Notice is hereby given that representations have been made to His Majesty in Council by the Secretary of State for Justice that, subject to the exception below, burials should be discontinued in St Mary’s Churchyard, Swillington, Leeds, West Yorkshire and that His Majesty in Council was pleased on 13th March 2024 to order that such representations be taken into account by a Committee of the Privy Council on 24th April 2024.

The exception is that in any grave space in which no interment has previously taken place, the burial may be allowed of any person for whom, or any member of the family for which that grave space has been reserved and appropriated, with the exclusive right of burial there, 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.