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Funeral Expenses

 

Please find below a list of funeral expenses (From 1st April 2008).

The Council provides cemeteries at Church Gresley, Newhall, Findern, Etwall, Marston on Dove and Aston on Trent

NOTE - all fees for Grant of Right and Burials are TREBLE for non-residents of the District. All the prices below are inclusive of VAT where applicable.

Scale of Charges
Type Description Cost (2008/9)
Cemeteries - Grant of Right (Document giving the exclusive Right of Burial in a specified plot for a period of 50 years)
Infants grave (0 - 12 months) Free
Childs grave (12 months - and under 6 years) Free
Childs grave (6 years and under 10 years) Free
Childs grave (10 years and under 16 years)  Free
Adult grave 9’ x 4’ (for a coffin) £338.00
Adult grave 10’x 5’ (for a casket) £422.00
Cremated remains plot 2' x 2' £164.00
Cemeteries -Burials  Infants grave (0 – 12 months) Free
Childs grave (12 months + and under 6 years) Free
Childs grave (6 years + and under 10 years)  Free
Childs grave (10 years+ and under 16 years) Free
Adult single depth grave £306.00
Adult double depth grave £282.00
Adult treble depth grave £348.00
Adult surcharge for casket £81.00
Adult common grave £273.00
For any burial after the first £273.00
Cremated remains in ashes plot (infant) Free
Cremated remains in ashes plot (child) Free
Cremated remains in ashes plot (adult) £82.00
Strewing of ashes (council staff - Etwall Cemetery only) £48.00
Strewing of ashes (non-council staff - Etwall Cemetery only) £41.00
Welfare Funeral £390.00
Cemeteries - Monuments (Confers the right to erect a monument inclusive of the first inscription)
Flat stone (not exceeding 6’ 6” x 3’) £65.00 
Headstone or footstone (less than 2’ in height) £120.00
Headstone or footstone (exceeding 2’ in height) £131.00
Kerb or border stones (for a space 6’ 6” x 3’) £131.00
A vase not exceeding 18” in height £49.00
Any other monument not exceeding 6 ’6” in height and occupying aspace no greater than 6’ 6” x 3” £128.00
Replacement of memorial stone £73.00
For any inscription after the first £73.00
Supply and erection of temporary grave marker (including inscription) £104.00
Etwall Cemetery; supply of 7”x 5” wall plaque inclusive of inscription up to 70 letters £225.00
Cemeteries - Miscellaneous Preparation for the Exhumation of a body (admin costs) £697.00
Search of records including copy of entry £11.00 
Transfer of ownership of Grant of Right £20.00
Slabbing or sealing a grave £73.00
Alterations to coffin size once shoring is in place £43.00


Cremation
Please contact Bretby Crematorium on 01283 221505 

Further Information
Any additional information can be obtained on application to the Cemetery Office at the address below during normal office hours:-

South Derbyshire District Council
Civic Offices
Civic Way
Swadlincote
Derbyshire
DE11 0AH

Online: online enquiry form

Opening hours:-
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8.45 am – 5.00 pm
Wednesday 9.30 am - 5.00pm
Friday 8.45 am – 4.30 pm

Prices Revised 1st April 2008

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