Churchyard Enquiries

We get lots of enquiries relating to the Churchyards at 

St. Mary's and St. Andrews.

Burials

St Mary's Churchyard has been 'closed' for over 20 years. This means that we are only permitted to bury or inter ashes into existing family graves. New burials and internments now take place in Dunmow Town Cemetery, which opened in the the early 2000's and managed by Dunmow Town Council.

For more information about the Dunmow Town Cemetery, please click here

Burials can still take place in the churchyard of St Andrew's, Barnston, for those who were resident in Barnston at the time of death. 

If you would like to arrange for a burial in the churchyard or Town Cemetery, one of our local funeral directors will help. We will work with them to ensure you have every support throughout the process.

Headstones and Memorials

If you would like to add, replace or make changes to a headstone in the Churchyard, it must be approved first by completing a CR1 Application. You can contact a stonemason or funeral director who will be happy to help you fill out the form.

There are regulations governing all churchyards which includes memorials and maintenance. For the full churchyard regulations please see this handbook from Chelmsford Diocese. 

Please note no maintenance work to headstones or memorials should be undertaken without the permission of the owner of said headstone/memorial.