Vicar, Priest & an Archaeologist Meet in a Decommissioned Anglican Graveyard... - WB 31st Oct 2023
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0:00 Introduction
2:03 It Begins with a Punch Line…
2:47 A Friary Graveyard in Pontefract
7:07 Pontefract & District Arch Soc
8:36 £3000 Illegal Burial Could This Happen to You?
12:15 Licence, Excavation & Extension…
15:37 New Vicar Discovers Mystery Burial!?
18:07 Consistory Court Investigation Begins…
20:55 Where to Bury the Bones?
22:43 Enter Rev. Harry Merrick
25:12 Logistics & Different Layers of Law!
27:05 How Could This Have Happened?
30:26 The £3000 Legal Bill & Privy Council!?
35:25 ’Borderline Recklessness’
36:36 Note: All Saints Church Architecture
37:21 What Should Archaeologists Take Away from This?
42:48 Conclusion – Happy Halloween!
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Link of the Week:
Ministry of Justice Licence to Excavate Human Remains:
https://tinyurl.com/4zrjf2ec
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Links:
THAT WOULD [NOT] BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER: the Strange Case of the Priest, the Archaeologist and the Illegal Burial:
https://thepipeline.info/blog/2023/10/31/that-would-not-be-an-ecumenical-matter-the-strange-case-of-the-priest-the-archaeologist-and-the-illegal-burial/
Yorkshire amateur archaeologists landed with £3,000 bill for 'illegal' burial of 700-year-old bones:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/yorkshire-amateur-archaeologists-landed-with-ps3000-bill-for-illegal-burial-of-700-year-old-bones-4028587
Pontefract & District Archaeology & History Society:
https://pontarc.org.uk/
Burial in closed churchyards – The Pontefract Case:
https://lawandreligionuk.com/2022/11/04/burial-in-closed-churchyards/
Another Case: Closed churchyard burial was unlawful, says Court:
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/31-january/news/uk/closed-churchyard-burial-was-unlawful-says-court
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