Talk:Corpse road

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[edit] Need further explanation

"Burial rights" is tossed about in this article like the rest of the world is supposed to know what that means. My first impression is that it refers to the right of a family to bury its dead, but from context this is obviously not the meaning intended. There is no Wikipedia article on burial rights. Please define region-specific terms in the article if you are going to use them. 71.204.204.249 13:19, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Burial rights

Having a cemetery under the control of a given church would mean that all of the 'income' from a funeral would go to that church. When the population expanded and more churches were built it was not surprising that a natural reluctance to 'lose control' of funerals developed. Such an iniquity was not sustainable in the long term and the right of burial - having their own cemetery - was eventually granted to new churches. This is my understanding of the situation. Rosser 21:58, 25 August 2007 (UTC)