Bedford Bereavement Care

Since April 2006, Bedford Bereavement Care has been in a position to sell Headstones to members of the public. We offer various kinds of Headstones, with different type of stone, and even glass for either, Garden Burial Plots, children’s graves or adult graves. If you are interested in purchasing a headstone from Bedford Bereavement Care please click on the link below “Headstone Request Form.” Once the form has been completed, please complete it and return it to the office. Our Agent will then make contact with you to arrange a suitable day or night and time for him to come and visit you at home and talk to you about all the various types we sell.

Both Bedford Bereavement Care and the Borough Council also offer a wide range of memorials in the Garden of Remembrance at Norse Road.

The Garden is divided into the four seasons - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, the planting in each area is designed to be at its best during that season. Cremated remains are dispersed in the borders of each seasonal garden. Each Garden/area has its own type of memorial which families can purchase for their loved ones.

The memorials available in the Spring Garden are Vase Block and Tablets. These are Yorkstone memorials with an aluminium flower container in the top. The tablet is red granite, with gold lettering. The price will include the inscription up to a maximum of 6 lines with 18 characters per line.

Memorials for the Summer Garden are Cast Bronze Rose Plaques. The plaque is on a stake and can be placed, by the family, in the ground beside an existing rose planted in the Summer Garden, or a favourite spot around the gardens

The memorials in the Autumn Garden are Kerb Plaques, which have a sandstone base with a black granite plaque which can have up to six lines of inscription. The inscription is in gold and the kerb has a small flower holder on top. You could also choose to have a photo plaque or inscribed picture, such as a rose, on the plaque

A single plaque takes a maximum inscription of 6 lines with 18 characters. At an extra cost a gilded rose can also be inscribed directly onto the plaque. You can also reserve a space next to an existing plaque

The memorials available for the Winter Garden are Single or Double Wall Plaques. These are black granite with gold lettering and are placed on the wall near the Winter Garden. The Single Wall Plaque can take a maximum of 4 lines of inscription with 25 characters per line. The Double Wall Plaque can take a maximum of 8 lines with 25 characters per line. Families usually choose to leave the bottom half of a double plaque blank to allow future inscriptions at an additional fee. At an extra fee a gilded rose can also be inscribed directly onto the cover.

Due to the popularity of the wall plaques these have now been extended and can be located also in the SPRING garden on the opposite wall to the Winter Garden.

Norse Road Garden of Remembrance also has a dedicated area for baby memorials which are situated on the far side of the Gardens near the Sanctums

There are three styles of plaques to choose from. To download an application form please click on the relevant link:-

Norse Road Cemetery also has a Woodland/Meadow dispersal area, which is situated behind the Crematorium. Cremated remains can be dispersed in the tree belt of this area or the tree belt around the Garden of Remembrance and either a wooden or cast bronze tree plaque (Cast Bronze is not allowed in the Woodland Area only Wooden) can be purchased to dedicate the tree near where the cremated remains were dispersed.

PLEASE NOTE THAT A MARKER OR MEMORIAL MAY NOT BE PLACED ON THE SPOT WHERE DISPERSAL OF ASHES TAKE PLACE – THIS INCLUDES VASES WITH FLOWERS, POTTERY STATUES, SILK/ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS ETC.

The Garden of Remembrance also offers 4 different types of burials for cremated remains:-

Columbaria – Garden Vaults – These are vaults which are situated on a wall overlooking the Spring Garden in the Garden of Remembrance with a lease period of 40 years. Each vault can accommodate two urns and has a granite cover, which can be inscribed with gold lettering. There is room for up to seven lines of inscription, with a maximum of 25 characters per line. The bottom half of the vault cover can be left blank to enable a future inscription

The fee for the vault includes the first interment. There are further charges for additional inscriptions and a second interment into the vault. This fee can be given upon request.

Garden Burial Plots - these are burial plots which are situated behind the administrative building adjacent to the Garden of Remembrance. Each plot can accommodate up to three wooden caskets or bio-degradable urns (available at Norse Road) and are for the interment of cremated remains. A memorial may be placed on the plot providing the size is to the scale of the plot. Until the memorial is erected a wooden cross with a plaque is provided by us and placed on the plot. The cost of the Garden Burial plot includes the first interment and Exclusive Right of Burial for 75 years.

As previously mentioned, Bedford Bereavement Care now sell headstones to the public and if you wish to obtain information for headstones on a Garden Burial Plot please click on the link above “Headstone Request Form”.

SANCTUM 2000 - The Sanctum 2000 is a free-standing vault, with a black granite cover inscribed with gold lettering. Families can choose to have ornamentation on the cover such as a photo plaques or inscribed pictures at an extra cost.

They can accommodate two sets of cremated remains which must be in a polycontainer which is then placed into a red velvet bag. The cost of each Sanctum includes 80 letters, the first interment and the Exclusive Right of Burial for 75 years.

Further charges will be incurred with the second interment and additional inscription.

The sanctums are located along the far side of the Garden of Remembrance at Norse Road and also in Foster Hill Road Cemetery.

To download an application form for either a Sanctum or Additional inscription please click on the relevant link below:-

OMEGA NICHE (Garden Vaults) The Omega Niche is a family vault and can accommodate up to 5 sets of cremated remains. They are situated in the Spring Garden overlooking the pond. Pictures such as flowers can be inscribed directly onto the cover.

The price of the Niche includes the first interment, 1^st inscription and lease of 40 years.

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