A recent story from the North Norfolk News reports that hundreds of human remains in the grounds of St Mary the Virgin church in Happisburgh [pronounced “Hazebrur”], north Norfolk, are at risk as the churchyard is now ~80 metres from the sea, and could be lost completely within 20 years.
North Norfolk District Council, the Diocese of Norwich and Happisburgh Parish Council are working with the government-backed Coastwise scheme, which prepares coastal communities threatened by erosion. It has commissioned a report on relocating bodies from sites at risk of erosion and Happisburgh is being treated as a test case.