This page explains how to choose and order a memorial at Chesterfield and District Crematorium.
For general information about Chesterfield and District Crematorium, please go to the main bereavement services pages.
Chesterfield's Bereavement Service is able to provide information and assistance with a variety of memorials. Our staff would be happy to assist you.
Memorials at Chesterfield and District Crematorium
In the weeks following a cremation, a memorial pack containing application forms will be sent to the applicant, giving details of all the types of memorialisation available together with a coloured brochure. Alternatively, requests for application forms for memorials can be made at the Bereavement Services Office.
Listed below are a number of ways in which the lives of relatives and friends can be commemorated at Chesterfield and District Crematorium:
- Book of Remembrance
- miniature books and memorial cards
- commemorative rose bushes
- memorial vase blocks
- memorial trees
- memorial benches
- sanctums
- pond markers
You can order any of these memorials by requesting an application form and sending this with the appropriate remittance to the Bereavement Services Office. It is not possible to pay online at the present time. Please click on the related link for a list of the current fees and charges.
If you need any help in completing the form, please contact us. You will be offered advice and guidance from experienced staff members who are more than happy to assist you.
When the application form is returned to us with payment (by cheque, cash, or card payment), we will arrange for the appropriate memorial to be provided by our approved suppliers. Depending on the type of memorial selected, completion times will vary.
The Book of Remembrance
The Book of Remembrance is a permanent memorial that is displayed every day of the year in the Hall of Remembrance at the Crematorium. A page is provided for each day of the year. The book is open daily on the appropriate page and no appointment is needed to view it. If you wish to view a page other than the one on display, it will be necessary to contact one of our chapel attendants to turn the pages for you. In such cases it is wise to telephone before travelling to the crematorium to ensure that the page you wish to view is available.
A personal epitaph of up to 224 letters can be inscribed in the book beneath the name of the deceased. In addition, a colour illustration can be hand painted alongside the epitaph.
Miniature books and memorial cards
It is also possible to order replicas of an inscription in the Book of Remembrance in the form of miniature books and memorial cards, which provide a memorial for you to retain as a personal keepsake or to send to family or friends that live a distance away.
Commemorative rose bushes
Rose bushes have been planted within the rose beds throughout the Gardens of Remembrance. They may be dedicated for a period of ten years. Each rose bush is marked with a commemorative Perspex plaque, which can be inscribed with up to 120 letters.
Memorial vase blocks
In the gardens adjoining the crematorium, we can provide a marble memorial vase block and plaque bearing your choice of epitaph to the deceased with an aluminium insert for placing cut flowers. These are available to be leased over a ten-year period and are set alongside the paths beside the strewing areas. The lease can be renewed or extended if desired. Epitaphs may contain as many as 75 letters.
Memorial benches
Memorial benches can be sponsored and placed in suitable positions within the Garden of Remembrance and cemeteries. A bronze plaque with an epitaph of up to 120 letters may be fitted to the backrest.
Please note: Sponsorship of a memorial bench conveys the right to display a bronze plaque on it for ten years. The purchaser of any right to display a plaque or inscription acquires no Right of Burial.
For further details of the above memorial facilities, please telephone or call into the Bereavement Services Office.
Sanctums
Many families like the comfort of knowing exactly where their loved ones' cremated remains lie and want a more traditional granite memorial and inscription.
Our sanctums are an above-ground vault large enough to securely house two sets of cremated remains in standard-sized caskets or polytainers and can be leased for five or ten years.
Chesterfield Crematorium has developed an area in one of the rose beds in the grounds where the sanctums will be placed in an arched pattern amongst the roses in this area.
The sanctum includes a large granite plaque on which you can add your own personalised inscription
If you wish, you can also add an image of your choice to the plaque, creating a very personal memorial.
Each image is individually priced dependant on design.
Pond markers
Pond markers sit on the edge of the pond area at Chesterfield Crematorium and are surrounded by beautiful flowers.
These memorials are popular with families of loved ones linked to water in some way, whether it be fishing or sailing.
Pond markers are available in both single and double options and can be leased to safely hold your loved ones cremated remains for five or ten years
The plaque can be personalised with your own choice of inscription. You can also add an image of your choice to the plaque. Each image is individually priced dependant on design.
Apply for a memorial
You can order any of these memorials by requesting an application form and sending the completed form with the appropriate payment to the bereavement services office.
Alternatively, you can apply for a memorial online. It is not possible to pay online at the present time. You can view the prices of each memorial by clicking on 'see more' below each option.
Who to contact
Crematorium Office
Phone: 01246 345888
Email: bereavement.services@chesterfield.gov.uk
Postal address:
Chesterfield and District Crematorium
Chesterfield Road
Brimington
Chesterfield
S43 1AU
Opening hours
The bereavement services office is open at the following times:
- Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
Book of Remembrance viewing hours
- Monday to Friday: 8.30am to 5pm
- Bank Holidays, Saturday and Sundays: 10am to 4pm