Burial site in running.A teesside cemetery cemetery, name used by early Christians to designate a place for burying the dead. First applied in Christian burials in the Roman catacombs, the word cemetery came into general usage in the 15th cent. is battling it out to be crowned Britain's best burial burial, disposal of a corpse in a grave or tomb. The first evidence of deliberate burial was found in European caves of the Paleolithic period. Prehistoric discoveries include both individual and communal burials, the latter indicating that pits or ossuaries were site. Thornaby Cemetery is flying the flag for the area in the national Cemetery of the Year Awards. Last year - in its first year of entering - the historic cemetery came second in its category in the awards, which aim to discover Britain's best cemeteries, churchyards and crematoria. This year Thornaby aims to go one better. The cemetery, which opened in 1869 and is managed by Stockton Council, will be assessed by CYA CYA Cover your ass. See Defensive medicine. judges on design, maintenance, facilities and community initiatives as well as focusing on memorial choice. Burial grounds enter one of five categories depending on their size. They receive an unannounced visit from a panel of judges, who score the site on its merits and pitfalls. Awards administrator Josh Greenberg said: "We have had a record number of entrants this year so the competition should be fierce." The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on October 17. |
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