While Happisburgh might be seen as a pilot project, it would not be the first church – or graveyard – to be lost to the sea.
When churches at nearby Eccles and at Dunwich, Suffolk, fell victim to shifting coastlines, graves were left to be exposed by the erosion.
“We cannot allow that to happen,” added Blathwayt.
The fate of the 15th Century church and graveyard has been raised during meetings with villagers and the Diocese of Norwich, which has responsibility for the site.
As part of these talks, parishioners have considered decommissioning the graveyard so no more burials could take place there.
A Diocese of Norwich spokeswoman said: “This is not a new problem in the Diocese of Norwich. At least nine churches and therefore graveyards were lost to coastal erosion during the Middle Ages.
“At Dunwich in Suffolk, which was in the Diocese of Norwich in the Middle Ages, an entire town with eight churches was washed away by coastal erosion.”