Cleaning up, planting flowers...whom to ask?

[stevieuk]

It's not just councils that impose such fees to ousiders- one local parish church had a re-claiming a few years ago and the fee for non-church members was something like £50 per grave so many local people (myself included) did not reclaim the old ground.

I wonder if you could explain a bit more about reclaiming, do you mean you could pay £50 & then own the grave/ground or an additional £50 on top of the residents fees, I`m a little confused?

[aghadowey]

Many churches here with their own graveyards will have a re-claiming in order to have a current list of plotholders. Sometimes this is announced in the church and published as a notice in local paper. It may be that the plot records are not up-to-date and the last registered holder is themselves actually in the plot in question. Sometime there will be no fee, a set fee covers all claims (for one or more plots) or the fee can be per grave.
However, even if you are the registered 'owner' of a plot permission is usually needed to erect or re-letter headstones, put up surrounds or do any other work.

[stevieuk]

Thanks for taking the time to explain.