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General Regulations with Reference to the Borough Cemetery.
1.—Orders for Interments must be given upon Printed Forms, which may be obtained at the
Office of the Borough Council, Town Hall, Hammersmith, or of the Superintendent at the
Cemetery.
2.—The order to be delivered at the Office of the Council, and all Fees and Charges paid at
the same time, which in the case of Purchased Graves must include the Fee for Grant of Grave
Space and Head and Foot Stone or Monument except in the case of Section 32, Letter R, Graves
Nos. hi to 147 (Consecrated Ground), Section 22, Letter A, Graves Nos. 1 to 19, and Section 24,
Letter A, Graves Nos. 1 to 25 (Unconsecrated Ground).
3.—In case of an Interment in unconsecrated ground, the Chaplain appointed by the Council
will perform the Service, or, if the friends of the deceased provide the Minister, the use of the
Chapel will be granted to a recognised Minister of some Chapel licensed for public worship, in
which case the name and address of the Minister must be stated on the Interment Notice.
4.—The consent in writing of the owner of any Purchased Grave to the Interment therein of
any corpse other than that of the owner must be left at the Office with the Order for Interment.
5.—Orders for Interment in an Earth Grave, Common Ground, must be given by 12 noon on
the day (exclusive of Sunday) before the Funeral; for Selected Ground, two clear days' notice
(exclusive of Sunday); and for a Brick Grave, three clear days' notice (exclusive of Sunday) must
be given.
6.-Interments may be made daily during the months of December and January between
1 p.m. and 3.30 p.m., and between 1.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. during the remainder of the year, except
on Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and Bank Holidays, on which days there will be no
Interments; if an earlier or later time is arranged an extra fee of 6s. 6d. will be charged.
7.—The Registrar's Certificate of Death, or the Coroner's Warrant when an inquest has been
held, must be given to the Superintendent at the Burial Ground. In the case of a still-born child
a Medical Certificate must be given ; the fee for Burial is 2s. 6d., to be paid at the Office.
8.—The Official Regulations require that no body shall be buried in any Vault or Walled
Grave unless the coffin be separately entombed in an air-tight manner, that is, by properly
cemented stone or brick work, which shall never be disturbed.
9.—All Gravestones, Monuments, Memorials and Inscriptions to be placed over any grave are
to be subject to the approval of the Council, and a drawing shewing the form and dimensions of
every Tomb or Monument proposed to be erected, and also a copy of every Inscription must be
submitted in duplicate upon a form to be obtained at the Town Hall.
10.—Whenever a burial has taken place, the surface of the earth shall, as early as practicable,
unless a Monument is to be erected or the mould to be preserved, be levelled and planted with
grass, flowers, or other suitable vegetation, and in no case shall the bare earth be left exposed.
11.—The owner of any Purchased Grave Space can plant shrubs or flowers over the space
purchased within the limits assigned to a tomb, but the Council may at any time trim, cut or
entirely remove the same if they shall think it necessary or expedient so to do.
12.—Gravestones and Monuments can only be erected over Purchased Graves, but stones
not exceeding 24 inches by 16 inches, or Iron Tablets of approved pattern, will be allowed over
Common Graves upon payment of 10s. or 2s. 6d. respectively.
13.—No Head Stone or Cross is to exceed 5-ft. nor Foot Stone i-ft.6-ins. in height except upon
payment of the Monumental Fee. Iron Railings and Flat Stones over earth graves are not to
extend beyond 6-ft. 6-ins. by 2-ft. 6-ins. of surface area.
14.—No hewing or dressing of stones will be permitted within the Cemetery or the approaches
to the same, and all rubbish, refuse, stones, &c., remaining after the erection of a Monument
must be removed forthwith by the person erecting the same.
15.—The Council reserves to itself the right of re-taking possession of a Purchased Grave
Space unless a Head and Foot Stone or Monument be erected within 12 months, except in the
case of Section 32, Letter R, Graves Nos. 111 to 147, Section 22, Letter A, Graves Nos. 1 to 19,
and Section 24, Letter A, Graves Nos. 1 to 25.
16.—A plan of the Cemetery and also a Register of Burials, both in the consecrated and
unconsecrated portions of the ground are kept at the Office of the Council where, during office
hours, searches may be made and certified extracts obtained.
17.—Non-residents are not allowed to purchase Graves in the Hammersmith Cemetery, or to
be interred in any common grave therein, but any former Resident, having a private grave in the
Cemetery may, by special permission of the Council, purchase another grave if required for
immediate burial.
18.—Where it is intended that the deceased person shall be buried within the consecrated
?round of the Cemetery without the performance, in the manner prescribed by law, of the service
or the burial of the dead according to the rites of the Church of England, notice in writing of
such intention must be given to the Town Clerk by the relative, fri-nd, or legal representative
having the charge of or being responsible for the burial of such deceased person, at the same time
as the notice of interment is given. (A form for this purpose can be obtained at the Town Hall.
The Council will in such case collect two fees, viz., one for the officiating Minister and the other
k>r the Incumbent.
19.—Canvassing by stonemasons and others in the Cemetery for orders is strictly prohibited
Office Hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. No applications can be
attended to at other hours. The Office is closed on the usual Bank Holidays, &c.
List of Charges for Making up Graves
Supplying Mould for Grave, is. Supplying Turf and Turfing Grave, 3s. 6d
Enclosing with Tile Edging—Adult's, 7s. 6d.; Child's, 5s.
Stone Pillars at Corners, 4s.: Keeping up by the Year, 3s. 6d.
Other work by arrangement.