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BURIAL GROUNDS. |
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK. |
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AT A MEETING OF THE
HEALTH COMMITTEE, HELD ON THURSDAY,
THE 4TH DAY OF JULY, 1878 |
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THE Town Clerk Begs to submit the subjoined Report,
pursuant to a resolution of the Health Committee of the 11th April,
1878, with reference to the burial grounds within the Borough of
Liverpool. |
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1 - By the statute 16 and 17
Vic, cap 134, sec 1, it is enacted "that in case it shall appear to Her
"Majesty in Council, upon the representation of one of Her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, "that for the protection of the public
health the opening of any new burial ground in any City or Town, "or
within any other limits, save with the previous approval of one of such
Secretaries of State, should "be prohibited, or that burials in any City
or Town, or within any other limits, or in any burial grounds "or places
of burial, should be wholly discontinued subject to any exception or
qualification, it shall be "lawful for Her Majesty, by and with the
advice of Her Privy Council, to order that no new burial "ground shall
be opened in such City or Town, or within such limits, without such
previous approval: "or (as the case may require) that after a time
mentioned in the order, burials in such City or Town, or "within such
limits, or in such burial grounds or places of burial, shall be
discontinued wholly, or "subject to any exceptions or qualifications
mentioned in such order, and so from time to time "circumstances may
require." |
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2 - Pursuant to the powers
contained in this section, Her Majesty has made orders with reference to
several of the burial grounds within the Borough, of which the following
is an abstract: -
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7th of April 1854...
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THAT no new burial ground shall be opened in the borough of
Liverpool, or within two miles of its boundaries, without the previous
approval of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State: and
that burials within the same be discontinued, with the following
modifications, from and after the eighteenth day of April then instant
(except as is herein otherwise directed), viz. :- |
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Burials to be wholly discontinued in St
Paul's Churchyard, St Thomas's Churchyard, St Anne's Churchyard and
under the Church, St Phillip's Churchyard, Trinity Churchyard and under
the Church, St Mark's Churchyard, St Andrew's churchyard and under the
Church, in the Baptist Burial Ground, Everton Road, in the Burial
Grounds of All Saints' Roman Catholic Chapel, of Great George Street
Chapel, of Newington Independent Chapel, Renshaw Street, of St Nicholas'
roman Catholic Chapel, Copperas Hill, of St Peter's Roman Catholic
Chapel, Seel Street, and in the vaults under the two chapels, in St
Peter's churchyard, in St Nicholas' Church and Churchyard, in the Burial
Ground of St Patrick's Roman Catholic Chapel and under the Chapel, and
in the Wesleyan Methodist Burial Ground, Upper Stanhope Street. With the
exception of private vaults and graves, no more than one body to be
buried in any grave in the burial grounds of the Necropolis and of St
Mary's Cemetery, of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, Oldham Street, of
the Scotch Presbyterian Church, Rodney Street, and of St Anthony's Roman
Catholic Chapel, Scotland Road; and burials to be wholly discontinued in
the last three-mentioned grounds from and after the first of January,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. With the same exception, no
more than one body to be buried in any grave in St Michael's churchyard,
and burials to be wholly discontinued therein from and after the first
of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. With the same
exception, no more than one body to be buried in any grave in the
churchyard of St George's, Everton. With the same exception, no more
than one body to be buried in any grave in the burial ground of St
Anne's Chapel, Edge Hill, no burial to take place within twenty feet of
the schools; and with the same exceptions, burials to be wholly
discontinued therein from and after the first of January, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-five. Burials in the vaults of this Chapel to
cease forthwith. Burials to be wholly discontinued in St Martin's
churchyard, from and after the first of august, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-four: in the burial grounds of Brunswick Chapel, Moss
Street, and of the Unitarian Chapel, Renshaw Street, from and after the
first of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five; and in the
Quakers' Burial Ground, Hunter Street, from and after the first of
January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. |
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Burials to be wholly discontinued in all
that part of St Martin's Parochial Cemetery which has already been
buried in, and to cease wholly within the cemetery from and after the
first of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. Burials to
be discontinued forthwith in all the part of the Independent Chapel
Burial Ground, Toxteth Park, which is situated to the east and south of
the Chapel, and to cease wholly therein, from and after the first of
January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. |
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8th of June, 1854... |
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That so much of the Order in Council of the
seventh of April last, as regulates and directs the discontinuance of
burials in the churchyard of Trinity Church, Liverpool, and under that
church, and also in the churchyard of St Michael's, Liverpool, be, and
the same is hereby repealed. |
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3rd of July, 1854... |
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That so much of the Order in Council of the
seventh of April last, as directs the discontinuance of burials in St
Peter's Churchyard, in the town of Liverpool, he hereby repealed. |
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11th of August, 1854... |
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That so much of the Order in Council of the
seventh of April last, as directs the discontinuance of burials in St
Martin's Churchyard, Liverpool, be hereby repealed. |
