{"id":603,"date":"2018-08-07T13:09:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T13:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britishcemeteriesspain.org\/foundation\/historia\/"},"modified":"2019-04-02T20:12:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T18:12:13","slug":"historia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/britishcemeteriesspain.org\/foundation\/en\/historia\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Although there are many cemeteries dotted around the Spanish territory that are commonly known as “British”, “English”, “American”, “Protestant”, “Anglican”, “non-Catholic”, “Episcopalian” or simply St. George’s, etc. ., their names can, sometimes, be deceptive.<\/p>\n

While it is true that some, although by no means all, are really “British”, others belong to different nations such as the United States, Germany or Sweden, among others. Of the British cemeteries that still remain today, some are owned by HMG, as is the case of the cemeteries that are now under the auspices of the British Cemeteries Foundation in Spain. In the case of others, the land had been purchased by British companies established in Spain, or by members of the British community in the area. In other cases, as happened in Bilbao, the original site was donated by local authorities.<\/p>\n

Of the British cemeteries owned by HMG, although title deeds may be in the name of the British government, as with many other community institutions, it was felt that the cemeteries should be supported by the community itself. Therefore, thanks to the interest, support and contributions of the relatives of some of those buried in our cemeteries, as well as volunteers, we can still boast several British cemeteries in Spain.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, as a result of the lack of local British community in some areas, others of our cemeteries have been donated to local authorities to be looked after, or have been closed or simply disappeared.<\/p>\n

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A LITTLE HISTORY<\/h1>\n

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Although the negotiations to establish “British” cemeteries in Spain began in the 17th century, it was not until the middle or end of the 19th century that most of these cemeteries were finally established. This happened after the promulgation of a Royal Decree (April 1830) authorizing representatives of the British community in Spain to buy land in which British non-Catholics could finally receive the official status of burial when they died in territory. \u00a0The request to establish a British cemetery was generally led by the local British consul, who, on behalf of the British Crown, purchased a plot for this purpose. However, in the mining or industrial areas, the land was bought by representatives of the British companies installed there, or by members of the British local communities, either by general subscription or the generosity of certain well-situated families or individuals.<\/p>\n

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History SOME BACKGROUND Although there are many…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

ALGUNA INFORMACI\u00d3N DE FONDO\u2026<\/strong><\/h1>
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Aunque hay muchos cementerios salpicados por el territorio espa\u00f1ol que com\u00fanmente son conocidos como \u201cbrit\u00e1nico\u201d, \u201cingl\u00e9s\u201d, \u201camericano\u201d, \u201cprotestante\u201d, \u201canglicano\u201d, \u201cno cat\u00f3lico\u201d, \u201cepiscopaliano\u201d o simplemente St. George\u2019s \u201c, etc., sus nombres pueden, a veces, ser enga\u00f1osos.
Si bien es cierto que algunos, aunque de ninguna manera todos, son realmente \u201cbrit\u00e1nicos\u201d, otros pertenecen a diferentes naciones como Estados Unidos, Alemania o Suecia, entre otros. De los cementerios brit\u00e1nicos que a\u00fan permanecen hoy en d\u00eda, algunos son propiedad de HMG, como es el caso de los cementerios que ahora est\u00e1n bajo los auspicios de la FUNDACI\u00d3N CEMENTERIOS BRIT\u00c1NICOS en ESPA\u00d1A. En el caso de otros, el terreno hab\u00eda sido comprado por empresas brit\u00e1nicas establecidas en Espa\u00f1a, o por miembros de la comunidad brit\u00e1nica en la zona. En otros casos, como ocurri\u00f3 en Bilbao, el sitio original fue donado por las autoridades locales.
De los cementerios brit\u00e1nicos propiedad de HMG, aunque los t\u00edtulos de propiedad pueden estar en nombre del gobierno brit\u00e1nico, como con muchas otras instituciones comunitarias, se consider\u00f3 que los cementerios deben ser apoyados por la comunidad misma. Por lo tanto, gracias al inter\u00e9s, el apoyo y las aportaciones de los familiares de algunos de los enterrados en nuestros cementerios, as\u00ed como de los voluntarios, todav\u00eda hoy podemos presumir de varios cementerios brit\u00e1nicos en Espa\u00f1a. Desafortunadamente, como resultado de la falta de comunidad brit\u00e1nica local en algunas \u00e1reas, otros de nuestros cementerios han sido donados a las autoridades locales para ser atendidos, o han sido cerrados o simplemente han desaparecido.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div>
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UN POCO DE HISTORIA\u00a0\u2026<\/h1>
Aunque las negociaciones para establecer los cementerios \u201cbrit\u00e1nicos\u201d en Espa\u00f1a comenzaron ya en el siglo XVII, no fue hasta mediados o finales del siglo XIX cuando la mayor\u00eda de estos cementerios fueron finalmente establecidos. Esto ocurri\u00f3 tras la promulgaci\u00f3n de un Real Decreto (abril de 1830) por el que se autorizaba a representantes de la comunidad brit\u00e1nica en Espa\u00f1a a comprar un terreno en el que los no cat\u00f3licos brit\u00e1nicos pudieran finalmente recibir el estatuto oficial de enterramiento cuando murieran en territorio espa\u00f1ol.La solicitud para establecer un cementerio brit\u00e1nico fue llevada generalmente por el c\u00f3nsul brit\u00e1nico local, que, en nombre de la Corona Brit\u00e1nica, compr\u00f3 una parcela para este prop\u00f3sito. Por otra parte, en las zonas mineras o industriales, el terreno fue comprado por representantes de las empresas brit\u00e1nicas instaladas all\u00ed, o por miembros de las comunidades locales brit\u00e1nicas, bien por suscripci\u00f3n general o la generosidad de ciertas familias o individuos bien situados.<\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishcemeteriesspain.org\/foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishcemeteriesspain.org\/foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishcemeteriesspain.org\/foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishcemeteriesspain.org\/foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishcemeteriesspain.org\/foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/britishcemeteriesspain.org\/foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishcemeteriesspain.org\/foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}