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Memorial application forms are available from the Council. A copy of the inscription, a drawing of the proposed monument and its measurements must be submitted.
All memorials must be installed using the National Association of Memorial Masons approved anchor system (NAMM). Any memorials that do not comply with the approved NAMM fixing system may be removed and action may be taken against the installer.
Memorials, vases, plaques and their inscriptions are only permitted on purchased grave plots.
All headstones must have the appropriate grave number engraved into the base.
Memorial testing will be carried out periodically within all the Council's cemeteries. Notices will be displayed in each cemetery giving the dates of these inspections.
Lawn cemeteries
Newhall, Marston on Dove and Etwall Cemeteries are designated lawn cemeteries. Lawn graves are designed on the war grave principle (to have only a memorial of limited size at the head of the grave with the rest of the grave laid to lawn). In this manner the limited area available for burial is best utilised.
In addition maintenance is easier to accomplish with large mowing machinery being used to keep the area in a neat condition. These graves are sold on the understanding that only lawn style memorials are erected.
Contact details
South Derbyshire District Council
Grounds & Facilities
Civic Offices
Civic Way
Swadlincote
Derbyshire
DE11 0AH
Tel: 01283 595782
Fax: 01283 595720
SMS: 0780 2561 820
Online: contact form
email: cemeteries@south-derbys.gov.uk
Any additional information can be obtained on application to the Cemetery Office during normal office hours:
Monday – Thursday 8.45am – 5pm
Friday – 8.45am – 4.30pm
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