Stotfold Cemetary.

[peggysmum]

Hello. Would anyone who lives nr Stotfold be willing, able to visit for me and photograph a couple of plots. My 3 x great gran Margaret Parker is buried there. She is in the old section (c) plot 414. Also of her granddaughter Nellie Loveridge who is buried in the same section but plot 494a.
I would be very grateful if anyone can help.
Thanks so much Tracey

[stevew101]

Hi Tracey,

Its a shame that I didn't see this yesterday, as I was there.

I will be there next weekend, so will try to get photos for you if there are any headstones.  I have a number in this area, but sadly there is a lot of grass there.

Will let you know

Best Wishes
Steve

[peggysmum]

Hi Steve. Thankyou very much. that is very kind of you and much appreciated. Poor peg drowned in a ditch just outside Stotfold. It would be lovely to see where she is buried.
thankyou. Tracey

[stevew101]

That sounds really sad.  I wonder how that happened.

There are still a lot of Loveridges in this area.

I will PM you after the weekend and let you know what I find.

Best Wishes

Steve

[peggysmum]

she was disabled, she only had 1 leg and was elderly by then. she decided the night before to sleep in the lea of a hedge instead of walking on to the camp. Somehow she ended up in the ditch and was found the next day by a local man.

[stevew101]

It makes you realise how hard life was then.

[peggysmum]

oh yes. they seem to have had a very hard life. I found one newspaper report where she, her partner and three of their kids were prosecuted for sleeping in a barn one cold winters night. her partner died in 1881 leaving her with the children mostly under 10.

[peggysmum]

Did you have any luck steve. I guess the graves are just grass.
Thanks Tracey

[stevew101]

Hi Tracey,

Yes they are just grass.  Very few headstones in this part of the cemetary.  I am over that way again next weekend if you would like any general pictures of the area.

Please let me know as it is no problem.

Best Wishes
Steve