Burial Lane, Llantwit Major

Image: © Mick Lobb Taken: 9 Jan 2009

The lane is to the rear of Church Street that leads down to the church. Was it so named because of someone's macabre sense of humour or did burial parties use the lane to lessen the impact of such sobering events on the townsfolk in carrying their sad burden down the street I wonder. Information update: 'Ceridwen' suggests that Burial Lane may be what is also known as a corpse, or coffin, road. This was the route that a coffin would be carried for burial from an outlying part of the parish, often over a considerable distance. From the map, it might be the case that one of the footpaths marked as leading towards the village was also part of the route, possibly more direct than following the road.

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