Churchyard upkeep

[Cell]

Do you happen to know what the earliest headstones that youve seen there are? And, dont they care about the other side of the grounds (not road side).

I can't recall the exact year , except it was in the early part of the 1700's , 1730's maybe.
There should be some in there that are in the late 1600's - if the stones have survived

The grave that  I was looking for ( oct 1843)  I had no luck in finding (if there was a stone of course) . I was there for hours trying to scrape brambles off some of the graves to find it. I gave up in the end as it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
I did try the vicar and he basically said in so many words "good luck to you - it will be over in that part somewhere (meaning the Jungle bit) "

Thank goodness that my other lot from Llangyfelach are buried over in Clydach in St John's - Now that cemetery is well kept. Graves numbered in the burial book, so they are easy to find .  The grounds are tidy  and the old plots reasonably tidy/cared for . The vicar was also very helpful. Hats off to them.
It's a pity they are not all like that.

Kind Regards
P.S

"What exactly can the church do with a broken tombstone? It does say try and contact a relative but how do you do that with ones that have been worn smooth? "

the dangerous stones  ie the ones which are likely to topple over and injure someone , they lay them down on the ground - one of mine  was face down ( why they lay mine face down , and not back down I don't know  which covered the inscription and I couldn't read it)

[Vasquez109]

Face down eh? Thats a bit daft! I bet if you tried turning one around the right way again it would be a job for 2 people. Most of them are sandstone arent they? and will weigh a lot more when they are wet.

Its bad enough trying to find some stones that are still standing in sbout 5ft of brambles. How many more are there that have been layed down that you cant see???