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EC "my question was how could they bury 28 peope on that date which is 19th december , surely if some where buried on the 20th it would have said this"

I'm still not sure what your getting at, EC. There are burials the day before on the 18th of Dec and after on the 20th of Dec. I've copied and pasted them below. Mass burials are usually associated with a single disaster.

Burial: 18 Dec 1831 St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Walker -
Age: 68
Abode: Holland
Register: Burials 1825 - 1847, Page 165, Entry 1317
Source: LDS Film 1657546

Burial: 20 Dec 1831 St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland, Lancashire, England
Mary Anne Worthington -
Age: 14
Abode: Pemberton
Register: Burials 1825 - 1847, Page 169, Entry 1347
Source: LDS Film 1657546

Gaffer, I agree that the death rates in those days are ridiculously high, and disease almost a permanent resident. Saying that there is nothing unusual about the death rates in Upholland or the surrounding area in 1831/32 to suggest a specific epidemic, or to explain the 28 burials on the 19th of Dec.

St Thomas the Martyr Upholland Deaths:
Year/Deaths
1830-193
1831-244
1832-209
1833-199
1834-259

St Thomas Ashton in Makerfield Deaths:
Year/Deaths
1830-148
1831-180
1832-182
1833-198
1834-155