What's on your workbench?

[Paul]

So on the Wargames table, how do you know which direction East is?

Technically the church should be E-W too so orientate the graves with that.

[Jeremy]

The way your graves are facing.

Or , since you are an accountant, The window side

There are windows on all sides....

[Peeler]

Thinking on that, all the old CofE churches round here, the gravestones do face East. CofE are the only churches that have graveyards. I've read somewhere or seen, where the only exception is Vicars, they are buried facing the other gravestones, so that they are facing their congregation. Not sure at all about the town council one though.

[FreddBloggs]

Any old graveyards with pre 1530 graves, so catholic burials?

[Shahbahraz]

Well locally we have plenty of churches with graveyards that aren't CofE. But the pre 1530 burials tended to be inside buildings, so the pre 1530 in the Howff for example were inside what used to be Greyfriars. There a few in the old Monastery that are facing various directions. William the Lion's grave at the Abbey you can't tell the direction as it's a single marker.

[levied troop]

CofE are the only churches that have graveyards.

Err, no. And it might be a question of space these days but I can’t think of a graveyard that doesn’t have the gravestones facing all points of the compass.

[FreddBloggs]

Well locally we have plenty of churches with graveyards that aren't CofE. But the pre 1530 burials tended to be inside buildings, so the pre 1530 in the Howff for example were inside what used to be Greyfriars. There a few in the old Monastery that are facing various directions. William the Lion's grave at the Abbey you can't tell the direction as it's a single marker.

Technically, locally you have no CofE graves at all. The E is a giveaway.

[FreddBloggs]

Thinking on this, the village I grew up in had a norman church. Dug out old pics, all the graves, tombs etc align facing east.

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Technically, locally you have no CofE graves at all. The E is a giveaway.

I believe that the CofS and the CofI count as being affiliated.

In the sense that they will all be enjoying the same little corner of hell for eternity!

[FreddBloggs]

Yes, next door to the evangelical millionaires bonfire.

Well when you get to hell, come to my cafe, cabaret and bar, corner of Brimstone and Sulpher, first drink is free.