The Churches Building Act added substantially to churchyard provision in the 19th century.

This text – lurid and shocking in places – was central to the cause of burial reform.

This government report proposed an entirely new approach to disposing the dead.

This Act made it cheaper and easier to establish joint-stock cemeteries.

This first Burial Act, mired in confusion, was almost immediately repealed.

The Burial Acts of 1852 and 1853 established a new framework for cemetery provision via local burial boards.

This act simplified the legal process for extending a churchyard: extensions were a major source of new burial space in the nineteenth century.

This organisation successfully lobbied for cremation to be declared a legally acceptable process and promoted wider adoption.

This largely overlooked act, hugely controversial in operation, sparked conflict between Anglicans and Nonconformists on local burial provision.

This Act allowed ministers of any denomination to take services in the churchyard, reflecting local religious tensions and causing further ructions.

The Burial Act 1900 stripped away any benefit the Church might draw from the Burial Acts.

The Cremation Act permitted local authorities to establish crematoria, and set out the legal framework for cremation.

The Imperial War Graves Commission had a substantial impact on local UK cemetery landscapes.

Historians do not agree on the geographic origins of the influenza pandemic and an accurate measure of total global mortality is also disputed, although it is likely to be in excess of 10 million deaths. Globally, cases were being reported from late in 1917, with incidence accelerating rapidly from May of 1918. It is likely that this highly virulent mutation of the flu came to UK shores via servicemen arriving at ports: early cases were reported in Glasgow, […]