Our quiet Garden of Remembrance provides a place where local people can remember their loved ones. Cremated remains are buried in the lawn area in the garden. Memorial plaques bearing the names of individuals are mounted on the brick memorial wall alongside the path. Vases at the base of the wall provide a place where floral tributes can be left. 

Please contact the Parish office for an application form or to talk through any questions you may have.

On the form you will need to give your details, details for the deceased and the text you would like on the plaque.  This includes 

• The name as you wish it to appear on the memorial 
• The years of birth and death (not full dates) 
• And a personal message of maximum 3 lines of 26 characters in length 

We cannot guarantee to inter two sets of remains in a single plot and therefore a statutory fee for each set of ashes would be required, but they would be in adjacent plots (about 9 inches apart).   However, it is possible to arrange the memorial plaque such that two people are commemorated on the same plaque.  For this, the number of lines available for a personal message would be reduced.  We can advise on how best to fulfil this.

A cremation certificate is needed to inter cremated remains.

Burial of Ashes

Ashes are buried in individual, unmarked plots in the lawn area. Records are kept as to where in the garden each burial takes place.

When you apply to have ashes buried in the garden, we will arrange a mutually convenient time for a short ‘burial of ashes’ ceremony to take place, conducted by the vicar. Before the ceremony, we will prepare the plot. During the short, Christian ceremony, the ashes will be ‘loose poured’ into the plot. Following the ceremony, the plot will be filled in and the turf replaced over it.  

It is not permitted to scatter ashes in the garden or in the wider churchyard: they must be buried. Ashes must be loose and will not be buried in a casket. 

Memorial Plaques

All burials will be recorded in the garden’s burial register which is kept securely in the church, and which can be inspected by arrangement. 

If you would like a memorial to your loved one in the garden itself, a memorial plaque may be purchased through the church, which will be mounted on the memorial wall within the garden of remembrance. The grey granite plaque with embossed lettering will be of fixed size and design and will be inscribed with the name of the deceased, the years of their birth and death and a short personal message. 

There will be no memorials marking the plots themselves and the lawn area will be kept clear.  

All burials will be recorded in the garden’s burial register which is kept securely in the church, and which can be inspected by arrangement.  

If you would like a memorial to your loved one in the garden itself, a memorial plaque may be purchased through the church, which will be mounted on the memorial wall within the garden of remembrance. The grey granite plaque with embossed lettering will be of fixed size and design and will be inscribed with the name of the deceased, the years of their birth and death and a short personal message.  

There will be no memorials marking the plots themselves and the lawn area will be kept clear.