The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical
Parish of Thorley is proposing to re-use part of the old churchyard in which
burials ceased in about 1888. The Parochial Church Council has received advice
that it would be viable to use the spaces between the existing graves in this
area, and that these arrangements would not disturb existing burials. As there
are no extant records relating to the previous burials in this area, it is
not possible to trace relatives to inform them of our intention. There is
no plan to remove the one monument (an illegible headstone) within the proposed
area of re-use. Information will be displayed at a public meeting to be held
on Thursday, 2nd July starting at 7:30 p.m. at the St Barnabas Centre. If
any member of the public wishes to object to these proposals they are invited
to lodge particulars of their objection together with details of the reasons
at the Church Office, The St Barnabas Centre, Church Lane, Thorley, Bishop's
Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 4BE by the sixteenth day of July 2009 and their
objection will be given due consideration.
