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Burial Plot Ownership
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Ashleaze | Report | 1 Nov 2014 21:35 |
I have the location of my gt grandfather's burial plot and would like to put something there but I apparently need to locate the owners of this plot to obtain permission or get them to transfer ownership to myself. |
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KathleenBell | Report | 1 Nov 2014 21:43 |
Is the burial plot in a cemetery? If so the cemetery office or the local council should be able to tell you who owns the plot. |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 2 Nov 2014 07:22 |
We had this recently as we wanted to bury the ashes of our brother in the grandparents grave |
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Inky1 | Report | 2 Nov 2014 11:35 |
Dependent on when the plot was first opened (ie first burial if more than one person in the grave) ownership may have reverted to the local council. |
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Ashleaze | Report | 2 Nov 2014 12:19 |
Thanks for your replies, I am sort of in a catch22 situation as far as I can see as the cemetery cannot give me the ownership info due to data protection. Which to me is a bit bizarre as the burial was nearly 100 years ago. But I will try the council and see if I possibly have enough info for the transfer pack. |
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Inky1 | Report | 2 Nov 2014 14:13 |
I only know about the t's&c's of two councils. The one where my ggp's are buried and another where other rellies are buried. The latter has the same ownership procedures - that there is a finite enddate to ownership of the rights of burial. |
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KathleenBell | Report | 2 Nov 2014 14:28 |
You could ask the council to get in touch with the "owners" of the grave and to pass on your contact details to them stating that you are a member of the family. We did this with my husband's great grandfather's grave and this led to us meeting up with extended family that we had not known of before. |
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Inky1 | Report | 2 Nov 2014 14:46 |
Not the two councils I have mentioned, but gives you a good idea of what it does cost. Especially if you are not a local resident........ |
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KathleenBell | Report | 2 Nov 2014 14:53 |
That is interesting Inky1. Much more expensive than I would have expected. |
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Inky1 | Report | 2 Nov 2014 15:16 |
Compare the price of properties in the North East & The Royal Borough of Greenwich. Is there a similar difference? |
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KathleenBell | Report | 2 Nov 2014 17:47 |
I just looked at house prices in Greenwich and similar properties seem to be 4 or 5 times more expensive than they are up here - with smaller gardens. |
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Sylvia | Report | 4 Nov 2014 20:41 |
My mum was buried in her dads grave in 2006 A grave for four people. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 4 Nov 2014 23:09 |
Rights to a burial plot form part of one's estate, so tracking down descendants who are likely to have inherited may be the way forward. |