Paupers graves where they buried up to 20 people on top of each other in the 19th century. A sobering walk this morning. - ThreadSky

cornucopist.bsky.social • 102 days ago

Paupers graves where they buried up to 20 people on top of each other in the 19th century. A sobering walk this morning.

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roaringmeg.bsky.social•101 days ago

At least their names are recorded. Most of our ancestors were buried without a headstone #familyhistory

parkcommunications.bsky.social•101 days ago

Where is this please?

srn13.bsky.social•101 days ago

Indeed it is! Yet snuggling up with nineteen other bodies may sound appealing this cold November morning!

bloosoo2.bsky.social•101 days ago

I have never seen a gravestone for paupers, not even a marker. Wish every cemetery had done this, so at least their name was acknowledged.

cornucopist.bsky.social•101 days ago

Some more pics as people seem interested. 180,000 people buried in this cemetery.

tutty352.bsky.social•100 days ago

Is that in Leeds? I’m fascinated to see the order of burial on many of these.

cornucopist.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yes. The order seems to be chronological by month.

tutty352.bsky.social•100 days ago

I seem to remember the babies and young children being buried at the top of many.

steve-friedrich.bsky.social•102 days ago

...coming to detention camps near us all.

brian770.bsky.social•101 days ago

Where is that?

cornucopist.bsky.social•101 days ago

Beckett cemetery in Leeds

brian770.bsky.social•101 days ago

Thanks

robmcf.bsky.social•102 days ago

Here there's no gravestones on the paupers graves. Could be any number of bodies buried.

cornucopist.bsky.social•102 days ago

There’s also something called guinea graves. People paid £1.05.

robmcf.bsky.social•102 days ago

I took my dad up to the cemetery where my grandfather is buried, not long before he died too. Told me his grandfather was buried up on the hill where it's all unmarked. Dogs playing and rabbits munching on the hill, that's almost as hood as a gravestone

robmcf.bsky.social•102 days ago

*good

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