"There is a serious shrinkage in the available grave space," Mr. Fishman said.
With the plague raging again in the city, taking more victims than ever before, the market for grave space was brisk and prices high.
From Mrs S Evans by email - Is there any provision for future additional cemetery space within the LDP? SH: "We've increased bereavement and grave space at both of our main cemeteries.
Other countries in Europe, such as Germany, simply reuse the same grave space after several years.
Lewes District Council has already begun a study to find more grave space in the cemetery.
There are no crematoria in Greece, so grave space has to be recycled.
"You could say one of the reasons we're running so short of grave space is that we're not happy to reuse grave space in the way that previous generations did.
Jeremy Field, a local funeral director, said pressure for grave space was increasing as the population was growing.
Playboy Enterprises founder Hugh Hefner, for example, reportedly purchased a grave space for $1 million next to Marilyn Monroe at Los Angeles Westwood Village Memorial Parkk.
