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In the Register of Burials for Milton Road Cemetery, WsM there is the following entry;

Entry No 15582, Emily Ada Beese, widow aged 72 years, place of death 5 Alice Maud Place WsM, Burial 2nd April 1929. Grave number 46 H, in unconsecrated ground, new cemetery.

Thank you so much for your help, can you enlighten me about "unconsecreted ground please, I think it may be for paupers but not sure

Regards

Sandra

Hi Sandra,

Unconsecrated ground was used for the unbaptised, stillborns, suicides, non-Christian and sometimes paupers who would normally be put into a communal grave.

I don't know the circumstances of Emily's death but it was possible she was living alone and her baptism status was unknown.

Kate

I believe that what Kate has said is correct for nonconsecrated ground near churchyards which was used by the churches for those purposes.

However, in town cemeteries it is slightly different.  At the opening of  Weston Cemetery in 1856/7 the Bishop of Bath & Wales consecrated about half of the land for use for Church of England burials. The rest of the ground was left unconsecrated for Non-conformist burials and for Catholic burials when I understand the land is consecrated at the time of burial.  The vast majority of burials in the non-consecrated section were for non-conformists. The same would have applied for other cemeteries. The burial record may show the demonination of the minister who conducted the funeral.

Incidentally, there is no memorial on Emily's grave.

Thank you all so much for your help, Ithink the next step will be for me to get her death certificate .

How would I go about getting the burial record?

Thanks again, really appreciated

Sandra Lee