Burial Ground

The Council is responsible for the management, upkeep and allocation of the Parish Burial Ground.
This page provides information for both parishioners & non-parishioners about how to apply for an internment, memorial, rights of burial, cemetery fees and associated regulations.
St Breock Parish Council Cemetery Fees - Effective 1st October 2020
Fees, Payments and Sums fixed and settled under Article 15 of the Local Authorities’ Cemeteries Order 1977 (no.204).
Guidance
- For memorials erected on a grave space purchased solely for the interment of cremated remains, a maximum of six inscriptions will be permitted. Inscriptions to the front and rear of the headstone will be permitted.
- All tablet memorials will be laid flush to earth level.
- Fees are payable in advance.
- The transfer of an exclusive right of burial where the rightful owner has made an application is £35 for both Parishioner and Non-Parishioner.
- Fees vary depending on whether the deceased is either a Parishioner or Non-Parishioner. A Parishioner is as defined below.
- For Parishioners, no cemetery fees apply for children aged 16 years and under (including a stillborn child)
Definition Of A Parishioner
A Parishioner is someone who:
- Is normally resident within the St Breock Parish boundary.
- Had been normally resident within the St Breock Parish boundary within FIVE years of the date of death.
- Is the child* of parents (or of one parent) who, at the time of interment, are Parishioners;
- Purchased the exclusive right to the grave space while a resident of St Breock Parish
* Whose age at the time of death did not exceed 16 years (including a stillborn child).
Burial Ground Fees For Parishioners
These fees include the Exclusive Right of Burial which will be issued at the time of purchase (either reservation or first interment)
- Purchase of a single or double depth plot – to include first interment of the body of a person - £254
- Second interment – of the body of a person in a double depth plot - £80
- Purchase of a plot solely for cremated remains – to include first interment of the cremated remains of a person - £254
Further interments of cremated remains – a fee will apply to all interments after the first:
- Single depth – maximum of three interments (per interment) - £80
- Double depth – maximum of six interments (per interment) - £80
Memorial Fees For Parishioners
Headstone Memorials
Permission to site a headstone in the burial ground (this fee will be applied to the first and all additional inscriptions) – simple designs/styles which may incorporate provision for flower vases. The size of the headstone must not exceed 2ft 6 inches by 3ft high - £65
Tablet memorials
Permission to site a tablet in the memorial garden (this fee will be applied to the first and second inscription to include laying of tablet). The size of the tablet must be 15 inches by 12 inches. Integral flower vases are NOT permitted – a separate flower vase to be placed in the border above the plots will be permitted - £85
Burial Ground Fees For Non-Parishioners
These fees include the Exclusive Right of Burial which will be issued at the time of purchase (either reservation or first interment)
- Purchase of a single or double depth plot – to include first interment of the body of a person - £508
- Second interment – of the body of a person in a double depth plot - £160
- Purchase of a plot solely for cremated remains – to include first interment of the cremated remains of a person - £508
Further interments of cremated remains – a fee will apply to all interments after the first:
- Single depth – maximum of three interments (per interment) - £160
- Double depth – maximum of six interments (per interment) - £160
Memorial Fees For Non-Parishioners
Headstone Memorials
Permission to site a headstone in the burial ground (this fee will be applied to the first and all additional inscriptions) – simple designs/styles which may incorporate provision for flower vases. The size of the headstone must not exceed 2ft 6 inches by 3ft high - £130
Tablet memorials
Permission to site a tablet in the memorial garden (this fee will be applied to the first and second inscription to include laying of tablet). The size of the tablet must be 15 inches by 12 inches. Integral flower vases are NOT permitted – a separate flower vase to be placed in the border above the plots will be permitted - £170