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Old 18-06-19, 12:20
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It's a local authority graveyard, don't know if that makes a difference. The 30 years lease runs from the date of burial but my father bought the plot 20 or more years before he died.

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Old 18-06-19, 20:11
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When my mother died in 2016, I ended up claiming ownership of a grave that was purchased in the 1870s by my great great grandmother, who died intestate in 1929!

It’s done now and there is room for me when the time comes.
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Old 18-06-19, 20:53
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I think our council cremation plots are 25 years. It's on the reasonable basis that people dont tend the graves/move away and in a generation time, the grandchildren are unlikely to know or care about the graves.

In London we have some splendid memorials, but no money for their upkeep.
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Old 18-06-19, 21:43
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I have to say that I have only visited my father's grave once, due to the travel distance involved and the very remote location of the graveyard. The council maintains the graves by virtue of mowing over them. Only flat memorials are allowed, in order to facilitate the upkeep.

Having recently visited a local church graveyard looking for someone's ancestors, I was shocked and saddened at the appalling state of many of the graves. Put simply, none of their relatives are tending them.
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