Yes, you need permission before placing a headstone in a churchyard anywhere in England, and the system works the same way in every diocese: the vicar approves it under delegated authority, following that diocese's Churchyard Regulations, or refers it upward for a...
The short answer Yes. You need permission to put a headstone on a grave in the UK, and permission to bury someone does not include the right to erect a memorial. Two separate things have to be in place: you must hold the burial rights for the grave, and the burial...
