Church yard An Application has been made to the Ministry of Justice to close the Churchyard. The proposed closure of St Mary de Wyche churchyard has been made on the grounds that there are no more available burial plots. The churchyard will remain open for visitors exactly as it is now. The Notice from the Ministry of Justice reads as follows Proposed Closure of St Mary de Wyche Church Churchyard. Wychbold, Droitwich, Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Secretary of State for Justice acting on an application by the incumbent and churchwardens to applyto the Privy Councilfor an Order requiring thendiscontinuiance of burials in the above churchyard. Provision would be made for the followingexceptions :- a) In any vault or walled grave in the churchyard, burial may be allowed but every coffin in such vault or grave must be separatelyn enclosed bmnst\onework or brickwork properly cemented. b) In any existing earthen grave in the churchyard, the burial may be allowed of the body of any member of the fam\ily of the person or persons previously buried in that grave, but no part of the coffin ontaining the body shall be less than one metre below the surface of the ground adj\oining the grave. and c) In any grave space in which no interment has previously taken place, the burial may be allowed of any person for whom, or any member of the family for which the grave space has been reseved and appropriated, with the exclusive right of burial there, but no part of the coffin containing the body shall be less than one metre below the level of the surface of the ground adjoining the grave. Any representation about the proposed closure shoul be sent to the Coroners Casework Team, Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ or [email protected] (quoting reference CC/JULY25/015) within 21 working days of this publication. Dated 26 July 2025.
St Mary de Wyche, Wychbold
