1855 - Front of Burials register Jany. 4. The Burial Ground or Yard surrounding the Church of this Parish, having been ordered to be closed against further use as a Burial Ground from the 1st. of this month by an Order of Her Majesty's Privy Council, and a piece of Ground measuring 1 acre 0 roods 28 perches bought by Subscription of the Earl of Leicester to the East of the Church Yard (though separated from it by the small field belonging to Mr. Edwd. Houghton) and the Licence of the Diocesan obtained to inter bodies in the said purchased Ground till his Lordship could come and consecrate it, the first sod of the fencing in was turned by the Rector on Wednesday the third day of January instant, and the first body (of Mary Hall, Widow, No. 1410) interred at the South West Corner of the said Ground, or New Churchyard, on Thursday January 4th. instant. The next Body of an Adult (above 14 years old) will be laid parallel to Mary Hall's, on the North side of it; and so till a little below the brow of the Hill, when the second row or line of bodies will commence at the foot of Mary Hill's grave. The distance from grave to grave at the centre of the graves shall be 18 inches, and from the foot of one to the head of the other, 24 inches. The staple soil shall be left on each grave till the usual settlement has taken place after rain, when a portion of it shall be barrowed down & spread over the lowest parts of Ground. No Grave for an adult shall be of less depth than 7 good feet (Depth of M. Hall's). Bodies under 14 years old shall be buried at the North West Corner; ascending in rotation toward the brow of the Hill, but not beyond the lower part of the Ground, to prevent which a second row (& so on) must be commenced. The distances between the Bodies, at side and end, shall be exactly the same as in the case of Adults. The depth of the Grave for a Body under 14 years old shall be 5 good feet. The Earl of Leicester Agreed to sell the Land for £50 (less than Half the price his Lordship had lately paid for it) as an additional Churchyard, and Mr. Edward Houghton has handsomely agreed to sell to the Parish for the use of the Parish Church for ever a right of sufficient Way thro' the lower part of his field aforesaid from the North wall of the old Church-yard to the North West Corner of the said additional Church Yard (if a right of way existed not) at a reasonable sum, once for all. The Agreement for the Selection and Adoption of this piece of Ground for the above purpose and the payment of the Price, expenses of Enfranchisement and Conveyance, were subscribed to and for by Parishioners of almost every Denomination; And the said additional Churchyard is to be forever and is, as was the Churchyard now closed, open for the burial, or sepulture, of every Parishioner of every Christian Denomination whatsoever, by the Rector, Curate or Officiating Clergyman of the Church of England, on the same terms as heretofore. Sites for Vaults may be selected, subject to the approval of the Rector. Brick graves may be in the same line of rotation, of the same depth as if not brick graves, and - so long as the lid of a coffin be never within 4 ft. of the surface - may at first be prepared for the reception of a second body: to be laid on the first, and of which a record must be kept in the Iron Chest, or in the Register of Burials. John Robt. Hopper A.M. Rector The Churchwardens are at this time, Joseph Springall Southgate and Willm. Gibbs, to both of whom the Parish is much indebted for their active exertions in carrying through this work.