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Garden Burials

Clare Gittings and Tony Walter

Getting buried in your back garden has received some publicity in the UK since the 1990s, but it is not a new phenomenon.

Clare Gittings is examining eighteenth century records of a number of those who were buried in their gardens or on some other private property - which of them succeeded in staying put? How was this achieved?

Tony Walter will enquire of those who have recently engaged in or propose garden burial - what do they think will ensure their burial sites will remain undisturbed in futrure? In the light of our historical data, are their hopes realistic?

 

 

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