Sling Cemetery (General)

by anthonyworgan , Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 10:34 (3805 days ago) @ Jefff

Many, many thanks to everybody who responded to my plea - what a great bunch of lovely people you all are -this must be the most helpful site on the internet!!! Years ago I went on an organized walk entitled 'The Coleford Burial Walk' - it started at Clearwell & went up & down dale to Newland, steep in places & across fields & came out by the side of the Ostrich Pub. Apparently this was the way the funeral party once went but it is hard to imagine they carried a coffin as well - they were obviously strong & tough people in the past.

Thanks Jeff for the info about the maps on the internet, I shall look them up this morning they sound very interesting indeed.
I have looked around Clearwell graveyard (by St Peter's church) in the past but not looking then for my gt uncle's grave. The burial ground at Ellwood sounds promising so I will look that one up. I know my gt uncle is not buried at Parkend, nor Coleford or Bream (where his brother the Rev Thomas Anthony Wintle lies buried) & as Milkwall is where he once lived my first port of call will be Ellwood.

Many thanks for all the additional family information; one of gt uncle Anthony's daughters Janet, used to run the Post Office at Milkwall which was built on part of their garden which was once 'the potato patch'. As a child in the 1950's I used to go with my family including granny Amelia Wintle to the Whist Drives that were held in Milkwall village hall. The walk back to Coalway in the warm evening with the smell of woodsmoke in the air is a magical nostalgic memory.