Please be assured that the churchyard will remain open and accessible to all as it is now, but we no longer have the space for further burials.

At the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on 16th May 2021, the PCC announced its decision to apply to the Ministry of Justice to close St Mary's churchyard for burials.  Under the application for closure, burials and will still be allowed in existing family graves where there is sufficient space and we will also apply for the interment of cremated remains within existing family graves.

During 2022 the PCC commissioned a Memorial Path to the West of the Church which now enables cremated remains to be interred on either side for several years to come.  

The Application for Closure was submitted to Sheviock Parish Council in February 2023 as it is the intention to transfer maintenance of the churchyard to Cornwall Council.  Discussions regarding the transfer of maintenance are ongoing between Cornwall Council and the Diocese of Truro, during which time the Application for Closure is on hold.

Please contact Jenny Bushrod at [email protected] if you have any concerns or further queries about the closure.