Just found my little sister is buried here she was only two in a guinea grave bless her

Joshua Wordsworth (Organ Builder) is my Great Great Grand Dad. Wow.......... I'll have to visit there, someday.

I've never heard of Guinea Graves. Today I learned something new! Thank you.

Thank you for featuring the cemetery where many of my ancestors rest. The Guinea Graves were a common feature of many 19th century cemeteries. They contain the remains of people too poor to pay for proper burial. They were not in coffins, just cheap shrouds. Families could actually book a place in advance. The Guinea was often paid by instalments. You didn't highlight the large numbers of infants and children listed.

Following up myprevious comment, you would find lots of material in Beckett St Cemetery in Leeds, including hundreds of Guinea Graves

There’s a lot of the Guinea graves at becket street cemetery in Leeds

I have never see graves with so many names on one stone, It was amazing to see so many of them.

on one of the graves it stated the name of the house that the person lived in was benmy-chree, which is also the name of one of the isle of man ferries

Nice to see you back in my neck of the woods.

I can walk here from my house.Names on the Guinea graves are engraved on both sides of the stones.

Great video with footage...very eloquently delivered..well done..love ur channel

So, is there an average of 10 people in each grave? The grave would have to be very deep if they were buried in coffins.

The Guinea graves were to give decency in death if you could find one pound one shilling. A paupers grave is a grave opened in July, and men, women, and children crammed in over 50 bodies then closed in September. Sextons were very proud of how much money they could save by this method

Very interesting video. Regarding the Guinea graves, would you happen to know the history of that area and were the numerous Guinea graves due to epidemic?