| Members of Committee 1 - Burial: Councillor Freeman - Chairman Councillor Hicklin - Vice Chairman Councillor Carpenter Councillor Carroll Councillor Collyer Councillor Crawford Councillor Dunnicliff Councillor Earp Councillor Howard Councillor Jackson Councillor Minifie Councillor Parker Councillor Sharp Councillor Smith Councillor Willmore |
2012 Committee meeting dates: Monday, 09 January Monday, 13 February Monday, 12 March Tuesday, 10 April Tuesday, 08 May Monday, 11 June Monday, 09 July Monday, 10 September Monday, 08 October Monday, 12 November Monday, 10 December Venue and times below. |
![]() Melbourne Cemetery, Packhorse Road. |
Please note the following venues and times of Burial Committee meetings:
| October to March | Normally, 7.30pm in the Council Room of the Bill Shone Leisure Centre, High Street, Melbourne. |
| April to September | Normally, 7.15pm in the Cemetery Chapel, Packhorse Road, Melbourne. |
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 2011 are given below.
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 relating to headstones and inscriptions shall be double; all other charges will be triple those shown, except that:
PART ONE - Interments
The fees indicated:
For the interment in any grave:
| 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 | £330 | £990 |
| For interment (other than cremated remains in a vault) | £366 | £1098 |
| For the interment of cremated remains in a grave or vault | £48 | £144 |
| For the right to scatter cremated remains in the Garden of Remembrance | £48 | £144 |
| For the right to bury cremated remains in a half plot | £48 | £144 |
PART TWO - Purchase of exclusive rights of burial in earthen graves
| 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) | £357 | £1071 |
| 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) | £260 | £780 |
| For the exclusive right of burial for 100 years of cremated remains in the half plot area of the burial ground | £176 | £528 |
PART THREE - Walled Graves and Vaults
| 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) | £543 | £1629 |
| The fees indicated for the various heads of Parts Two and Three include the Deed of Grant and all expenses thereof. |
PART FOUR - Monuments, Gravestones, Tablets & Monumental Inscriptions
For the right to erect or place on a grave or vault:
| Standard Price | Double 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) | £113 | £226 |
| A vase (where there is no other memorial) There shall be no charge for a vase which is deemed part of a memorial |
£113 | £226 |
| For the right to affix an approved plaque to the wall surrounding the garden of remembrance | £134 | £268 |
| 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 | £113 | £226 |
| Where there has not been an interment | £134 | £268 |
| 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. |
PART FIVE - Searches and copies
| Disk of cemetery records | £27 | |
| Fees for searches of register books and for each certified copy | £10 |
The above fees replace all previous fees.
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