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Royton Cemetery (1879)

Lancashire

Location & Directions

Cemetery Road Royton

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Contact & Burial Authority

Burial groundRoyton Cemetery (1879)

Site addressCemetery Road Royton

Operator addressHollinwood Cemetery Roman Road Hollinwood Oldham OL8 3LU

County or regionLancashire

Managing authorityOldham Metropolitan Borough Council

Site statusSpace available

Call 0161 681 1312 Email Burial Authority

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Visiting, Burial Services & Facilities

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Additional notesDo you own a family grave or headstone in one of Oldham?s Cemeteries? Please take a few moments to read this, it is aimed to help you, understand why it is necessary for the Council to carry out safety inspections on family memorials to ensure a safe environment in our cemeteries to visitors and staff. Do you know anyone who visits a cemetery or owns a memorial? If you do, please advise them to read this information. Why are we testing memorials We need to make sure that memorials are safe, especially since there have been ten serious accidents recently to members of the public in cemeteries across the country, three of which have been fatal. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) want councils to inspect memorials at least every five years, putting safe those that fail the inspection process. Some cemeteries that have been found with high numbers of unsafe headstones have had ?improvement notices? placed on them by the HSE, which can result in them being closed down until the cemetery has been made safe. Of course this affects members of the public who wish to visit friends and relatives buried in the cemetery and those who want to hold funerals during this time. We appreciate that testing and making safe memorials may cause upset to bereaved families, but our priority has to be the safety of those people visiting cemeteries. How do we test All Oldham?s testing inspectors have been specially trained. With each memorial they conduct what?s called a ?hand test? whereby, a trained member of staff stands to the side of the memorial and using his hand exerts force up to 35kg to examine if the memorial is secure or loose. The tests are run twice, with different inspectors. If both results are the same, we then classify the stability of the memorial. There are four classifications for the stability of headstones, risk one being dangerous and risk four stable. Risks two and three indicate that there is a weakness in the memorial, but no immediate danger. If our memorial ownership records are up to date we write to the owners of those memorials classified one, two or three, telling them of the safety inspection and offering advice. What do we do if we find a problem? If there is a problem with the stability of the memorial we will either temporarily stabilise it, fence it off or as a last resort lay the memorial down. By the end of 2003 all memorials in Oldham?s Cemeteries had been assessed for safety, and sadly many of the larger memorials had to be laid down. Many small memorials were initially laid down and have since been temporarily stabilised to ease the distress to those relatives involved. In cases where memorials were laid down for safety a notice has been attached to advise the owners. Who is responsible for the safety of a memorial? Responsibility in the first instance rests with the purchaser or owner of the memorial, or the mason or the person who put the memorial up. In most instances, memorials are many years old and the purchaser/owner has either moved away or have passed on and no family member is currently maintaining it. Mason?s that have erected these memorials may also have moved away or retired. A High Court ruled that a where a memorial mason had erected a tombstone properly it should stand for a least 30 years without repair. However, most of Oldham?s headstones are far older than 30 years. Ultimately therefore the responsibility for safety within Oldham?s cemeteries has fallen on the Council as land-owner. What did we do to make contact with owners? The records of many owners are extremely old and have not been updated by current relatives / family members. We have issued many press releases about the safety inspections and held a number of workshop demonstrations in the cemeteries to explain the whole safety inspection process. We are now actively campaigning for memorial owners or visitors to the graves to up date the current contact address so that we may keep you informed of future memorial inspections. You can contact the Central Cemeteries Office on 0161 681 1312 to up date your contact details or complete the form at the end of this brochure and return to the address. What to do if you are advised that your memorial is unsafe We understand that this may be upsetting for you, and are really sorry for any distress it may cause. If your memorial has to be laid flat to make it safe you can choose to either: 1. Leave the memorial lying down; and take no further action (we may need to ?dig in? the memorial to remove