Thanks very much for your informative reply Tina :)
Bright Blessings
Sandra
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From: "TINA STEWART" <tina59(a)btinternet.com>
To: <WALES-GEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [WALES-GEN] cemtery renewal
Hi Sandra,
An Interesting subject, as I've ask some church grave yards and Cemeteries
about the law on headstones, and it seems over here in England that each to
their own, a Cemetery that my father and my Mum's parents and both sets of
grand parents are buried, say that if theres a headstone on a grave, the
graves or headstones are not touched, but if no headstone, after 100 years
the grave will be reused.
Some Church Yards that no longer have burials in them, just leave the
headstones where they are, unless they fall over or break, and they are
moved to a safer place.
Others move the old headstones and either lay them down around the
church
or up against the church yard walls. Once laid down they wear away quiet
quickly, and then the writing is gone forever, as they are not recorded for
future family historians.
Regards
Tina from very warm Whitstable in Kent
Sandra <fedelmar(a)webace.com.au> wrote:
Some of you will know I am the convenor of Saving Graves Western Australia
and am fighting the renewal process that has been in place at Karrakatta
Cemetery
(applies to all Western Australian Cemeteries) since 1986. The
practice is
outdated and
outmoded and I do not believe that all options are being explored and
considered. In
my opinion the removal of headstones from a grave is legalised
desecration.
It has been brought to my attention that there are cemeteries in some
Australia States and other countries that are considering this process. I
would
like to know
what the current policy is for the removal of headstones on expired
tenures and if
there has been any policy in place for cemetery renewal that has been
abandoned in favour
of something else.
I would like to know what the cemetery authorities consider a historically
significant
person buried in any cemetery and what privilege is afforded to
graves of
defence
personal both officially recognised and unrecognised.
Bright Blessings,
Sandra.
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