graveyards

[spanner7853]

What happens when they run out of room. My husband asked me this last night, and I thought it was his way of letting me know he was going to kill me for insurance soon. Anyway joking aside. I was told that after a 100 years they dig the oldest ones up and bury new people. Is this right?

[dzug]

Yep they dig up the bones and start again. 100 years may not be the period but when you 'buy' a grave you are actually usually renting it for a specified period.

[makemesmile]

Said by my dad whenever we passed a churchyard....

"They're all dying to get in!"

(groan)

[spanner7853]

make me smile- that did make me smile. bless them quotes

[Catso]

I think what happens depends upon the pressure for space. My churchyard has headstones & plots going back further than a century. I think the oldest is 1600-&-something (very faded now!). There are dozens and dozens of early 1800s. But when the old churchyard was full, they started in another field, next door. I don't suppose you can do that, really, in a town.

[Lonnie]

There was some talk about burying people standing, to save room, don't think anything came of it though.

[jaberwocky]

we have a cemetary at one end of the village and over the years all they have done is take over more and more adjoining land.obviously not an easy option if there is no land to spare.

[jonjo]

cremation will probably be the law eventually but i'm talking years in the future

[killerklown]

We have a cemetery in the middle of our town.
It is the Dead Centre.
hehehe.