UK Lytham, Lancashire - Human bones found in house cellar by builders

[MelmothTheLost]

Probe launched as human remains found by builders in cellar as police reveal they 'may be children'​

"Human remains found in a cellar by builders may be the bones of children, police have revealed.

Construction workers alerted cops after making the disturbing discovery while renovating a property in Lytham, Lancashire, on August 15.

Crime Scene Investigators descended on the Cleveland Road house and all building work was suspended.

A forensics van was seen parked on the sleepy terraced street while investigators in hazmat suits combed the scene.

The remains have since been confirmed to be human, and inquiries have led police to understand that 'they may be that of children and that this is an isolated historical burial'.

Human remains found in cellar - police reveal they 'may be children'

Construction workers alerted cops after making the disturbing discovery at a property on Cleveland Road, Lancashire, on August 15.

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The house concerned appears to have been built sometime in the second half of the 19th century.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

It's worth mentioning that these houses, although terraced, are solidly built and would have been intended for prosperous middle class professional or trade families rather than for labourers and factory workers. They are currently selling for £500k+, which is rather higher than I expected.

House Prices in Cleveland Road, Lytham St Annes, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, FY8

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I took a look at census records for the road which show that the properties were built between 1881 and 1891. In 1891, the earliest census returns available for the road, many inhabitants were variously described as living on own means/retired/independent with the odd occupation listed as dressmaker, insurance agent, professor of music, land agent and clerk in holy orders. However it does look as though the area had attracted a lot of comfortably off people enjoying their retirement or ministering to that sort of person.

By 1921 it was home to such persons as a tax collector, a butcher, a foreman tailor, a school teacher, a sanitary inspector and one or two using their properties as small boarding houses.

All in all, very respectable folks and just the sort who might quietly want to lose an illegitimate baby in the cellar.

 

[dotr]

Human remains found in Lancashire may belong to children, say police

The bones were found by builders working on renovations for a property in the town of Lytham.

news.sky.com

'After confirming the remains are human, police have said that "they may be that of children".

The discovery is not being treated as suspicious, however, and officers believe "this is an isolated historical burial".

"This is an incredibly sad discovery, and we are continuing our inquiries to establish the identity of the remains, including their age and how they died," said DI Andrew Crook of West CID.'

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Human remains found in Lancashire may belong to children, say police

The bones were found by builders working on renovations for a property in the town of Lytham.

news.sky.com

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'After confirming the remains are human, police have said that "they may be that of children".

The discovery is not being treated as suspicious, however, and officers believe "this is an isolated historical burial".

"This is an incredibly sad discovery, and we are continuing our inquiries to establish the identity of the remains, including their age and how they died," said DI Andrew Crook of West CID.'

i do hope folks in the UK can keep us updated on local news and reactions.... and answers