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I wonder what happened with the abbey churches during the English Dissolution of the Monasteries in this regard? Some seem to have been put to storage use. Graveyards seem to have been removed to order... is there no deconsecration there? I have some recall of an earlier discussion/posting on this list in more whimsical times in which it was explained why a leased building could not be consecrated but (?) only dedicated for use. Does it follows that the act of selling the church site amounts to de facto deconsecration, i.e. that it's not an affirmative process but more of a consequence? regards john a w lock ----- Original Message ----- From: Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:40 PM Subject: Re: Cathedrals (deconsecration) > The problem is that neither my own diocese nor the diocese of Swansea and > Brecon (in which the church originally was) seem to know what they did (or > indeed what they should have done)! I think we are in denial on this one > because so many Welsh churches have had to be deconsecrated in recent > years. > > Apparently it's the sort of question visitors to the reconstruction do ask. > > Maddy > > > Dr Madeleine Gray, in the foothills of God's golden county of Gwent > (Department of Humanities and Science > UWCN Caerleon Campus > PO Box 179 > Newport NP18 3YG > Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675 > http://humanities.newport.ac.uk/history.html) > > 'Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought' >