We found it in Wolsingham parish churchyard, planted in 2007 after being propagated from a bulb found in the garden of Jesse Young, the local district nurse.
Meanwhile, foul burial places in the centre of the metropolis – whether parish or private – could be closed by order of the secretary of state.
But the system for dealing with these crimes was the same everywhere: swear the victims to secrecy; send the abuser to be "cleansed" in a clinic; shift him to another parish (or in extreme cases like Smyth's to another country); and, above all, do not tell the police.
"But that's lovely," she says, "because, who knows, maybe they will come back some day?" Saunders has been vicar at this ancient Rutland parish for six years – and also in the neighbouring villages of Little Casterton, Pickworth, Tinwell and Tickencote.
Trips are for only four to six people, visiting the remote parish of Mequat Mariam and other villages, as well as treks to the Abuna Yoseph mountain where much of the income goes directly to the villagers who decide collectively how to spend it.
"The big deal with Coins is that when you get a figure like £6bn-worth of cuts it is useful, but what you really want to know is much more granular – how much is spent on police in your parish, for instance.
Back down on earth, collecting was regarded as the ideal occupation for a vicar: less bloodthirsty than foxhunting, but still getting the reverend out and about in the parish.
Like Harrison, Paul Hayhurst has lived in Elswick all his life, where he is a long-standing independent councillor on the parish council, as well as also holding positions on Lancashire county council and Fylde borough council.
When there is a local tragedy – fishermen drowned at sea, teenagers killed in a bad road collision – the parish priest still speaks for the people, and organises the rites of passage.
