane

on 29/5/01 7:35 pm, buttery at bbuttery@mnsi.net wrote: > Elida wrote: Please define -"Nonconformist" > > These are people who do not belong to the established Church of England. Some > examples would be Baptist, Methodist and Calvinist. Any independent churches > in > other words. Their records are harder to find. They were often buried in > cemetaries in 19thC called BOX cemetares too. > Hope this helps you > Regards, Jane > Hi 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