The London Burial Grounds: Notes on Their History from the Earliest Times to the Present DayHolmes, Isabella M.
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The London Burial Grounds: Notes on Their History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Holmes, Isabella M.
Cemeteries -- England -- London -- History
(_d_) A notice in terms similar to the advertisement shall be placed
on the door of the church (if any) to which such churchyard,
cemetery, or burial-ground is attached, and shall be delivered or
sent by post to any person known or believed by the County Council
or Local Authority to be a near relative of any person whose death
is recorded on any such tombstone or monument.
[Sidenote: Ditto in consecrated grounds only.] In the case of any
consecrated ground a Faculty is also required (_vide_ page 3), but no
application for a Faculty can be made until the expiration of one month
at least after the appearance of the last of such advertisements.
Provided that on any application for a Faculty nothing shall prevent the
Bishop from directing or sanctioning the removal of any tombstone or
monument, if he is of opinion that reasonable steps have been taken to
bring the intention to effect such removal to the notice of some person
having a family interest in such removal.
[Sidenote: Ditto in unconsecrated grounds only.] In the case of an
unconsecrated burial-ground, no Faculty is requisite either for
management or for moving tombstones.
N.B.—Faculties, which only emanate from the Courts of Diocesan Bishops,
cannot apply to burial-grounds, unless consecrated by Bishops of the
Established Church.
6. [Sidenote: Playing of Games.]The playing of any games or sports is
not allowed in any churchyard, cemetery, or burial-ground in or over
which any estate, interest, or control is acquired under section five of
the Metropolitan Open Spaces Act, 1881.
Provided that—
(_a_) In the case of consecrated ground, the Bishop, by any license
or Faculty granted under the Metropolitan Open Spaces Act, 1881, or
this Act (Open Spaces Act, 1887), and
(_b_) In the case of any churchyard, cemetery, or burial-ground,
which is not consecrated, the body from which any such estate,
interest, or control as aforesaid is acquired may expressly sanction
any such use of the ground, and may specify such conditions as to
the extent or manner of such use.
If an Incumbent or owner wishes to lay out a Disused Churchyard or
Burial-ground, and to maintain it himself directly or by his agents,
_e.g._, the Association, no application to the Local Authority, or
London County Council, is required, and if it is a consecrated
ground but no tombstones are moved, no Faculty or consent of any
other person is required. Any arrangement of this nature _an
Incumbent_ may make is not, however, binding on his successor. In
unconsecrated grounds no Faculties are needed.
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APPENDIX E.
THE DISUSED BURIAL-GROUNDS ACT, AND AMENDING CLAUSES IN
SUBSEQUENT OPEN SPACES ACTS.
[Sidenote: A.D. 1884.] 47 & 48 VICT. [Ch. 72.]
_Disused Burial grounds Act, 1884._
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