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Memorial headstone requires remains to be interred in the churchyard, court rules

A MEMORIAL headstone may not be placed in a churchyard when the remains of the persons to be commemorated were not interred in the churchyard, the Consistory Court of the diocese of Carlisle has ruled

21 Mar 2025

Star of David and cross permitted on gravestone in Oxford ruling

THE Consistory Court of the diocese of Oxford has granted a faculty permitting images of both a Star of David and a cross on a gravestone in the churchyard of a Grade I listed medieval village church, St Mary the Virgin, Weston Turville

21 Feb 2025

Faculty granted for Traveller grave described by PCC as ‘ostentatious’

A MEMBER of the Traveller community has been given permission to install a memorial in the form of an open book in a churchyard in Southampton, despite objections that the design was “ostentatious”

26 Dec 2024

Judge grants exhumation faculty after hearing of children’s trauma

20 Dec 2024

Gravedigger’s mistake remedied — with a warning

20 Dec 2024

Civitas report calls for rethink of parishes

06 Dec 2024

Unkempt churchyard does not justify exhumation, Consistory Court rules

29 Nov 2024

Book review: Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind: In pursuit of remarkable mushrooms by Richard Fortey

29 Nov 2024

Court rules against plinth as a 'troubling' precedent

22 Nov 2024

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15 Nov 2024

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03 Oct 2024

Chancellor: Grave is not an arena for family disputes

26 Sep 2024

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Memorial headstone requires remains to be interred in the churchyard, court rules

Star of David and cross permitted on gravestone in Oxford ruling

Faculty granted for Traveller grave described by PCC as ‘ostentatious’

Judge grants exhumation faculty after hearing of children’s trauma

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