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Kaiya Marjoribanks

Minister and parishioners welcome plans to turn graveyard into memorial garden

The minister and parishioners of a Stirling church have praised a community project’s efforts in a local graveyard after some original concerns were alleviated.

Stirling 4 Community (S4C) charitable community group’s application for a partial change of use of the graveyard to a memorial garden behind St Ninians Old Parish Church in Kirk Wynd was approved recently by Stirling Council’s planning panel.

The site is a cemetery for past residents of the old William Simpsons Asylum, established in 1836.

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