Width: No more than 900mm nor less than 500mm

Thickness: No more than 150mm nor less than 75mm, (except slate, not less than 38mm).

The headstone must be sunk directly into the ground to a minimum of a third of its height, and firmly tamped into the earth.

Alternatively a flat stone of a size not more than 900mm or less than 300mm in either direction may be secured so that its upper face is level with the surrounding ground.

A Vase is also permitted but this must be set into the ground so that when not in use it does not protrude above ground level.

Any memorial erected in the Cemetery remains the property and responsibility of the grave owner or their personal representative and therefore, remains in the Cemetery at the sole risk of, and must be kept in a good state of repair by, the said owner or personal representative.

The Council shall not be held responsible for any damage or breakage which may occur to any monument or memorial through any cause whatsoever.

In accordance with Article 14 Local Authority Cemeteries Order 1977 The Council reserves the right to:

Remove any memorial which has been installed without the appropriate authorisation,

Remove any memorial, which has become, or is likely to become, dangerous or which is in a derelict or unsightly condition.

Exclude or remove from the Cemetery any memorial not executed in a workmanlike manner, or from sound materials, or which would, in the opinion of the Council disfigure the Cemetery or offend public decency.

The Council may require the owner of any monument, gravestone or other structure which in their opinion has become unsafe, to remove it. If the owner fails to comply with any such requirement within 14 days, or if in the opinion of the Council removal should be effected immediately, then the Council may carry out the work without incurring any liability for any damage arising and the costs thereof shall be recoverable from the owner.

Granby Cemetery

Agreement to erect and maintain a memorial

I (full name).......................................................................................................................

of (address).......................................................................................................................

..........................................................................................................................................

being the (enter relationship to deceased)................................. of...................................

apply to erect a memorial on grave plot number............ at Granby cemetery.

I enclose the Certificate of Exclusive Rights to the plot. (added 12/09/06)

I have read and agree with the regulations in force at the time of this agreement.

I supply details of the memorial and the proposed inscription.

I understand that this agreement will terminate after thirty years from the date of signing. Applications to renew this agreement can be made at any time.

During the term of the agreement I agree to keep the memorial in a safe and tidy condition at my own expense within twenty-eight days of receiving a request to carry out such work.

I agree to notify the Parish Council of any change to my contact details.

The Parish Council will consider an application to transfer responsibility of the memorial to another person. Applications should be made on the approved application form.

Signed by the applicant........................................................................date........................

The Parish Council has considered the above application and grants consent.

Signed on behalf of the Parish Council............................................................Parish Clerk

date........................

GRANBY BURIAL GROUND

FEES, PAYMENTS AND SUMS, FIXED AND SETTLED UNDER

SECTION 34 OF THE BURIAL ACT 1852

The fees, payments and sums set out below apply where the person to be interred is, or was, immediately prior to his/her death, an inhabitant or parishioner of the Parish of Granby-cum Sutton, or in the case of a still-born child, where the parents (or one of them) are, at the time of interment, such inhabitants or parishioners. In all other cases, the fees, payments and sums will be doubled. The fees in Part 4 will be doubled where the original fees were doubled. The fees indicated for the various headings of items 1, 2 & 3 do not include the digging of the grave

Part 1	INTERMENTS
(a)	the body of a still-born child	Zero
(b)	the body of a child whose age at the time of death did not exceed 12 years	£20.00
(c)	the body of a person whose age at the time of death exceeded 12 years	£60.00
(d)	Burial in a common plot	£120.00
Part 2	EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OF BURIAL IN EARTHEN GRAVES	£250.00
	EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF BURIAL OF ASHES IN ASHES PLOT (approx. diamensions of plot 3ft x 3ft)	£100.00
Part 3	ASHES
	Interment of ashes in grave (a full grave space or ashes plot must be purchased if not in family grave space)	£40.00
Part 4	GRAVESTONES MONUMENTS AND INSCRIPTIONS
	A headstone (not exceeding 3' high x 2' wide)	£60.00
	A Vase	£25.00
	Added inscriptions	£25.00
	(No kerbstones are allowed

These fees were agreed at the Parish Council meeting on 13th July 2004 to be implemented from 1st August 2004

Amended for ashes plots 12/9/2006