Genealogy Chat

Jane, I think that was the bit that threw me, why had the Home Secretary to give permission.........sounds like a other Brick wall lol......sorry, I couldn't resist that.......Lilly

thanks guys, knew you come up with something.......lol..... Jane:......Guess that could have been the answer, I didn't think of that, it was just some odd seeing it written down.. Victoria:.....I didn't find the information on a web site...it was on two CD's I have just bought for the Holy Trinity and St Marys Churches Bungay...with all the births, buriels and marriages on it...just give me a shout, if you need a look up...... Kathleen:........What an interesting comment, so they were saying you could chose how you wanted to be buriel,!! (still not sure why they would want to be buried like that, wonder if it still stands today lol) so much for the Victorian saying...'dead ringer' tough if you were buried 'alive' doubt if anyone would hear you ringing your bell though all the brick work lol......thanks everyone, for your comments.........Lilly

Just a guess, but I wonder if the deceased person was the victim of a crime, or even a murderer. Or perhaps died in unusual circumstances and they were trying to prevent grave robbing. It happened a lot in Victorian times. Remember Burke and Hare the famous body snatchers? Doctors needed dead bodies to use for medical science. Margaret

Perhaps they died of something unpleasant and had to have sealed graves. Kath. x

Why I wonder was it 'by order of the Home Secretary'?? J

This is taken from a council site giving interment options (along with traditional methods):- Brick Graves Brick graves, providing totally sealed 'containers' to house the coffins, are available in certain sections of the cemetery. Each grave is constructed out of brick entirely below ground and sealed with a concrete slab once the coffin has been interred. You may chose to have brick graves constructed to a maximum size of nine feet long by four feet wide (each) with the option of installing a suitably sized memorial on the ground level. These graves will be located together in a special section of the cemetery. You may also choose to construct an underground brick grave with a standard sized memorial at ground level. These types of brick graves will be located in the conventional grave section of the cemetery. Extra fees are payable for the right to construct brick graves. There will also be an additional cost for the construction of the grave. This is the address of the site:- http://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/Internet/0x0a14c85a_0x0000a57f/0x0a14c85a_0x0000a58e/0x0a14c85a_0x00018331 Kath. x

Ooo-err Lilly, Sounds like they had some awful plague-like ailment ... and didn't have any lead coffins in those days! Regs Jane

Just been looking at some Parish records for a village in Suffolk, and found two different entries, for buriels in 1877..and 1857..two different Ladies age 77 and 84.....besides their name and details, it is written .....' Interned in brick grave in the church yard by order of the Home Secretary'......most odd...whats that all about....anyone have any ideas lol......I might also add that they didn't belong to my family lol.....to late to be witches, I would have thought.....Lilly