Family of undertakers build modern take on prehistoric barrow-style tomb to house 900 ashes

A family of undertakers have branched out and built a modern take on a prehistoric tomb to meet the demand for an alternative to burial. The Round Barrow in Corscombe, Dorset, is only the fifth tomb of its kind in the country and has recently opened. The project, which has 990 niches to hold urns … Read more

Family of undertakers build modern take on prehistoric barrow-style tomb to house 900 ashes

A family of undertakers have branched out and built a modern take on a prehistoric tomb to meet the demand for an alternative to burial. The Round Barrow in Corscombe, Dorset, is only the fifth tomb of its kind in the country and has recently opened. The project, which has 990 niches to hold urns … Read more

Covid-19 funeral with no mourners and undertakers six feet apart

A sombre image in a funeral hall of the coffins of an elderly husband and wife who both died from Covid-19 captures the tragic reality of the pandemic as the pair were laid side by side with no mourners in attendance.  The family-run A W Lymn funeral directors has served the people of Nottingham, Notts, … Read more