Skeletons found under home in Hertfordshire

April 23, 2008 

She had hired builders for an extension for her cottage, where she has lived for eleven years, and at the beginning of April they found human bones in the ground. 
Her cottage was built over a burial ground; from 1697 to 1820 the land was owned by the Religious Society of Friends. In the 1600s, members of the society, better known as Quakers, were persecuted for their beliefs and so were not allowed to be buried in consecrated church grounds. Instead burials, which were also sometimes for others not recognised as parishioners - such as homeless people, often took place in the countryside. 
The "Daily Mail" states in its April article that the Religious Society of Friends have advised McGuigan that she "must cremate" the bodies, however Quakers have written an open letter to the Daily Mail, informing that for Quakers, there is "no specific advice on the disposal of bodies", and that they had never expressed an opinion on how the discovered skeletons should be buried.
Skeletons found under home in Hertfordshire April 23 , 2008 She had hired builders for an extension for her cottage , where she has lived for eleven years , and at the beginning of April they found human bones in the ground . Her cottage was built over a burial ground ; from 1697 to 1820 the land was owned by the Religious Society of Friends . In the 1600s , members of the society , better known as Quakers , were persecuted for their beliefs and so were not allowed to be buried in consecrated church grounds . Instead burials , which were also sometimes for others not recognised as parishioners - such as homeless people , often took place in the countryside . The " Daily Mail " states in its April article that the Religious Society of Friends have advised McGuigan that she " must cremate " the bodies , however Quakers have written an open letter to the Daily Mail , informing that for Quakers , there is " no specific advice on the disposal of bodies " , and that they had never expressed an opinion on how the discovered skeletons should be buried .
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