[WED]Missing Wedmore graves/gravestones etc
Martin Field
wedmore@lists.tutton.org
Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:18:12 -0400
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Hello Pat
The cemetary you refer to is the new cemetary so it is not surprising =
there are few or no graves before 1940.
I find even the burial records incomplete as there are more Mapstones =
recorded as having lived and died in the village then seem to appear in =
the local parish records.
All the best
Martin
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From: Pat Cryer=20
To: wedmore@lists.tutton.org=20
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:17 PM
Subject: [WED]Missing Wedmore graves/gravestones etc
I've just come back from a visit to Wedmore. It may be of general =
interest that I could find no sign of any graves in my family line. =
Thanks to the Burials section on the Tutton website I knew that I could =
expect little from the churchyard - but why, I wonder? What happened to =
ordinary people when they died in Wedmore? However, I had high hopes of =
the cemetery just outside Wedmore. My husband and I looked at every =
gravestone there, but there was nothing before about 1940 and no =
gravestones propped around the edge, as might be expected if the graves =
had been re-used. I know of at least three Fishers who should have been =
buried there - or somewhere? - between 1880 and 1910.
Does anyone have any comments, explanations, suggestions, etc.
I was also sad not to be able to locate the site of the blacksmith's =
forge in The Borough (1841) or the grocers opposite the bakers in Combe =
Batch (1901). If anyone could help me pinpoint these, I would be most =
grateful.
Pat Cryer
website: www.cryer.freeserve.co.uk
email address : pat@cryer.freeserve.co.uk
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Pat</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The cemetary you refer to is the new =
cemetary so it=20
is not surprising there are few or no graves before 1940.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I find even the burial =
records incomplete=20
as there are more Mapstones recorded as having lived and died in the =
village=20
then seem to appear in the local parish records.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All the best</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Martin</FONT></DIV>
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graves/gravestones etc</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've just come back from a visit to =
Wedmore.=20
</FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It may be of general interest that =
I could find=20
no sign of any graves in my family line. Thanks to the Burials =
section on=20
the Tutton website I knew that I could expect little =
from the=20
churchyard - but why, I wonder? What happened to ordinary people when =
they=20
died in Wedmore? However, I had high hopes of the cemetery just =
outside=20
Wedmore. My husband and I looked at every gravestone there, but there =
was=20
nothing before about 1940 and no gravestones propped around the edge, =
as might=20
be expected if the graves had been re-used. I know of at least three =
Fishers=20
who should have been buried there - or somewhere? - between 1880 =
and=20
1910.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Does anyone have any comments, =
explanations,=20
suggestions, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was also sad not to be able to =
locate the site=20
of the blacksmith's forge in The Borough (1841) or the grocers =
opposite the=20
bakers in Combe Batch (1901). If anyone could help me pinpoint these, =
I would=20
be most grateful.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pat Cryer<BR>website: <A=20
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