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Kirkyard

A churchyard

Burial ground

is buried, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 10, 4th Edn., Para 1187, p. 548. Burial ground, includes any churchyard, cemetery or other ground, whether consecrated or not, which has been at any time set aside for the

Burial

Burial. Burial in some part of the parish churchyard without payment is a Common Law right, but not burial in any particular part of it. In order

Churchwardens

(1908) 99 LT 472. The former duties of the churchwardens relating to the repair of the church and churchyard and the care of the church goods have been transferred by the Parochail Church Councils (Powers) Measure, 1921

Felo de se

stake driven through their bodies, was abolished by 4 Geo. 4, c. 52, which directed burial in the churchyard or other burial ground (without divine service) between the hours of nine and twelve at night. The (English)

Sanctuary

that a person accused of any crime except treason or sacrilege might by flying to any church or churchyard, or even to certain other places in Westminster, Wells, Norwich, or York, or in London to Whitefriars or

Reverend

describing the deceased as a daughter of the 'Rev. H Keet, Wesleyan Minister,' to be erected in his churchyard, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, allowing an appeal, ordered a faculty to issue for the erection

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