Cemeteries

1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Fees apply to those who immediately prior to their death were residents within the district of Teignbridge. For non-residents the fees will be doubled.

Interment earthen graves

Stillborn to 4 years (infant grave)	free of charge
5 years to 15 years	free of charge
16 years and over; Up to 8ft (2.44m) initial or re-opening of a grave for triple, double or single depth interment	£1,009
American style casket	price on application

Treble depth graves can only be booked after prior consultation with the Cemetery Office.

Interment cremated remains

Up to 15 years	free of charge
16 years and over	£234
Cremated remains in kerbed grave	£246
Scattering in Garden of Remembrance	£78
Scattering on grave or cremation plot	£126

Exhumations

Exhumation of cremated remains	£264
Exhumation	price on application

Saturdays and Bank Holidays - at the discretion of the Cemetery Office

Interment	additional £507
Interment of cremated remains	additional £184
Scattering of cremated remains	additional £155

Walled graves up to 4ft 1.21m only

Block	£2,000
Interior paint	£120

Cost is in addition to earthen charge, applied to all depths. At the discretion of the Cemetery Office.

Purchase of Right of Burial (ROB) for graves and cremation plots

Adult’s grave (over 12 years)	£1086
Five year extension when ROB purchased in advance and no interment has taken place after initial 20 years. Grave plot	£271.50
Infant grave	£481
Cremation plot	£505
Five year extension when ROB purchased in advance and no interment has taken place after initial 20 years. Cremation plot	£125.25
Purchase of ROB of an unpurchased/public health funeral grave (older than 5 years)	£505
Transfer of exclusive right of burial	£52
The adding of holders to an existing ROB	£20

A grave or cremation plot may only be purchased in advance for a term of 20 years with the option of a 5 year extension after the 20 years. In most cases the next consecutive grave or cremation plot will be issued. Where a grave or cremation plot is purchased at the point it is needed for an interment the term of purchase is 50 years.  It is important to remember it is the Right of Burial that is purchased and not the land itself which remains in the ownership of the council.

Cemetery Chapel at Newton Abbot and Dawlish

Use of chapel. Deceased age 18 years and over. U18 yrs free of charge

£220

 

Memorial Permits – Purchased graves only

Headstone or cross (adult grave) including inscription	£211
Headstone or cross (infant grave) including inscription	£99
Vase not exceeding 12” x 12”  including inscription	£113
Cremation tablet including inscription	£113
Additional inscription	£71
Small headstone in cremation section (Dawlish New and Teignmouth One and Two extension sections only) including inscription	£148
Desk vase tablet including inscription	£154
Memorial Wall Plaque (Teignmouth only)	£113

All memorials to be fitted by a Stonemason

Kerbed graves are no longer permitted

In accordance with Article 10 of the Local Authorities Cemeteries Order 1977 the Council may grant to any person the Exclusive Right of Burial in any grave and to the owner of such grave the right to place a memorial.

Additional fees

Search of burial/grave registers (except in the case of Funeral Directors and Solicitors making arrangements in respect of a death)	£46
Site meeting to establish location of a grave following search of burial/grave registers (for family tree research)	£64
Unused graves may be repurchased by the Council for their original purchase price less an administrative fee of	£55 per application