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Welsh burial rights clash over churchyard access
A debate probes whether every parishioner has the right to burial in parish churchyards regardless of religious status. Data from 7,369 English and Welsh parishes shows large gaps, with Wales showing stark contrasts between open churchyards and few cemeteries for Dissenters, arguing the need to separate interment rights from church service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Department
England
Wales
Home Office
Burials Office
Walea
West Surrey
Lincoln
Principality of Wales
Monmouthshire
Anglesea
Merionethshire
Montgomeryshire
Flintshire
Carnarvonshire
Denbighshire
North Wales
Church of England
Bishop Gibson
R. Phillimore
King v. Taylor
Sergeant Hill
Lincoln’s Inn
Fortescue
Court of King’s Bench
Exeter
Holy Catholic Church
Bury St. Edmunds
Anne
Thirlwall
Rome
Chester