Between
1884 and 1910 the cemetery was run by Stoke-upon-Trent Corporation.
The
rules and regulations for the cemetery at Hartshill are from the Staffordshire
Sentinel, Potteries, Newcastle & District Directory, 1907.
In
1910 the cemetery came under the jurisdiction of the federated borough of
Stoke-on-Trent.
CEMETERY.
The
Stoke-upon-Trent Borough Cemetery is situated at Hartshill, and is open to the
public on weekdays from 8 a.m. to sunset, on Sundays from 12 o’clock to
sunset. It covers an area of 26˝ acres, and the times of burial are as follows
:-
Church
of England and Roman Catholic funerals at 3 p.m.; Nonconformists &c., at 3
30 p.m.
Thirty-six
hours’ previous notice at the least must be given to the Registrar previous to
any interment. If the interment be fixed for a Sunday, notice thereof must be
given before 12 o’clock on the previous Friday. Three clear days’ notice
must he given if a vault or bricked grave be required. Sunday interments will be
allowed only in cases of emergency, such as arising from contagious disease. In
all such cases the certificate of the medical attendant, stating the reason for
emergency, must be provided to the Registrar.
The
notice of interment must be in the form provided by the Board, and must contain
a statement of the Christian and surname, the calling or description, and the
age of the person to be buried; the date of the death; the street or place and
parish in which it occurred; the day and hour of the intended burial, whether in
the consecrated or unconsecrated ground, the situation and description of the
grave or vault, whether purchased or not purchased, and the name of the Minister
intended to officiate. Certificate of registry of death is to be produced to the
officiating minister.
The
hours for arrival of funerals, namely, the time when the procession is to be at
the gates of the Cemetery, which must be punctually observed, so as to prevent,
as far as possible the interference of one funeral with another, must be by the
appointment of the Registrar; morning funerals from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m:, as may be
agreed upon.
Registrar
- John Myatt.
Cemetery rules and regulations in 1907
