Cemeteries
Duffield Cemetery Lodge
Located on Hazelwood Road, Duffield Cemetery was built in 1895 and is home to three beautiful Grade 2 listed buildings, The Chapel, The Lodge and The Committee Room. The Cemetery is open for burials and interments and has twelve burial blocks and a large formal garden of remembrance. There is a large area adjacent to the formal garden of remembrance where visitors can sit and reflect, taking in the view across to Turnditch and the whole of the Ecclesbourne Valley. There are also allotments located on the site.
The Cemetery is very important to all individual families and for this reason the Parish Council does not allocate plots to users in the cemetery, but encourages individuals and families to choose their final resting place within the cemetery blocks themselves. Families may pre-purchase their plots and as with plots purchased at time of burial an exclusive right is granted of up to 50 years for the plots chosen.
The Cemetery Chapel can be used for small funerals and can accommodate up to 46 people. There is a fee to use the chapel for funerals, charges for its use can be found in the document below. The Committee Room is used for Parish Meetings.
All Cemetery enquiries are handled directly with the Assistant Clerk through our main office, call 01332 842740, 07514 871801 or email cemetery@duffieldparishcouncil.gov.uk
More information about purchasing a plot in the Cemetery, costs, and Cemetery rules and regulations, can be found below.
Purchasing a plot in the Cemetery - information and FAQs (PDF, 268 Kb)
Some useful info about purchasing the 'Exclusive Right of Burial' to a plot in Duffield Cemetery.
Rules and Regulations of Duffield Cemetery revised July 2022 (PDF, 430 Kb)
Rules and Regulations of Duffield Cemetery:
revised July 2022 and approved at Outdoor Management and Development Committee 20-7-22Plan of Duffield (Hazelwood Road) Cemetery (PDF, 103 Kb)
Plan of Duffield (Hazelwood Road) Cemetery
Suggested Local Funeral Directors and Memorial Masons (PDF, 223 Kb)
List is for guidance only and should not be considered as a recommendation of any company.
Scattering of Ashes Policy (PDF, 162 Kb)
Scattering of Ashes Policy
Memorials in Open Spaces Policy and application form - PDF version (revised Jan 22) (PDF, 350 Kb)
Please download the policy and form should you wish to apply to place a Memorial Bench, Tree or Plaque at one of the Council's open spaces at Gray Rec, Eyes Meadow or the Cemetery. The form should be completed and returned to Duffield Parish Council. All applications are considered at the next Outdoor Management Committee meeting, visit the Council meetings calendar to find out the date of the next meeting.
Each application will be considered on an individual basis and location preferences cannot be guaranteed to be accommodated.
- Change of contact details - Cemetery
Use this form to change/update your contact details (address, phone number and email address) - if you own or have responsibility for a Grave or Garden of Remembrance plot
- Transfer of Exclusive Rights of Burial
Find out more about the transfer of exclusive rights of a burial plot (TERB).
Interments and memorials: Relevant application forms
PDF documents for useful forms can be found below. Please print out the forms and return via email to cemetery@duffieldparishcouncil.gov.uk or by post to Duffield Parish Council, Cemetery Lodge, 43 Hazelwood Road, Duffield, Belper DE56 4DQ.
Cemetery Services Form (PDF, 299 Kb)
This form covers a number of services in the Cemetery, including purchase of a grave plot, interment and re-opening of a grave plot, purchase of an ashes plot in the Garden of Remembrance, interment in the GoR, and scattering of ashes.
Memorial application form PDF (PDF, 271 Kb)
Use this form to apply for a new headstone in the Cemetery, a new memorial plaque in the Garden of Remembrance, or to update a memorial inscription.