Bereavement costs for the Richmondshire area, including interments, purchasing of exclusive burial rights and monuments.
Price information
These fees apply to the cemeteries in Richmond, Grinton/Reeth and Wensley.
You can also download a copy of the fees (pdf / 193 KB).
Interments
| Interments | Price |
|---|---|
| A stillborn child, or child under one month | £211 |
| Child under 18 years | £123 |
| Standard interment (person 18 and over) | £950 |
| Cremated remains | £241 |
The interment fees in all cemeteries are doubled when interment takes place:
- outside 9am until 5pm, Monday to Friday
- when the person interred did not live in Richmondshire (exceptions apply if the person had close family already interred within the cemetery or had lived in the district for more than half their life)
Purchase of exclusive burial right
| Purchase of exclusive burial right | Price |
|---|---|
| Earthen grave (8 feet by 3 feet) | £818 |
| Grave for stillborn child | £416 |
| Cremated remains | £241 |
Monuments
| Monuments These may only be placed on a grave when the Exclusive Rights of Burial has been granted. |
Price |
|---|---|
| Flat stone (under one metre) | £320 |
| Headstone, cross of foot-stone (maximum one metre in height) | £320 |
| Vase (under 18 inches in height) | £117 |
| Search fee | £50 |
| Deed transfer of ownership | £100 |
| Copy of deeds | £42 |
| Use of Reeth Road Chapel | £42 |
The fee for children (17 years and under) will be claimed by the council on the family's behalf from the Children's Funeral Fund.