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13th of Sept, 1854 |
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That such parts of the Order in Council of the
seventh of April last, as direct the discontinuance of burials in St
Thomas's churchyard, Liverpool, be hereby repealed. |
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7th of Dec, 1855 |
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That burials be discontinued, from and after
the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the
Quakers' Burial Ground, Hunter Street, Liverpool, except in ground which
has never been previously buried in. |
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22nd of Oct, 1856 |
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That no new burial ground shall be opened in
any of the undermentioned parishes without the previous approval of one
of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and that burials in the
said parishes shall be discontinued, with the following modifications,
from and after the fifth day of November next (except as is herein
otherwise directed), as follows, viz: - |
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Liverpool. - Beneath the Churches of
the Holy Trinity and Christ Church, Liverpool, and (except in family
vaults and brick graves, which can be opened without the disturbance of
soil that has been buried in, in which each coffin shall be embedded in
charcoal and separately entombed in an airtight manner, and in purchased
family graves, not less than five feet deep, which can be opened without
the exposure of remains, for the burial only of members of the families
of their owners), in Holy Trinity Churchyard, in Christ Churchyard, in
St John's Churchyard, in St Martin's Churchyard, and in St Michael's
Churchyard, in Liverpool. |
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Walton-on-the-Hill. - Beneath the
Roman Catholic Chapel of St Anne, Edge Hill, in that Parish of
Walton-on-the-Hill, and in that part of the burial ground thereof which
is within twenty feet of the school-room, and also in the rest of the
burial ground, and in the churchyard of St James', Toxteth Park, in the
said parish, except in graves never previously opened, one body only to
be buried in each, unless in family graves now existing for the burial
of members of the same family - such graves being not less than five
feet deep, and which can be opened without the exposure of remains, and
in now-existing vaults and brick graves which can be opened without the
disturbance of soil that has been buried in, in which each coffin shall
be embedded in powdered charcoal and separately emtombed in an airtight
manner. |
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16th of Nov, 1857... |
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That the regulations for burial grounds,
provided under the Burial Acts, and annexed to this Order (omitting that
numbered III.), be established in respect of all burials in common
graves in St James's Cemetery, Liverpool |
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13th of Nov, 1858... |
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That the officiating priest, or other person
or persons, having the case of the vaults under St Anne's Roman Catholic
Chapel, Edge Hill, near Liverpool, do adopt, or cause to be adopted, the
following measures in respect of such vaults, viz: - That the coffins in
the said vaults be completely covered with soil mixed with charcoal, or
McDougal's disinfecting powder, and entombed by brickwork in an airtight
manner. |
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9th of Sept, 1865... |
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That burials shall be discontinued
forthwith, wholly, in the churchyards of St John and of St Peter. |
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20th of Dec, 1867... |
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Forthwith, wholly, in the church and
churchyard of St Thomas, except in the vaults belonging to Miss Leathers
and Mr Edward Parry, in which each coffin shall be embedded in charcoal
and separately entombed; that is, enclosed by brickwork or masonry
properly cemented. |
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7th of Oct, 1869... |
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That burials be discontinued in the
following burial grounds: - St Michael's Liverpool. - Forthwith, wholly,
in the church of St Michael, Toxteth Park, in the parish of
Walton-on-the-Hill, and also in the churchyard, except in family vaults
which can be used without baling out water, and except in family graves
which can be opened to the depth of five feet without the exposure of
coffins or the disturbance of remains, and that at least a day's notice
of any intended burial be given to the Surveyor of the Toxteth Park
Local Board of Health. |
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10th of May, 1872... |
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That burials be discontinued (except as is
herein otherwise directed), forthwith, in the Necropolis cemetery, in
the Parish of Walton-on-the-Hill, in the County of Lancaster, except in
graves in which every coffin buried shall be separately entombed by
stonework or brickwork properly cemented, or by concrete not less than
six inches in thickness, that no earthen grave that has been buried in
shall be reopened, unless it be a private grave, in which case the soil
within a foot above the previously-buried coffin shall be left
undisturbed, and that no grave shall be opened less than four feet deep. |
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Forthwith, in the St Mary's Cemetery, in the
Parish of Walton-on-the-Hill, in the County of Lancaster, except in
graves in which every coffin buried shall be separately entombed by
stonework or brickwork properly cemented, or by concrete not less than
six inches in thickness, that no earthen grave that has been buried in,
in that part of the said Cemetery which is north of a line drawn from a
point seventy yards south of the East end of the Northern Wall to
another point fifty yards south of the West end of the Northern Wall,
shall be reopened, unless it be a private family grave, in which
case the soil within a foot above the previously-buried coffins shall be
left undisturbed, and that no grave shall be opened less than four feet
deep. |
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13th of May, 1875... |
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That burials in St Anthony's Roman Catholic
church, Liverpool, be discontinued forthwith, wholly, in the catacombs
beneath the said church. |
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