The churchyard, of course, should be cleared of its graves.
There had been a deliberate contrast with the often chaotic nature of the city churchyard, where bodies were crammed rather than interred, and which lacked respect for familial affection.
By 1619 the wardens had got him as far as the churchyard, but apparently he refused to enter the church for the service.
In two further cases burial was designated outside the churchyard or cemetery.
Even if the settlers felt comfort in their reformed faith, they did not dare to sleep over an old churchyard.
The first activity traced in the archaeological record is that the old churchyard was levelled.
This is open to anyone who wants to busk in the churchyard.
Some time around the year 1529 the chapel and the churchyard were transformed into profane plots.
