Graves in a cemetery could be REUSED to make space for future burials

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Graves in a British cemetery could be reused to make space for future burials.Bishop's Stortford Town Council is preparing to repurpose historic burial plots in its Old Cemetery.Officials warn that available space for new interments could be exhausted within the next 10 years.The Hertfordshire authority has secured approval from the Diocese of St Albans to begin reusing graves dating back to before 1949.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Several of the plots date back to the Victorian era.The council is understood to be unique among local authorities beyond the capital in obtaining such powers through a diocesan faculty combined with the Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Act 2024.This means they can bypass the need for central government authorisation.Any burial site with a recorded interment after December 31 1949, will remain untouched under the scheme.The authority has released details of over one thousand burial records from approximately 900 graves that may be subject to the reuse...

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