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


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.


Melbourne Cemetery, Packhorse 
Road. Photograph by Andrew Jackson.

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.

Robert Holman, Sexton.
Photograph by Andrew Jackson.

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:


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


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


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.



PART FOUR - Monuments, Gravestones, Tablets & Monumental Inscriptions

For the right to erect or place on a grave or vault:


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:


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.



PART FIVE - Entries in the book of remembrance


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:


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.


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