Hundreds of bodies, mostly of babies or young children, have been found in a mass grave in Oldham. The mass burial pit in Royton Cemetery in the northern outskirts of Oldham, which measures just four metres across, contains over 300 corpses – and was found by a resident looking to track down her stillborn brothers. Independent local councillors Maggie Hurley and Jade Hughes were contacted by the resident, and revealed the results of their “profound” and “heartbreaking” investigation online. The pair drew attention to what was once the common practice of taking stillborn babies and burying them…
