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| FELDY VIEW WOODLAND CEMETERY Feldy View Woodland Cemetery introduces the concept of a natural resting place in the unique location of Mersea Island. This woodland burial ground slopes towards an inlet called the Strood channel - beyond lies Ray Island and to the west the evening sun slips below the green waste of Feldy Marsh. Feldy View offers a natural alternative to a traditional graveyard. Only softwood caskets can be used and simple wooden memorial plaques put in place either upon or near trees. Everything has been chosen that it may decay naturally and become part of the landscape. The woodland is not maintained in the normal neat and tidy manner that people are accustomed to, but left to mature as a woodland glade. In the appropriate season the grass is cut to encourage wildflowers, occasionally swathes are made through the pasture to provide pathways. Feldy View Woodland Cemetery is managed by West Mersea Town Council in consultation with Essex Wildlife Trust and Colchester Borough Council. Each grave is carefully recorded. The cemetery will survive in perpetuity and West Mersea Town Council will hold the land in permanent trust. A special area has been set aside for the burial of babies and children. Interments and Cremations can be undertaken with or without consecration. Single depth graves can be prepared for those wishing to be buried with their partners. |
| FIRS ROAD CEMETERY Firs Road cemetery is a traditional style cemetery. It is administered by West Mersea Town Council and cared for by our own Groundsmen The first person to be buried in Firs Road cemetery was Frederick Henry Maltser on 1st November 1944 |
West Mersea Town Council Cemeteries as from April 1st 2008 Firs Road Cemetery - original and extension (burial) Burial - resident £130 Burial - non resident £192 Burial with 25 year exclusive right (resident) £286 Burial with 25 year exclusive right (non resident) £348 Firs Road Cemetery - original - ashes Interment of cremated remains £53 Garden of Remembrance - ashes Interment - resident £47 Interment - non resident £69 Interment with 25 year exclusive right - resident £121 Interment with 25 year exclusive right - non resident £143 Second interment £48 Monuments Firs Road cemetery Headstone not exceeding 3 feet in height £63 Additional inscription £43 Monuments - Firs Road Cemetery Extension Headstone not exceeding 3 feet in height £63 Addition inscription £24 Monuments - Garden of Remembrance - ashes MOnument measuring 16 inches by 12 inches mounted on a block 12 inches by 8 inches - both 2 inches thick £27 Additional inscription £24 Feldy Wood Cemetery (Woodland Cemetery) Interment Plot to include grave preparation and completion provision of either broadleaf tree or shrub and tree guard wooden plaque with name and life span Resident £527 Non Resident £627 Child £377 Interment of Ashes to include on plot, grave preparation and completion, provision of either broadleaf tree or shrub and tree guard, wooden plaque with name and life span Resident £447 Non resident £547 Re-open £212 |
| BARFIELD ROAD CEMETERY The Barfield Road cemetery is Mersea's second oldest - the land was bought by the Parish Council in 1895 from John Willoughby Bean for £140 - it was known at one time as "God's Acre". Rumour has it that chapelgoers are buried on the left and parish people on the right - the first to be buried on the lst January 1910 was Elijah Reid. There are one or two interesting "maritime" headstones. The graveyard has been closed to new burials since the 1940's but family graves can be opened to accommodate more family members - some are already booked! West Mersea Town Council still own and maintain this cemetery. |
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Barfield Road Cemetary |
| THE PARISH CHURCHYARD The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul churchyard has been closed, except for re-opening of family graves, since 1889. It is largely maintained by the Parochial Church Council but the Town Council donate towards the cost and also do a certain amount of maintenance work in the churchyard. The church is 7th century and much of the fabric of the building consists of recycled Roman tiles and bricks. There is little doubt that a substantial Roman Villa once stood hereabouts and the churchyard covers part of a Roman mosaic floor - many of the coffins have been laid on its surface before being covered with earth. |