Right, have just had a verbal report from the archeologist. The monuments are a mixture of floor monuments and external gravestones that have been moved from their original position and in some cases, cut to fit the space available. Some of the stones are imbossed and would have originally held brasses. The archeologist thinks that the skull and crossbones denotes poverty, but as the grave is for the son of the vicar, perhaps poverty was a relative term. He also thinks there is a well underneath the church and certainly a crypt that has been blocked up for so long that nobody knows its location. Furthermore, he is convinced that the rest of the church, which consists of pews mounted on raised platforms, probably also covers a host of similar memorials. What a shame that cost prohibits any investigation, but you never know, one day....
There were plenty of photographs taken and if any of them come out well, I will post on here. No need to get any archeological experts in to do any further work however as we are not going to damage the graves although they will invariably be covered over.
