Revised Burial Ground regulations |
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Much Hadham Parish Council |
Much Hadham Parish Council now agreed revised regulations for the Burial Ground as follows: The Regulations of the Much Hadham Parish Council – Burial Authority The Burial Authority shall consist of the members from time to time of Much Hadham Parish Council and the Burial Authority shall meet and regulate its business accordingly. Details of the fees from time to time fixed by the Burial Authority and copies of these Regulations are available on application from the Clerk of Much Hadham Parish Council, The Old Monastery, Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, Herts CM23 2ND, Tel 01279 652274. A sketch showing the dimensions of any headstone or cross or plinth proposed to be erected and a copy of any inscription or thing proposed to be inscribed or engraved thereon shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Burial Authority before the headstone or cross or plinth is erected. Rules as to Flowers, Grave Spaces, Headstones and Crosses etc 1. A grave space shall be an area not exceeding 215 cm by 80 cm and shall be only in such position as the Burial Authority shall determine. 2. No items of any kind shall be put on a grave space except:- 3. Artificial wreaths and flowers, including imitation flowers under glass and imitation flowers in 4. A headstone or cross shall be no more than 95 cm high (calculated from ground level), 60 cm wide and 10 cm thick. The height of any headstone or cross shall be calculated inclusive of any plinth and/or any steps beneath a plinth. 5. Any plinth or foundation stone shall be no more than 15 cm high (calculated from ground level), 30 cm deep (from front to back) and 80 cm wide (from side to side). 6. Horizontal gravestones shall be permitted only as an alternative to a headstone or cross and shall be no more than 60 cm wide by 150 cm long with a thickness or height from ground level of no more than 8 cm on the sides and 20 cm in the middle. Horizontal gravestones shall also comply with Regulations 7, 8 and 9. 7. (a) All headstones, crosses and plinths shall be of natural stone (including black honed granite 8. If after a period of two years from the interment no headstone or cross has been erected on a 9. These Regulations supersede any previous Regulations. No headstone or cross or plinth or 10 . These Regulations were adopted on 4 November 2008 and shall be amended only by a majority
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