Bridgend burial ground for 2,000 on sale to developers
BBC News By Chris Wood Land where 2,000 people are buried is up for sale. Estate agent Watts & Morgan is advertising the 1.3 acres of land "with residential development potential" in the village of Coity, Bridgend. The land, currently used for horses, is the burial ground of Parc Hospital, which stood where Parc Prison is now. The estate agents said it was one of its "most challenging" sales, adding developers would need to exhume the bodies and inter them elsewhere. Local people said the outline of graves could still be seen at the site when it rains. "They were buried there from 1887, wit...
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