Burial records

This week there have been two cases which have demonstrated the importance of maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of interment. Re An Exhumation [2025] ECC Por 1, reported here, centred on the rector distinguishing between “the Correct Plot” and “the Incorrect Plot” for the deposit of cremation ashes, (to use the terminology of Summers Ch) and the opinions of the the verger and members of the family concerned. After a query from a member of the family, the ashes of the deceased were first buried first in the Correct Plot (rather than the prepared plot), then moved to the Incorrect Plot after a query by the verger, until the rector transferred them back to the Correct Plot but without faculty authorization or informing the Archdeacon – all within the space of a few days. Continue reading →