Mystery of 443 gravestones
AN incredible 811 headstones at Bexhill Cemetery were deemed to be dangerous and have been laid flat.
Rother District Council sent 731 letters to owners whose addresses were on file.
Of those 443 have been returned as 'not known at this address.'
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The news follows last week's shock Observer report on council action at the cemetery.
There are between 10,000 and 12,000 memorials at the cemetery.
This week it emerged that Rother council has no clear idea what to do with those 400-plus flattened gravestones for which family members could not be traced.
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