Completed Bishopwearmouth Burial

[northernsearcher]

Stan
Thank you for that. I am a bit confused by the information. John Dugdale was buried in 1831 at St. Michael and all Angels Cemetery.  Would he  have been exhumed and re-interred if he wasn't a cholera victim? Is Hind St. Cemetery the same or different from St Michael's cemetery? And, sorry to ask so many questions, were records kept of burials at St Michael's if they were or were not removed?
Jen

[stanmapstone]

If he was buried in 1831 then it would be in the grave yard at the church, unless he died of Cholera, probably Hind Street extension was not used for ordinary burials, although it was not closed until 1849, the same date as given for St. Michael’s and All Angels Churchyard. In October 1839 Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Thornton Place, was  opened to relieve pressure on St Michael's.
Hind Street burial ground was on the other side of Low Row from the church and was in a separate area. The burial registers are available.

Stan

[northernsearcher]

Thank you Stan

[northernsearcher]

Hello Stan and cwr
Today I got a reply from a really helpful person at Bishopwearmouth cemeteries.  She gave me the following information; William Dugdale - Blacksmith - 63 years - died at; 73 Trimdon Street - interred 4th Jan 1893
 
Ward...11
Section..A
Grave...1057
 
also interred in the grave is his wife Isabella - aged 67 yrs - 22nd July 1897.
 
This is an unpurchased grave, Ward 11 being a grassed area. No memorial will therefore be erected.

I presume (maybe wrongly?) that the family could not afford to pay for a grave or a headstone and that the cost of their interment was provided by the local authority.  Is that right? Stan, can you tell me what an unpurchased grave is please.
Jen

[stanmapstone]

Hi Jen,
There are Purchased Graves where the applicant purchases the Exclusive Right of Burial in this grave, effectively forming a private grave and giving the family of the deceased control of any future burials in that grave. The owner of the Right must give written permission before any burial can take place in a purchased grave. The Exclusive Right has a fixed term - usually 100 years after which time control of the grave is returned to the relevant authority.
Un-purchased Graves are also known as 'Common' or 'Public' graves. The relevant authority retains control of the burials in these graves. Burial Law used to require a 14 year interval between successive burials in one of these graves, (unless the deceased were from the same family), but this law has since been repealed.

Stan

[stanmapstone]

the cost of their interment was provided by the local authority. 

Most people belonged to a Friendly Society, or other organisation, which would cover the cost of a funeral, otherwise they would be buried in a paupers grave.
A Friendly Society is a voluntary mutual organisation whose main purpose is to assist members (usually financially) during sickness, unemployment or retirement, and to provide life assurance. Friendly societies have been governed by legislation in the United Kingdom for more than 200 years the first Friendly Society Act was introduced in 1793.

Stan

[northernsearcher]

Bless you Stan
I will work on this.
Jen