The Diocese of Ely Church Buildings & Pastoral Department held a Churchyards training Day on 20th November 2021.
The day brings together a wide range of expertise to help churches to understand the rules governing the management of churchyards, and also the increasingly important roles churchyards play in environmental sustainability.
The Programme included:
- Churchyard Regulations and Grave Reservations
- Managing Churchyard Trees
- The Cambridgeshire Churchyard Conservation Awards
- Churchyard History and Archaeology
- Churchyard Closure and the Role of Local Authorities
- Using Churchyards for Green 'Kit'
- The National Burial Grounds Survey
- Churchyards as an Opportunity for Mission
Presentations
Presentations from the day can be downloaded from the links below.
- Churchyard History and Archaeology
- Churchyard Regulations and Grave Reservations
- Churchyard Trees
- Churchyard Wildlife Conservation
- Churchyards as an Opportunity for Mission
- Comberton Churchyard Compartments Legend
- Comberton Churchyard Compartments Plan
- Comberton Churchyard Project
- National Burial Grounds Survey