Lincolnshire churchyard maps

[chepstowgirl]

Today we visited 3 churches I the hope of finding ancestral graves but found none, despite assistance from church volunteers.
Would anyone know of any churchyard maps for -
Toynton All Saints
St Andrews at Halton Holegate
St Helens at Ashby by Partney
All relatives in these churchyards have the surname BOGG and buried years range from 1722 to 1897
Many thanks

[PaulineJ]

What do you visualise when you describe a churchyard map?

Generally the grave registers show who is in each plot, and there is a different map showing where each plot lies.

Burial registers do not generally list the grave number.

[chepstowgirl]

Hi Pauline
I was sent a plan of a churchyard (in the West Country) where I knew ancestors were buried. It showed the location of all graves (with the church in the middle) and each had the family name marked on the plot.
It meant I could walk straight to them and identify who was buried where. Such a help - it was be amazing if each churchyard had one. I know they are usually done by either a church enthusiast or amateur genealogists 😊

[David Outner]

Maps ought to be available for later nineteenth century burials in municipal cemeteries; but confined church burial grounds were likely to have had more than one burial on the same piece of ground.  Also, most graves were either unmarked or had only wooden markers that soon disappeared.  "For example, it was reported that in order to provide a grave for Charlotte Good in June 1845 four skulls had to be unearthed, as well as numerous other bones and fragments of coffins." - this is from https://www.louthlincs1838.org.uk/epitaphs-by-goulding-and-loft/

[chepstowgirl]

Thanks David - I fear you may be right. Our ancestors didn't appear to be wealthy people sadly so may have had soft stone which would have eroded, a wooden marker as you suggest, or maybe even nothing at all sadly. And they were all buried a very long time ago.
Sad, but at least they are being thought about if nothing else.
Thanks for your reply