Memorials

A range of memorials are available to you across out cemeteries and crematorium. Email any completed application forms to altrincham.crematorium@trafford.gov.uk.

Graves

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All our cemeteries offer lawn-type graves, which are maintained by us. After the burial, the grave is made level and grassed over. Depending on the cemetery, there are a range of headstone and grave markers available.

Headstone memorial application form

Grave memorials fees
 Grave memorials Fee
Grave marker £70
Concrete foundations (where provided) £140
To erect a headstone - for graves purchased before April 1995 only £155
Additional inscription £75
Brass plaques (at Dunham Lawn only) £175

Columbarium Vaults at Dunham Lawn and Hale

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Columbarium vaults can be purchased on a renewable lease at Dunham Lawn or Hale, with capacity for up to four sets of cremated remains.

Initial placement prices include a granite plaque with an 80 letter personalised inscription. A choice of bespoke designs are available at an additional charge, with options of including etched designs, photographs, and incorporated flower containers.

Vault fees
 Single Vault for 2 sets of cremated remains Fee
Initial placement – 10 year lease £925
Initial placement – 20 year lease £1300
Initial placement – 30 year lease £1425
Initial placement – 50 year lease £1925
Bespoke designs Price on application

Niche Wall at Dunham Lawn

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Place contained cremated human remains in their own niche chamber on the Niche Wall at Dunham Lawn. Each niche can contain up to 2 sets of cremated remains, and is covered with an inscribed granite plaque.

Initial placement prices include a casket and a granite plaque with an 80 letter personalised inscription. A choice of gilded designs are available at an additional charge. 

Niche Wall application form

Niche Wall fees
Niche WallFee
Initial placement – 10 year lease £690
Additional placement £290
Lease renewal – 10 years £355
Gilded design £65
Extra inscription lettering  £3.50 per letter
Replacement plaque £260
 

Vase and tablet at Dunham Lawn

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Sited around the Gardens of Remembrance, this memorial option consists of a marble base with incorporated flower vase, fitted with a granite tablet.

There is a tablet choice of either polished granite bearing gold leaf lettering or black letters cut in relief on a grey background. Initial placement price includes a personalised inscription of up to 70 letters.

On renewal, gold leaf lettering will be re-gilded where necessary. 

Vase and tablet order form

Vase and tablet fee
Vase and tablet Fee
Initial placement – 10 year lease £645
Lease renewal – 10 years £380
Replacement plaque £275
Extra inscription lettering  £3.50 per letter

Memorial Tablature

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Memorial Tablets are available at Dunham Lawn, for placement upon the Memorial Wall, and at Streford or Urmston, for placement upon the respective Memorial Tower.

Initial placement prices include a granite plaque with an 80 letter personalised inscription over 6 lines. A choice of bespoke designs are available at an additional charge, with options of including etched designs and photographs.

Small Tablet 

Small Memorial Tablets fees
 Small Memorial Tablets Fee
 Initial placement – 5 year lease £325
 Initial placement – 10 year lease £435
 Bespoke designs Price on application

Large Tablet 

Large Memorial Tablets fees
Large Memorial Tablets Fee
 Initial placement – 5 year lease £400
 Initial placement – 10 year lease £495
 Bespoke designs Price on application

Memorial trees at Dunham Lawn

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Situated in the conifer Garden of Remembrance at Dunham Lawn are two memorial trees – a Mulberry and a Weeping Willow – where you can place a memorial plaque in the form of a granite leaf. Cremated remains can also be interred in a nearby garden area in a special biodegradable urn, filled with wildflower seeds.

Initial placement includes a plaque bearing an inscription of the deceased’s name and dates. A choice of bespoke designs are available at an additional charge, with options of including an etched design of a cross, four-leafed clover, heart, acorn, ladybug, or butterfly.

Willow tree leaf 

Memorial Willow tree placement fees
Willow tree leaf Fee
Initial placement – 5 year lease £130
Bespoke designs £40

Mulberry tree leaf 

Memorial Mulberry tree placement fees
Mulberry tree leaf Fee
Initial placement – 5 year lease £215
Bespoke designs £40

Book of Remembrance at Dunham Lawn

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The Books of Remembrance are kept in quarterly volumes and updated yearly. Once an entry has been added to the book, it is also appear on the daily digitised display.

Each entry includes 38 characters per line, available up to 8 lines. For an additional cost, bespoke design such as a flower, personal tribute, or regimental crest can be included in the entry.

The books are available to view every day, opened to the appropriate page, during opening hours. You can also view the Book of Remembrance online free of charge.

Book of Remembrance entry form

Main book

Main book fees
Main book Fee
2 Lines £110
5 Lines £160
8 Lines £210
Bespoke design £115

Miniature book

Miniature book fees
Miniature book Fee
2 Lines £95
5 Lines £150
8 Lines £190
Bespoke design £115

Cards

Cards fees
Cards Fee
2 Lines £65
5 Lines £85
8 Lines £120
Bespoke design £115

Deadlines for New Entries

Entries received after the cut off dates for the current year, will appear in the following year’s book.

For example, an application for a memorial entry of a death that occurred on 1 February 2023 would need to be submitted before 30 September 2023, for inclusion in the 2023 volume.

Cut off dates for entry are as follows:

Deadlines for New Entries
 Volume number Period Cut off date
 1  Jan-Mar  30 Sep
 2  Apr-Jun  31 Dec
 3  Jul-Sep  31 Mar
 4  Oct-Dec  30 Jun

Leather panels at Dunham Lawn

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Have a personalised leather panel placed on display in a protective wooden frame in our Remembrance Room at Dunham Lawn. Each panel is approximately 10”x2” in size, and inscribed with gold lettering.

The panels are available to view every day, housed alongside the Book of Remembrance, during opening hours.

Leather panel order form

Single leather panel

Single leather panel fees
Single leather panel Fee
 Initial placement – 5 year lease £160
 Initial placement – 10 year lease £250
 Lease renewal – 5 years £130
 Lease renewal – 10 years £150

Double leather panel

Double leather panel fees
Double leather panel Fee
 Initial placement – 5 year lease £250
 Initial placement – 10 year lease £330
 Lease renewal – 5 years £150
 Lease renewal – 10 years £175

Jewellery and keepsakes

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A range of jewellery and keepsake memorial options are available. For options pick up a brochure from our office at Dunham Lawn, and to order call us on 0161 912 1515. Prices are available upon application.