The sums set out below will be doubled where a person is not an inhabitant or parishioner of the parish of Cheveley, or where neither of the parents of a stillborn child is such an inhabitant or parishioner.
The term ‘inhabitant’ shall be interpreted to include a person who at the time of death or some time during the six months immediately prior to death normally resided in the parish of Cheveley or in special circumstances at the discretion of the parish council.
1. INTERMENTS
The fees indicated do not include the digging of the grave or other labour charges.
a) For any interment in a grave of a body of a person whose age
at the time of death exceeded 12 years. £60.00
b) For any interment of a stillborn child, or a child whose age at
death did not exceed one month. Free of charge
c) For any interment of a child, whose age at death exceeded
one month but did not exceed 12 years. Free of charge
d) For any interment of cremated remains in a grave already
purchased. Free of charge
e) For any interment of cremated remains in the area
allocated for informal burials. £35.00
2. EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OF BURIAL IN EARTHEN GRAVES
a) For the exclusive right of burial in perpetuity in an earthen
grave 7 feet by 3 feet. £80.00
b) For the exclusive right of burial in perpetuity of cremated
remains in an earthen grave 2 feet by 2 feet. £35.00
3. MONUMENTS, GRAVESTONES, TABLETS AND MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS
For the right to only erect or place on a grave in respect of which the exclusive right of burial has been granted:
a) A flat stone not exceeding 6 feet by 3 feet. £60.00
b) A head stone not exceeding 4 feet in height. £60.00
c) An inscribed memorial vase not exceeding 2 feet in height. £20.00
For the right to place on a cremation plot:
a) A flat stone not exceeding 18 inches by 18 inches. £35.00
The fees indicated for the various heads of this part include the first inscription. For each inscription after the first a fee of £20.00 is payable.
BURIAL FEES – Appendix 1; Informal Burials
This document is an appendix to the Burial Fees section 1.e) and details the regulations for the interment of cremated remains in the area allocated for informal burials.
The informal area provided by Cheveley Parish Council is at the bottom of the Cemetery on the right hand side in the open field area and offers the opportunity for interment of ashes in consecrated ground. A path will be kept mown into this area.
In the informal area the following rules apply:
- Ashes can be either buried in a box, or be scattered in a small hole that is then back filled with a tree planted to mark the spot.
- One tree, selected from the permitted list of indigenous species below, is permitted to be planted.
- One small metal plaque is permitted that states no more than the name and date of the deceased and the type of tree.
- Natural sprays and bunches of flowers may be laid at the foot of the tree at the time of interment and on other occasions.
- No loose scattering of ashes is permitted
- No stone or memorial is permitted in the informal area (if required interment must be made in the formal area)
- No artificial flowers or additional planting of shrubs and flowers is permitted within the area
Permitted tree list:
Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Cherry (Prunus avium)
Crab Apple (Malus sylvestris)
Field Maple (Acer campestre)
Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Oak (Quercus robur)
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
Whitebeam (Sorbus aria)
The above fee table and regulations governing the use of Cheveley cemetery were passed by resolution of the parish council on the 9th February 2010 and become effective from the 1st April 2010. These charges are to be levied in every case.
Signed……………………………..
Elaine Taylor (Clerk)
