I have recently bought an old disused graveyard (around 500 headstones) I am looking to sell them on, any ideas ?
(Edited by et tu brute at 7:44 pm on June 17, 2004)
york stone - plenty of it
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Headstone flags come up every now and again, but most people are very wary about buying them - there's something macabre about them that limits their appeal.
The last time I heard of some being sold was as replacement stock for a local Parish Church where much of the church grounds had been paved with 16th-18th century headstones. A number of the original headstones/flagstones were broken and had been temporarily replaced with truly awful concrete copies - the parish bought 30-odd square metres of the 'recycled' headstones to use as replacements for the replacements.
The last time I heard of some being sold was as replacement stock for a local Parish Church where much of the church grounds had been paved with 16th-18th century headstones. A number of the original headstones/flagstones were broken and had been temporarily replaced with truly awful concrete copies - the parish bought 30-odd square metres of the 'recycled' headstones to use as replacements for the replacements.
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As a genealogist, could I please ask that you record all the details on the headstones? These records are really valuable to family historians, and once gone are lost forever. Your local Family History Society might even come and record the names if they haven't already done so, and they are insured whilst working on such projects so you don't have to worry too much about them dropping them on their toes.
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