Remembering Our Loved Ones
Gravestones, monuments and plaques
After a burial or internment of ashes families often want to errect some kind of lasting memorial.
To do this you need to work with a monumental stone mason and make a formal application to the incumbent (Vicar/Rector) using the forms issued by the diocese of St Albans. (CR1) No minument can be errected without the express permission of the incumbent or, in some cases, the chancellor for the diocese.
Subsequent modifications to or repair of an existing minument are possible but must also be approved by the incumbent using the appropriate application form (CR2)
Monuments are errected on a grave plot for a period of 100 years. In that time they are the responsibility of the family or estate of the deceased and should be maintained by them. 100 years after the last burial or internment recorded on the monument, a monument may be removed and the plot reused, however there is likely to be a period of consultation.
All monuments need to conform with and maintained according to the guidelines set out in the St Albans Diocese Churchyard Regulations. DOWNLOAD HERE
In Loving Memory Services; All Souls Day.
On the Sunday after All Hallows Eve (ie halloween), usualy the nearest to All Saints Day (1st November) and All Souls Day (2nd November), we
remember those who we have loved and lost in our families and in our
communities during this year and in preceeding years.
We invite all families affected by loss to join us at this evening service, remember their loved one by name, and light a candle in their memory.
Contact
The Vicarage
Great Hormead
Buntingford
Hertfordshire
SG9 0NT
01763 289258