Diocesan Regulations
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The Oxford Diocesan website contains their Revised Churchyard Regulations updated on 10th June 2009. Below is a copy of the text from the website's summary of the Regulations, followed at the bottom of the page by a link to download the full document "Churchyard Regulations".
A Summary of the Churchyard Regulations as on the Diocesan Website Everything in a churchyard, from the memorial stones to the trees and shrubs, should be a matter for care and consideration. All parishioners who take a real interest in their churchyard and its surroundings will naturally wish it to be a place of beauty. "The Churchyards Handbook" (4th edition, 2001) published by the Council for the Care of Churches contains much useful advice and information. These Regulations relate primarily to all churchyards and to other consecrated ground associated with churches. However, consecrated portions of burial grounds established by cemetery companies or by local authorities are also within the jurisdiction of the Consistory Court for certain purposes, and therefore clergy who are concerned with interments of remains in such grounds should ensure that these Regulations are understood by the legal personal representatives and undertakers involved. Areas covered in the Regulations include:
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