Just found my little sister is buried here she was only two in a guinea grave bless her
@thecloudies5 ай бұрын
Joshua Wordsworth (Organ Builder) is my Great Great Grand Dad. Wow.......... I'll have to visit there, someday.
@dm6072 жыл бұрын
I've never heard of Guinea Graves. Today I learned something new! Thank you.
@cluds136 Жыл бұрын
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.
@bootsmctee Жыл бұрын
They seem to be far more common in the north of the country and rarely seen in the south. Cardiff has something similar but just give a surname.
@cluds136 Жыл бұрын
Following up myprevious comment, you would find lots of material in Beckett St Cemetery in Leeds, including hundreds of Guinea Graves
@joannewall54992 жыл бұрын
There’s a lot of the Guinea graves at becket street cemetery in Leeds
@marygore24972 жыл бұрын
I have never see graves with so many names on one stone, It was amazing to see so many of them.
@valeymac20079 ай бұрын
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
@mushymagazineonlocation73282 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you back in my neck of the woods.
@ann-mariepaliukenas19 Жыл бұрын
I can walk here from my house.Names on the Guinea graves are engraved on both sides of the stones.
@johnosgraveyardjaunts22352 жыл бұрын
Great video with footage...very eloquently delivered..well done..love ur channel
@JohnDoe-px4ko2 жыл бұрын
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.
@valkyrie95177 ай бұрын
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
@beckysteffka24342 жыл бұрын
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?
@valkyrie951711 ай бұрын
The guinea graves were a chance for decency in death for the poor working class. Avoiding the ignominity of a common pit, buried with up to 50 people. No eperdemic, just hard lives and poverty. Leeds cemeteries are full of them.