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dartmoor forest parish council
postbridge cemetery

cemetery history
burial records
BURIAL GROUND FEES

PURCHASE OF GRAVE
Plot for burial of coffin   £100.00
Plot for burial of cremated remains           £50.00
Deed of Assignment/Grant of Right of Burial          £8.00

BURIALS
Interment of coffin in burial ground           £100.00
Interment of stillborn infant and infant dying within first five years               £Nil
Burial of cremated remains (in container) in burial ground £50.00
Burial of cremated remains (loose) in burial ground             £50.00
Scattering of cremated remains in burial ground   On application to the Clerk

MONUMENTS IN BURIAL GROUND
Small cross of wood        £50.00
Vase not exceeding H12” x D8” x W8”      £50.00
Tablet (erected horizontally or vertically) not exceeding 21” x 21” £50.00
Any other monument      On application to the Clerk
Original inscription on tablet        £Nil
Additional inscription on existing tablet    £Nil

The fees above apply to Postbridge residents.  A Postbridge resident is defined as someone who, at the time of his/her death:
•             Resided in a property within the Postbridge boundary
•             Or had been hospitalised from a property within the Postbridge boundary
•             Or had moved to a residential home from a property within Postbridge

Fees for former residents of Postbridge are 50% higher than the figures given above
Fees for anyone who has never resided in Postbridge are 100% higher than the figures given above

The Parish Council will consider applications for variations/exceptions to the residency rules on an individual basis.  The Parish Council’s decision in such matters is final

It is regretted that double depth burial plots are not available due to the stony nature of the ground

All fees effective from 3 September 2012 (see Parish Council minutes for that date)
Parish Clerk    clerk@dartmoorforestpc.net

©  Dartmoor Forest Parish Council 2014
Photograph credits N K Tigwell unless otherwise stated
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