Coningsby Town Council – Burial Board Fees

.Coningsby Town Council – Burial Board Fees

Recommended fees & payments with effect from 1 April 20222 (reviewed June 2025)

Under Schedule 214. PARA 12. Local Government Act 1972

NO side by side burials will be reserved all family burials will be double depth

Burial Fees                                                                              Parishioner                 Non Parishioner

Interment of Child up to 16 yrs                                             No Charge                No Charge

Interment of person over 16yrs                                                400.00                        1200.00

Exclusive Right of Burial (reservation of space)                    300.00                        1100.00

Exclusive right of burial ashes (reservation of space)          300.00                        900.00

Interment of Ashes in existing grave or                                  300.00                        900.00

reserved Grave or Ashes Space

All Double Depth Burials. Fees one “Exclusive Right of Burial” fee as listed; first burial in grave space, full interment fee, second burial reduced interment fee £200.00 parishioner, £600.00 non parishioner. Non parishioner ashes burial 1st @ full fee £900.00 2nd £450.00

Scattering of Ashes – Diamond Jubilee Garden - £80 one charge for all includes small nameplate and name recorded in a book of remembrance.

Please note Parishioner rates to be charged if the deceased person’s last home address was within Coningsby Parish (after having moved into care including care with a family member).

If after purchasing a reserved space whilst a parishioner - moved away and no longer owns property in the parish, burial fee would revert to non-resident charge after 5 years.

Memorials

KERBS ARE NOT ALLOWED

NO MEMORIAL TO BE PLACED IN THE CEMETERY WITH A HEIGHT OF ABOVE 3 FEET

Base sizes for single plots 3ft x 1ft 6in only – if two plots family with joint headstone 6ft x 1ft 6in

FEES FOR MEMORIALS

1. Flat Headstone not exceeding 1ft X 1ft; inset in turf.                                   120.00             300.00

2. Total height of memorial from ground not exceeding 3ft high                     150.00             400.00

3. Any other memorial (as above) not exceeding 3ft                                         150.00             400.00

Ashes Memorials

1. Memorial Stone not exceeding 18” x 18” x 4” in depth. To be inset in stoned ashes area in allocated space.  Inset in ground, maximum height including vases not to exceed height of the boundary kerbing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             120.00               300.00

Additional Inscription                                                             no charge        no charge

As from January 1982 no charge via the Town Council re- Fee for Church Ministers.

All headstone/monuments/plaques must be placed at the head of grave- on memorial; no memorials are permitted to be placed along the grave space. No temporary memorials permitted longer than 6 months.

All memorials must be securely fixed and stable. BRAMM standards required for fixing new or re fixing any memorials removed for additional inscription – these must be re sited at current standard.

*** No works to be carried out in Cemetery with out prior consent from Town Council ***