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BURIAL ACT 1853

Notice is hereby given that representations have been made to His Majesty in Council by the Secretary of State for Justice that, subject to the exceptions listed below, burials should be discontinued in Tottenham Park Cemetery, Dodsley Place, Montagu Rd, London N9 0HU and that His Majesty in Council was pleased on 10th April 2024 to order that such representations be taken into account by a Committee of the Privy Council on 22nd May 2024.

The exceptions are that –

a) in any existing earthen grave in the cemetery, the burial may be allowed of the body of any member of the family of the person or persons previously buried in that grave for which that grave space has been reserved and appropriated, but no part of the coffin containing the body shall be less than one metre below the level of the surface of the ground adjoining the grave; and

b) in any grave space in which no interment has previously taken place, the burial may be allowed of any person for whom, or any member of the family for which that grave space has been reserved and appropriated, with the exclusive right of burial there, but no part of the coffin containing the body shall be less than one metre below the level of the surface of the ground adjoining the grave.