St Oswald's churchyard Warton in the Diocese of Blackburn

TAKE NOTICE that the PCC of St Oswald's Church intends to relocate memorials and monuments in the west side of the churchyard on a date or dates not earlier than 30th June 2026 and to reuse the grave spaces for burials and cremated remains.

The following memorial stones are to be relocated to the perimeter of the churchyard:

Thomas M Cragg 1877 and Mary Cragg 1891

John Geldart 1875 and Elizabeth Geldart 1893

Christina Clow 1871 and Mary Johnson 1881

Ann Saul 1873 and Agnes Saul 1873

John Jackson 1867 and Mary Jackson 1889

John Nightingale 1823 and Isabella Nightingale 1840

Jane Cock 1867 and John Cock 1885

Martha Metcalfe 1872 and Christopher Metcalfe 1881

Robert Airey 1862 and Elizabeth Airey 1868 and William Airey 1905

Thomas Wilson 1846 and James Wilson 1844 and Jenny Wilson 1848

Mary Burrow 1810 and Thomas Burrow 1825 Edmund Burrow 1826 and Ellen Clough 1835

Frances Jane Jones 1892

Georgie Harrison 1891

James Hogget 1783

Thomas Turner 1754

Edward Roden 1890

James Leek 1871

Sandstone headstone-no inscription

The ownership of a memorial stone lies with the family of those buried in the churchyard.

Queries, or any objection to the proposed work in regard to a particular memorial or monument, should be notified urgently to [Susan Brown [email protected] ] by 30 June 2026