Although relatively few consistory court judgments were reported in August, those that were are not without interest: the issue of pew vs chairs in Re Holy Trinity Long Itchington was followed by a more general post on the practicalities involved, and although not an unusual or unexpected judgement, the case raised a degree of  media interest. Another airing was given to whether unwanted fonts should be buried, and the development of procedures within the new Leeds Diocese resulted in led to a standardization of churchyard regulations Re St. John the Baptist Adel and St. Michael Markington. This will be considered in more detail in a future post. Also in the Leeds Diocese,  Re St. Michael and St. Lawrence Fewston considered, inter alia, the failings within the former Diocese of Bradford relating to the exhumation of 154 sets of human remains. Continue reading →