trip hazards); or 2. Have the memorial repaired by a Registered Memorial Mason. If you choose to have it repaired then please, for your own safety, do not attempt to repair or remove memorials yourself. Only Oldham Registered Memorial Masons should carry out this kind of work to make sure safety standards are complied with. A list of Registered Memorial Masons can be obtained at the following address: Central Cemeteries Office. Hollinwood Cemetery, Roman Road, Hollinwood, Oldham. OL8 3LU Tel: 0161 681 1312 What we are doing now? Oldham has organised a ?Cemeteries Working Party? combined of Councillors and others to discuss all cemetery issues. One of the topics to discuss will be the restoration of our cemeteries. We have been shocked and upset by the initial memorial testing and poor safety of over 10,000 memorials and the working party are discussing various methods to restore cemetery standards. We are also setting up a Friends of Oldham Cemeteries group with representatives from all seven cemeteries. If you would like to register your interest in this group please contact the Central Cemeteries Office at Hollinwood, 0161 681 1312. We are continuing to implement a safety inspection of memorials on a five-year rolling programme. We do not underestimate the distress this safety action has caused to many visitors to our cemeteries and we will do all we can to ease the upset. Soon we will be undertaking a safety inspection programme in the closed churchyards within our area. Unfortunately these churchyards are very old and there are no records of living contacts. If you are aware or have any interest in a churchyard memorial please let us know by completing the ?up dating contact details form? What you need to do? If you are concerned about the safety of your memorial you can arrange for a Registered Memorial Mason to inspect your memorial for safety or ask for a safety inspection from a trained member of Cemetery Staff. Or get in touch with the National Association of Memorial Masons (NAMM) - address: 27a Albert Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2SG Tel: 01788 542264 If you are concerned about your family memorial, or even just for peace of mind, we strongly recommend insurance cover. A Registered Memorial Mason will know of a company that offers this. Keep your contact details up to date with the cemetery office as explained earlier: Please be aware that cemeteries are potentially dangerous places. Visitors to cemeteries should keep to footpaths, avoid touching any memorials and ensure that children are supervised at all times. Further information on headstone testing: The Institute of Crematorium and Cemetery Management Chief Executive, Tim Morris, FICCM 107 Parlaunt Road, Langley, Slough. Tel: 020 8989 4661 Fax: 01753 770 984, e-mail: tim.morris@iccm-uk.com OLDHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL FORM FOR UPDATING DETAILS ARE YOU ARE GRAVE OR MEMORIAL OWNER? DO YOU VISIT THE GRAVE? PLEASE UP DATE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS SEND TO THE ADDRESS BELOW: CEMETERY or CHURCH_________________________________________ GRAVE NUMBER_______________________________________________ SECTION______________________________________________________ (If you do not know the grave number or section, please fill in the details below so that we can locate the grave from our records) 1 NAME OF DECEASED_________________________________________ DATE OF DEATH_______________________________________________ 2 NAME OF DECEASED_________________________________________ DATE OF DEATH_______________________________________________ 3. NAME OF DECEASED_________________________________________ DATE OF DEATH_______________________________________________ 4. NAME OF DECEASED_________________________________________ DATE OF DEATH_____________________________________________ ORIGINAL GRAVE OWNER_____________________________________ YOUR NAME_________________________________________________ ADDRESS____________________________________________________ _________________________________POST CODE__________________ TELEPHONE NUMBER_____________________E.MAIL_______________ RETURN TO: Central Cemeteries Office, Hollinwood Cemetery, Roman Road, Hollinwood, Oldham. OL8 3LU

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Burial Fees & Memorial Permissions

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Published costs and feesPrices from 1st January 2005 to 31st December 2005 NEW GRAVES New grave for 1 or 2 people (Oldham resident) Â£473.00 (non Oldham resident) Â£709.00 New grave for 3 interments (Oldham resident) Â£513.00 (non Oldham resident) Â£770.00 New grave for 4 interments(Oldham resident) Â£553.00 (non Oldham resident) Â£830.00 New grave for 2 interments including foundation (Oldham resident) Â£573.00 (non Oldham resident) Â£809.00 New grave for 3 interments including foundation (Oldham resident) Â£613.00 (non Oldham resident) Â£870.00 New grave for 4 interments including foundation (Oldham resident) Â£653.00 (non Oldham resident) Â£909.00

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Cemetery Rules & Official Documents

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