Andrew and Gail Wallbank outside the church they are being forced to pay to repair - simply because they inherited land with a chancel repair liability

By Victoria Moore

This is a beautiful spot. The church of St John the Baptist stands in the Warwickshire village of Aston Cantlow, in a small churchyard scattered with gravestones and dotted with neatly trimmed yew and holly. It's here that Shakespeare's parents are thought to have married, and if the walls look a little crumbly and uneven... well, perhaps that's only to be expected of a building that dates back to the 13th century.

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