[Magdalen] cemetery plots...

[Roger Stokes]

On 03/10/2014 04:22, Raewynne Whiteley wrote:
> My parish has a cemetery. Assuming the costs includes perpetual care, it's
> actually pretty low.  Cemeteries cost a surprising amount to run -
> maintenance of grass, trees, roads, administrative costs, etc.  We don't
> buy back plots either, but will accept them back as gifts to be used as
> graves for "paupers' burials".

I am very grateful never to have had a church with graves in any parish 
I have had.  The closest I have got is the Garden of Remembrance  for 
cremains in my present place.  I know that they are a pain for the 
priest and parish in all sorts of ways.  The fee for burial in a 
churchyard in England is currently 258 GBP plus the cost of digging the 
grave.

A closed churchyard where there is no more space for burials can be 
handed over to the local council to maintain but an open one has to be a 
drain on resources.

Roger, about to shut down and disconnect as the removal men will be here 
soon.