Where have all the Gravestones gone - At Tring
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Where have all the Gravestones gone - At Tring
Image: © Chris Reynolds Taken: 27 Sep 2013
When I first visited this cemetery in the 1960s there was an almost continuous row of gravestones edging this footpath, with many more behind them. However in 1972 it was announced that if you didn't leap out of your grave to say you wanted the stone to stay (or a surviving relative spoke up on you behalf) it would be removed. A team with sledgehammers moved in in 1973 to break up and remove the unclaimed stones. (I must shamefacedly admit that I was one of those involved.)
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Image Location
Latitude
51.794888
Longitude
-0.661582