MELBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL
COMMITTEE 1 - BURIAL
Members of Committee 1 -
Burial:
Councillor Freeman - Chairman
Councillor Statham - Vice Chairman
Councillor Carroll
Councillor Christie
Councillor Collyer
Councillor Crawford
Councillor Dunnicliff
Councillor Earp
Councillor Hicklin
Councillor Jackson
Councillor Parker
Councillor Sharp
Councillor Smith
Councillor Willmore
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Committee meeting dates:
Monday, 14 January 2008
Monday, 11 February 2008
Monday, 10 March 2008
Monday, 07 April 2008
Monday, 12 May 2008
Monday, 09 June 2008
Monday, 07 July 2008
Monday, 08 September 2008
Monday, 13 October 2008
Monday, 10 November 2008
Monday, 08 December 2008
Venue and times below.
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Melbourne Cemetery,
Packhorse Road. |
Please note the following venues and times of Burial
Committee meetings:
| October to March |
7.50pm in the Council Room of the Bill Shone Leisure
Centre, High Street, Melbourne. |
| April to September |
Normally, 7pm in the Cemetery Chapel, Packhorse Road,
Melbourne. |
The Packhorse Road Cemetery is owned and maintained by the
Melbourne Parish Council, whose mission is to provide a respectful and dignified environment for
the interment and remembrance of the people who lived in the Parish of Melbourne. Visitors to
the Cemetery are welcomed and asked to respect and share the pride taken in its appearance and maintenance.
In 2002, Melbourne came second in the Best Cemetery Competition in the whole of the UK and
Ireland. Melbourne Parish Council is responsible for maintenance of the grounds and Garden of
Remembrance, burials, interments, and the erection of memorials. A Safety Check has recently
been undertaken on headstones and memorials as part of an ongoing Health and Safety procedure.
Pictured left is the Village Sexton, Robert Holman, to whom any enquiries or comments should
be addressed. Telephone 07966 461416.
Fees applicable from 01 April 2008 are given below.
MELBOURNE CEMETERY FEES
The fees, payments and sums set out below apply where the person to be
interred, or in respect of whom the right is granted is, or immediately
before death was, a parishioner of the Parish of Melbourne or, in the case
of a still-born child, where the parents, or one of them, are, or at the time
of interment were, parishioners.
In all other cases, the fees payments and sums will be triple those shown,
except that:
- Where a person who, whilst a parishioner, has acquired the
exclusive right of burial in a grave or vault then, whether or not
that person remains a parishioner, the following fees for his or her
interment, or for the interment of a spouse, parent, sibling or child
of such person shall not be subject to triple fees.
- Where any person dies within a period of three years after he or
she has ceased to reside in the Parish and without having
purchased an exclusive right of burial, the fees for interment shall
not be subject to triple fees.
PART ONE - Interments
The fees indicated:
- Include the digging or opening of the grave
- Apply only where the interment is made between the hours of 9.00
and 16.00 on a weekday, or between the hours of 10.00 and 11.00
on a Saturday, or on the certificate of a Coroner or a registered
Medical Practitioner that an immediate interment is necessary.
- Apply to graves in respect of which an exclusive right of burial has
been purchased only when interment is at a depth not exceeding 5
feet 6 inches (165 cm).
For the interment in any grave:
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Standard Price |
Triple Price |
| (1) of the body of a still-born child or of a child whose
age did not exceed one month (burial to take place in a grave selected by the
council). If otherwise, the charges to be the same as those of a
child under the age of 17 years |
No Charge |
No Charge |
| (2) of the body of a person whose age at the time of death did not
exceed 17 years |
No Charge |
No Charge |
| (3) of the body of a person whose age at time of death exceeded 17
years |
£304 |
£912 |
| For interment (other than cremated remains in a vault) |
£335 |
£1005 |
| For the interment of cremated remains in a grave or vault |
£45 |
£135 |
| For the right to scatter cremated remains in the Garden of
Remembrance |
£45 |
£135 |
| For the right to bury cremated remains in a half plot |
£45 |
£135 |
PART TWO - Purchase of exclusive rights of burial in earthen graves
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Standard Price |
Triple Price |
| For the exclusive right of burial for 100 years, in earthen grave 6 feet
by 3 feet (210 x 90 cm) |
£330 |
£990 |
| For the exclusive right of burial for 100 years of cremated remains in
an earthen grave 3' 6" by 3 feet (105 x 90 cms) |
£239 |
£717 |
| For the exclusive right of burial for 100 years of cremated remains in
the half plot area of the burial ground |
£162 |
£486 |
PART THREE - Walled Graves and Vaults
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Standard Price |
Triple Price |
| For the right to construct, and for the exclusive right of burial for 100
years in a walled grave or vault 7 feet by 3 feet (240 x 90 cms) |
£502 |
£1506 |
| The fees indicated for the various heads of Parts Two and Three
include the Deed of Grant and all expenses thereof.
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PART FOUR - Monuments, Gravestones, Tablets & Monumental Inscriptions
For the right to erect or place on a grave or vault:
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Standard Price |
Triple Price |
| A headstone, tablet or other monument not exceeding 3' 6" in height,
3' 0" in width, and 1' 6" in depth. (105 x 90 x 45 cms) |
£105 |
£315 |
A vase (where there is no other memorial)
There shall be no charge for a vase which is deemed part of a memorial |
£105 |
£315 |
| For the right to affix an approved plaque to the wall surrounding the
garden of remembrance |
£125 |
£375 |
The fees in this Part Four include the first inscription.
For each inscription after the first, the fees are as follows: |
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| Where there has been an interment |
£105 |
£315 |
| Where there has not been an interment |
£125 |
£375 |
| PLEASE NOTE: The design of memorials and inscriptions is subject to the
approval of the council, and may be provided only in respect of graves
where the exclusive right of burial has been purchased. |
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PART FIVE - Entries in the book of remembrance
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Standard
Price |
Triple
Price |
| For a three line entry in the book of remembrance |
£105 |
£315 |
| For each additional line |
£38 |
£114 |
PART SIX - Searches and copies of Registers
| Fees for searches of register books, and for copies and
extracts to be taken: |
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Standard
Price |
Triple
Price |
| Every search of the register books |
£38 |
£114 |
| Every certified copy of an entry of burial in the
register books |
£25 |
£75 |
The above fees replace all previous fees.