Eggington Non-Conformist burials

[tilly56]

Could anyone tell me where Wesleyan Methodists would have been buried in Eggington in the 1800s?
Charlotte Lancaster died in 1864 (aged 69) and her husband Robert in 1872 (aged 82), both in Eggington. I have found some of their children baptised in Eaton Bray in the Wesleyan Methodist register. They were very poor and so I suppose would have been buried in a pauper's grave, or something very simple. I would be very grateful for any help. Thank you. Tilly x

[noxas]

Have you contacting the Bedfordshire  archive they may have records.
Good luck.

[stanmapstone]

A parishioner, wherever he/she may die, has the right to be buried in the churchyard, or other burial ground, of his/her own parish.
So they were probably buried in the Grave Yard of St. Michael's Church, but before 1880 no body could be buried in consecrated ground except with the service of the Church, which the incumbent of the parish or a person authorized by him was bound to perform. This caused a grievance with non-conformist ministers, which was removed by the 1880 Burial Laws Amendment Act which allowed the bodies of persons entitled to be buried in parochial burial grounds, whether churchyards or graveyards, to be buried there without the performance of the service of the Church of England.

Stan

[tilly56]

Hi Noxas and Stan, Thank you very much for your replies. I must get around to contacting the Beds FHS (I recently became a member again).

I have had a quick look on Find a Grave for St Michael's Church - there is a Lancaster - Eunice married name Inns, who was Robert and Charlotte's daughter! So thank you for the name of the church, Stan. Seems very likely the parents were also buried there.

Tilly x