Land for allotments

We wrote to the Diocese of St Albans last year about buying glebe land at the Spinney for allotments and ultimately a cemetery extension. They have replied:

CRANFIELD – REQUEST TO PURCHASE GLEBE LAND

I am very sorry that, by oversight, I have failed to write to you earlier about the request from your council to purchase some glebe land to serve as an extension to the existing burial ground.

The Glebe Committee gave very careful consideration to this request when it met on 1 February.  It was decided that the council’s request could not be accepted.

I am sorry to have to send a disappointing reply.

Land purchase

The St Albans Diocesan Glebe Committee met at the start of February. We were informed that they were considering our request to buy land adjacent to the cemetery with a view to creating allotments and expanding the cemetery in the future. Since then we have been awaiting their reply.  Watch the blog.    

Burial ground land purchases

We have received the following email from the diocese of St Albans:


Dear Ms Davey-Hunt
Since I last wrote our Agent has consulted the tenant who currently occupies the land in which your council is interested.  He has indicated that he is not minded to surrender his tenancy and it follows, therefore, that the Glebe Committee will not be able to take the matter further. I am sorry that I am sending a reply which will not be welcome to your council.
Yours sincerely
Nigel Benger
The St Albans Diocesan Board of Finance




This refers to some land running parallel to the cemetery which we wished to purchase, first to ensure that we had enough land to meet the village's eventual burial needs and secondly to provide space for allotments in the medium term.