Why do churches make footpaths from grave stones?

Question

This has been nagging at me for many years on and off. Why do churches construct footpaths from gravestones, every church I've been to in England seems to have at least one, usually many of these gravestone paths, where do the gravestones come from, what happend to the graves they belonged to... etc

Does anybody know?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I had no idea that this was done. Is it possible they get them made from the people who make them for graves? Perhaps even broken graves? I honestly don't know..but would like to know about it though just for knowledge purposes.

Answer 2

I wondered why our Church has stopped serving Donuts after Mass.. We're now getting ripped off for my tithe every Sunday.

Bring back those donuts.
We haven't had family day in three years. We would have fried Chicken and dumplings at the local park the entire members of the Church would attend, but noooooooo, the preacher stopped that too!

For some reason he claims the funds are down, but he's driving his Cadillac just fine.

So you say Cobblestone or headstone either way, foot prints or steps in this fashion is clearly ridiculous. I have seen God and wouldn't put that up in my Church

Answer 3

It is a way to honor the dead. Kind of like "standing on the shoulders of great men".

Answer 4

The stones last longer than the bodies under them.

Waste not, want not.