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9. Bereavement Service fees

Interments

  • For the interment of the body of a still born child or a child whose age at the time of death did not exceed 16 years: nil
  • For the interment of the body of a person whose age at the time of death exceeded 16 years (different fee applies to a woodland burial plot): £491
  • For the interment in a woodland burial plot of the body of a person whose age at the time of death exceeded 16 years: £870
  • For the interment of cremated remains: £143
  • For the scattering of cremated remains, Sidmouth and Seaton cemeteries only: £102

when you have the ashes of a loved one scattered in  Seaton cemetery you will also need to have a plaque put on the memorial wall in the Garden of Rest.

  • Memorial plaque: £198

With the exception of ashes interments, we don't undertake the digging of graves.  The funeral director of the person having charge of the funeral must contract the services of a suitably qualified gravedigger and be responsible for paying their fees.

Exclusive rights of burial in earthen graves

Exclusive right of burial to be for a period of 50 years

  • For the exclusive right of burial for a stillborn child or a child whose age at the time of death did not exceed 16 years in a child's grave: nil
  • For the exclusive right of burial for a person whose age at the time of death exceeded 16 years in a grave size 9ft x 4ft: £870
  • For the exclusive right of burial in an ashes plot for a person whose age at the time of death exceeded 16 years
    • ashes plot x 2: £205

Monuments, gravestones, tablets and monumental inscriptions

Only a headstone, which must be of a prescribed design, may be erected in Seaton cemetery for the right to erect or place on a grave in respect of which the exclusive right of burial has been granted.

  1. a headstone not exceeding 4ft in height and 3ft in width: £174
  2. a flat stone not exceeding 7ft x 3ft: £174
  3. a footstone not exceeding 1ft in height: £174
  4. kerbstones or border stones not exceeding 7ft x 3ft (not at Seaton: £174
  5. vase (not at Seaton): £82
  6. tablet on any grave (not at Seaton) or in Sidmouth chapel: £82
  7. for each additional inscription: £82
  8. for the erection of a plaque on the wall in the garden of rest in Sidmouth or Seaton cemetery (inclusive of value added tax): £198

Searches in registers

  • Every search (other than personal searches which are free): £31
  • Every certified copy of any entry or burial in the register books: £17.50

Sidmouth chapel

  • for every service held in the chapel: £123

The fees set out above are double where:

At the time of death or immediately before death the deceased was not resident in the district

The exclusive rights to a grave are purchased by someone who is not resident in East Devon at the time of purchase.