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Wigan Year Book of 1889

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Cemetery.
OFFICERS AND FEES.
    Burial Board. - The Rev. the Hon. Canon Bridgeman, William Lea, Samuel Melling, Thomas Wall, Henry Park, J. Edwardson, Jos. Wilson, Herman Walmesley, and R.A. ffarington.
  Clerk to the Board........................................................................... Thomas R. Ellis.  
  Registrar......................................................................................... T. Y. Byrom.  
    The Offices of the Cemetery are open daily from Ten o'clock until Five, Sundays excepted.
TABLE OF CHARGES AND FEES.
    £ s. d.  
  For a Freehold Grave or Vault, 9 feet by 4, No. 1........................................ 7 7 0  
  ""No. 2................................................................ 5 5 0  
  "8 feet by 4,No. 3......................................................... 2 12 6  
  ""No. 4............................................................... 1 0 0  
  For Opening a Grave or Vault,  9 feet by 4, No. 1...................................... 1 1 0  
  ""Nos. 2 and 3.................................................... 0 10 6  
  ""No. 4............................................................... 0 5 0  
  If a greater depth than 9 feet, in addition to the above fee, One Shilling
    per foot beyond that depth is charged.		        
  For Digging a Purchased Grave in the Roman Catholic or Nonconformist
    Ground, including the removal of surplus soil.		 0 5 0  
  Purchasers taking more than one space, can do so at a reduction of 50 per
    cent. after the first.		        
  Single interment of an Adult or Child above 7 years in Common Grave,
    selected by the Board, without Inscription or Memorial.		 0 4 0  
  Single interment of a Child under 7 years of age. 0 3 0  
  Charge for digging Grave for an Adult in the Roman Catholic or
    Nonconformist Ground.		 0 3 0  
  Charge for digging Grave for a Child under 7 years of age. 0 2 0  
  Still-born Children. 0 1 0  
  Charge for interring the same. 0 1 0  
  For Head or Flat Stone in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Class. 0 10 6  
  ""4th Class. 0 1 0  
  For Tomb or Monument not exceeding 32 feet superficial, or 4 feet high. 1 1 0  
  Exceeding the above. as agreed.
  For Certificate of Grant of Right of Burial. 0 3 2  
  Certificate of Burial 0 2 6  
  Searching Register - First year, 1s. ; and for every subsequent year, 6d.  
  On the interment of persons not being inhabitants or ratepayers of the borough of Wigan, an extra charge of 50 per cent. on all the above charges will be made.
Twenty-four hours' notice of interment must be given to the Registrar.		  
INCE CEMETERY.
    Burial Board......Rev. Canon Fergie, William Crompton, Israel Knowles, Robert Johnson,
        and John Gore.
    Clerk and Registrar......R. Winstanley.

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