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Parish Churchyard

Over the next year the churchyard will be undergoing a face-lift. During February and March a number of graves will be levelled and nearby hollows filled in. All the affected graves will be grass seeded at the end of the process. Further Safety work will follow - see below.

Graves that will be affected by this work are:

Central Area of Churchyard Duchy Barn Area Additional Burial Ground

Leonard William Marven
Bill Sligo
David Newton
Vera and Douglas Hodges
Eric Michael Barber
Rosanna Barbara Wilbraham
John Victor Klein
Edmund Starling
Mair Tahan
Gladys May Bramley
Lewis Angell
David John Whybrow
Desmond Vince
Stanley Booth

Charles and Mildred Rudge
Doris and William Watson
Raymond Courtney Saloway
Roger Bowler
Andrew Michael Burleigh
Richard William Carouth
Joan Fay

Relatives are asked that, if they wish to keep any plants or bulbs, to remove them before work starts. Contact the Parish Office is you have any queries.

Health and Safety Work.

In addition, the Groundman will also be undertaking a survey of the churchyard to allow the PCC to obtain a Faculty (church planning permission) to remove gravestones and kerbs which are broken or in a dangerous condition. Graves to be included in the Faculty will be photographed and any inscription recorded.

At the end of this process all the graves covered by the Faculty will also be listed in the Parish Magazine and local press before the final approval, so that relatives can have the chance to have the grave removed from the Faculty - you can get in touch with the Parish Office if you wish to make the stone safe at your own expense.



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