Burial Notice Order - St Michael’s Churchyard, Stoke Gifford, Bristol
Secretary of State for Justice - 10th November 2022
The Secretary of State for Justice, after giving ten days’ notice of his intention to do so, has, under the Burial Act 1853 as amended, made representations to His Majesty in Council that, subject to the exceptions below, burials should be discontinued in:-
1) St John the Evangelist Church Churchyard, Goldenhill, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire (as shown hatched on the plan annexed hereto);
2) St Michael’s Churchyard, Stoke Gifford, Bristol (as shown hatched on the plan annexed hereto).
The exceptions are that in the place numbered 2 above, in any existing earthen grave in the churchyard, the burial may be allowed of the body of any member of the family of the person or persons previously buried in that grave, 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.
His Majesty in Council is pleased to give Notice of these representations and to order that they be taken into consideration by a Committee of the Privy Council on 21st December 2022.
And His Majesty is further pleased to direct that this Order should be published in the London Gazette, and that copies of it should be fixed on the doors of the Churches or Chapels of the above mentioned places, or displayed conspicuously inside them, for one month before 21st December 2022.
Download the original Notice Order with maps (PDF).