Wool and Slabs in Hawkshead

We wandered round Hawkshead in the rain and found some new paths away from the tourists,  of which there were many because it's Half Term.  I've been to Hawkshead loads of times but never climbed up to see the church. We wanted to go inside to see the  Burial in Wool affidavit dated to 1696. According to the Burying in Woollen Acts (1666–1680) all dead except plague victims had to be buried in a shroud of pure English wool. The laws were enacted to protect the wool trade at a time when supply was outstripping demand..  But the church was closed. 
Note also the stones making up the wall. I thought they were old gravestones but apparently they are Brathay slabs.   Slabs of stone quarried locally since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I at Brathay Quarry between Ambleside and Hawkshead.  The unusual vertical stone slab walls are peculiar to this area of the Lakes  and are strong enough to withstand cows and sheep, apparently.