Call for more cash to care for churchyards

MORE cash should be spent on maintaining West Devon's closed churchyards as they are below the standard expected by communities, claims a local councillor.

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Cllr Robert Oxborough (Ind, Mary Tavy) told a recent meeting of West Devon Borough Council's audit and governance committee that it had come to his attention over the last few months that Mary Tavy’s parochial church council was “dissatisfied” over the condition of the closed churchyard at the parish church of St Mary’s. He said the borough council’s budget for ground maintenance was “relatively low” and the feeling was that more should be allocated to it.