Most churches, a good number of manses, maybe more pertinently the plots on which they sit, are not registered by the land registry. Historically this is because such plots of land rarely changed hands. Nowadays as redundant and dead plots are sold off for redevelopment, this is inceasingly problematic and sites have to be registered by 2013. But because we are about to sell ours, we have to register it now! Thankfully the lovely people at EMBA Trust Company are on the case and offer us loads of help and support to say nothing of a great deal financially. The catch is that you have to provide you own sketch maps of every plot of land you own - so witness one minister walking along with a clip board noting down all the house numbers opposite our graveyard (which also has to be registered) and guessing where the garden fences go when she couldn't see over the walls.
I don't think my tech. drawing teacher would have been overly impressed by my sketches but at least my printing was pretty close to BS5750/ISO9001 or whatever it is these days!
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The BU have just done ours...
Apparently I am not allowed to keep pigs at the manse - as you can imagine I am devastated by this news!