Cemeteries

Alliance Environmental Services Ltd (AES Ltd), in conjunction with Orbitas Bereavement Services Ltd and on behalf of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, intends to carry out safety surveys of the memorials the following burial grounds.

St Chads Church, Bagnall; Buxton Road Cemetery, Leek; Christ Church, Tean; Holy Trinity, Oakamoor; Leek Cemetery; St Annes Church, Brown Edge; St Edwards, Leek; St Edwards Church, Cheddleton; St Giles Church, Cheadle; St Johns Church, Cotton; St Leanards, Ipstones; St Lukes, Leek; St Lukes, Onecote; St Margarets, Draycott; St Mary and St Lawrences, Cauldon; St Peters Church, Blyth Bridge; St Peters Church, Caverswall; St Werberghs, Kingsley.

Any memorials found to be unstable will be temporarily secured with a memorial support or will be cordoned off; a structural engineer will assess older, larger memorials. If a memorial is found to be unstable the memorial owner may choose to pay for repairs by an approved memorial mason. In default AES Ltd may lower it into the ground or seek authority to lay it flat. Kerb sets maybe buried so that only the top is visible or placed within the grave area.

Public Notice - Memorial Safety Testing (PDF) [34KB]
DOC - Faculty for Memorial Safety Testing 5216 AES Ltd (on behalf of SMDC) (PDF) [140KB]
Faculty granted to Petitioner 5216 AES Ltd (on behalf of SMDC) - Memorial Safety Testing (PDF) [159KB]

We own and care for two cemeteries in the Staffordshire Moorlands:

• Leek Cemetery, Condlyffe Road, Leek, ST13 5PP   
  (also accessible from Cheddleton Road and Junction Road)
• Buxton Road Cemetery, Buxton Road, Leek, ST13 8TG                     

The nearest crematoria are Macclesfield or Stoke-on-Trent.

Some cemeteries are managed by Town or Parish councils, so click on the links below to find out about cemeteries listed here, and check their webpages for contact details for each of the council clerks:

• Biddulph Town Cemetery
• Brown Edge Parish Cemetery
• Cheadle Town Cemetery
• Checkley Parish Cemetery
• Cheddleton Parish Cemetery
• Forsbrook Parish Cemetery