Tesco approval to exhume 19th Century remains at Linwood Tesco site
Supermarket giant Tesco has been given approval to exhume 19th Century human remains found in Linwood — leaving the site ready for development.
A judge granted Tesco an order allowing the firm to open a burial vault at the former parish church and remove the corpses, which would then be cremated and reintered.
The bodies — believed to be from a family called Speir — were found in lead-lined coffins.
Now a local councillor is calling on Tesco’s bosses to act quickly and demolish the derelict church.
The firm’s plans to knock down Linwood’s shopping centre and build a supermarket, community halls, library, health centre and shops were put on hold when the vault was uncovered in an old church hall.

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