Tommee_hawk
The simple answer to that is so she could see his grave from her house that was adjacent to the cemetary
When I located the church this summer I could not find his grave site,the church is very old and quite small with old headstones and no sign of recent burials. I was eventually told where to look. The 'new'extension cemetary is not accessible from the old church grounds only from the street and behind high hedges.The rectangular site is being 'used' from the top left hand corner, all headstones facing toward the church, backing on to and facing away from the adjacent house. I only found out a few months ago his mother at the time owned the adjacent house.
Simon's gravesite is in the extreme bottom right hand corner well away from any others and facing her house, presumably in a very visible location . She is now buried next to him.
I was quite taken aback when I found them, a very unusual and 'lonely' siting. Cemetaries are very peaceful and relective places, I struggle with theirs.
Graham