Pilning and Severn Beach Cemetery -
Headstone Safety Audit 19th August 2024 updated 9th October 2024

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A health & safety audit has been carried out at Pilning & Severn Beach Cemetery and a number of headstones were found to be unsecure.
These memorials have been respectfully laid flat on the ground.

 

If you need to make a repair to a gravestone please contact Odile McIntosh Cemetery Clerk in the first instance.

cemetery@pilningsevernbeach-pc.gov.uk

 

M: 07796 190794 

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The memorials that have been laid down are 

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Plot 155 Sarah, John & William Sellick

Plot 160 William Davey

Plot 174 Mary, John & Margaret Cox

Plot 175 Stuart Charles Pugh

Plot 229 Smith / Rossiter

Plot 231 Hazel Bryson

Plot 234 Colin Scrivin

Plot 267 Mary Martha Gray

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Memorials that need remedial work must only to be undertaken by a BRAMMS registered memorial mason. ​In 2005 Law changed and as a result all memorials must comply with BS8415 and have a below ground fitting system installed.

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Note putting headstones back upright unsecured will mean the grave owner is liable in the case of any incident or damage.
Unsecured heavy gravestones can cause serious damage to visitors.

 

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