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John Dolloway was buried at Astwood rd Cemetery (reference no: 12825) on 12th February 1880, aged 29. His address is given as Beaver Row, St peter's parish.  St Peters church failed to keep a record of their parish records for may years, hence the only record that exists is the Astwood Rd reference.

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Richard Stait's address was Brickyard or Brickfield, London Rd. I've never been able to place this exactley, but I suspect it was a plot of land on just off the London Rd - with easy access to the Keuper Marl clay; an abundant resource in the city of Worcester.  The Brickyard kilns were usually on the same locations (the owners would promptly close down and relocate the kilns once the clay on the site had been used up. Richard Stait was buried in the churchyard of St Martins, Cornmarket on the 12th March 1845.

Doldy or 'Dolday' was perhaps the poorest part (of many!) in Worcester. The slums were progressively condemned and demolished by the council, with most of them having been cleared prior to WW2.  Most people were relocated to new council housing built on the growing periphery of Worcester.   Many photos exist. Try looking at 'The Changing Face of Worcester' site.

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The graveyard closed for business in 1858.  It was already dangerously overcrowded with many burials occurring over old ones.  The original church was medieval.  The real criminals were the Victorians who demolished the building. It was immediately replaced by an unremarkable new church which lasted until the 1970s.  By then, the church tower was considered unsafe and low attendance meant that it was closed, de-consecrated and demolished in the 1970s.
Clearance of graveyards/ flattening of gravestones was a more recent and widespread occurrence.  The choice being that of the church vicars and the rationale being based on a mixture of aesthetics (green an open ground etc.), the perceived danger of derelict, falling gravestones, and the cost of rectifying the problem. Gravestones were commonly flattened and soil / turf used to cover the site.  Municipal graveyards have fared far better due to more stable ground ( 1 x burial per plot) and ongoing regime of professional maintenance. 

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Just a quick update.  Burials in Worcester St Peters stopped in 1858.  All burials from then were mostly at Astwood Rd Municipal Cemetary of St Johns ditto.  The church itself was demolished c1970.