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Ecclesiastical Court Judgments – December
Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during December 2018 December’s consistory court judgments have included judgments on reordering, churchyards and fonts. A summary of the reviews of...
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Ecclesiastical court judgments – 2018
Index to ecclesiastical court judgments reviewed during 2018, and links to earlier annual reviews As in previous years, the judgments reviewed in L&RUK during 2018 have been grouped under the...
View Article“They don’t exhume fonts, do they?”
The dilemma of discovering an “unwanted font” In our post, They bury fonts, don’t they? we examined the origins of the practice of burying fonts, and the occasions on which this disposal route has been...
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Ecclesiastical court judgments – October
Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during October 2020 Four consistory court judgments were circulated in October relating to Reordering, extensions & other building works, Churchyards...
View ArticleDigital mapping of Church of England churchyards
On 31 August 2021, the Church of England published The National Burial Grounds Survey to announce the commencement of the next stage of the digital mapping and database of all burial grounds in...
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Ecclesiastical court judgments – November (I)
Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during November 2021 (I) Sixteen consistory court judgments were circulated in November, and the five featured in this first part of the round-up relate to...
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Baptismal fonts – wanted, unwanted and re-discovered
Since our post They bury fonts, don’t they? in 2015 we have covered many examples of the movement, the replacement, and sometimes destruction of baptismal fonts. This update was prompted by recent CFCE...
View ArticleLaw and religion round-up – 3rd September
Burials and burial law in Scotland On 25 August, the Scottish Government opened a series of consultations on aspects of burials and burial law: Statutory inspection of burial authorities, cremation...
View ArticleSt. Michael le Belfrey, York (II)
On 18 August, de Mestre Ch. handed down the detailed judgment Re St. Michael le Belfrey York [2023] ECC Yor 2 concerning the extensive reordering of the church. An overview was given in the first part...
View ArticleSt. Michael le Belfrey, York (III)
On 18 August, de Mestre Ch. handed down the substantial judgment Re St. Michael le Belfrey York [2023] ECC Yor 2 concerning the extensive reordering of the church. An overview was given in the first...
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