Un-purchased graves
These are also known as 'common' or 'public' graves. The council retains control of the burials in these graves. Burial law used to require a 14 year interval between successive burials in one of these graves, (unless the deceased were from the same family). This law has since been repealed, and the council has introduced an 8 year ruling on re-use of such graves.
The erection of a fixed tombstone or other memorial is not permitted on an un-purchased grave, however the grave can be 'purchased out of common' at a later date to enable a memorial to be erected on the grave.
An unfixed memorial, such as a wooden cross or small vase can be placed on a grave subject to payment of a small charge.