30-03-2009, 21:53
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Re: History Lesson
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Originally Posted by Retlaw
Hi Emamum.
Not many people have noticed them. They were used to mark out the divisions for the burial plots when it was first used as a graveyard back in 1841.
I got Atarah to hold one end of the tape measure, and we went all the way round. I then made a scale drawing of the site with the church, to scale in the middle. Then with the aid of the registers and burial book, lent to me by the Vicar, I put in all the plots and who was buried in them.
By the way, not all of the stones are now in the correct place, over the years when repairs and alteration have been done, they have'nt always been put back in the right order.
Retlaw
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i knew you would know  thanks
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