FelixAntonius
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Mystery grave
A few villages away from me, a new "unauthorised" grave has been found in the local grave yard!!!!
From the "Biggleswade Chronicle" of 22nd November 2002:-
Mystery grave may have to be dug up.
An apparently unauthorised grave in Gamlingay may have to be dug up to find out whose body lies within.
Checks with local undertakers and churches have left Gamlingay Parish Council none the wiser as to whom has been buried without permission in the village cemetery.
If the registrar's paper-work checks draw another blank the grave will have to be dug to check for a name plate on the coffin.
If there is no name on the coffin, it will have to be opened.
Parish clerk Lesley Mayne says it is a professionally dug grave. She is working with the coroner to solve the mystery.
Mrs Mayne said: "Whoever is in there has a family. It is a pity really."
A few villages away from me, a new "unauthorised" grave has been found in the local grave yard!!!!
From the "Biggleswade Chronicle" of 22nd November 2002:-
Mystery grave may have to be dug up.
An apparently unauthorised grave in Gamlingay may have to be dug up to find out whose body lies within.
Checks with local undertakers and churches have left Gamlingay Parish Council none the wiser as to whom has been buried without permission in the village cemetery.
If the registrar's paper-work checks draw another blank the grave will have to be dug to check for a name plate on the coffin.
If there is no name on the coffin, it will have to be opened.
Parish clerk Lesley Mayne says it is a professionally dug grave. She is working with the coroner to solve the mystery.
Mrs Mayne said: "Whoever is in there has a family. It is a pity really."