Memorials
An idyllic and peaceful setting to reflect and remember
The final resting place of a loved one’s cremated remains is an extremely important and personal decision and careful consideration should be given to all options available. To help you with this process we can hold cremated remains for up to three months without charge, allowing you time to consider how you wish to remember your loved one, and ultimately what is to be the final resting place.
We have a number of tranquil memorial areas within the grounds, including landscaped memorial gardens, a wildflower meadow, memorial rockery and a traditional Book of Remembrance.
This brochure will guide you through the range of options available, and once you feel ready, our experienced team will be available for a memorial consultation to show you around the grounds and to discuss your needs, ensuring the memorial chosen is the right one for you and your family.
A dedicated area of our grounds has been set aside for the scattering of cremated remains, but should you wish, you can also hold all or part of the cremated remains within any one of our unique memorials, alternative urns or special cremation jewellery.
A remembrance memorial at East Devon Crematorium will provide a special place for family and friends to visit, reflect and remember when commemorating anniversaries, birthdays and other special times of the year.
Private gardens
Situated in an idyllic, peaceful grassy surround near our central garden. The private gardens are edged in a kerb set setting. The garden will contain a memorial boulder and your choice of chippings. A flower holder is also available upon request. The private garden provides a more personalised and unique option as a remembrance memorial for your loved ones cremated remains.
The garden is dedicated for a minimum of 25 years to 50 years subject to your chosen lease option, which is renewable upon request. Initial interment is included in the first preparation of the private garden.
Stone memorial orbs
Interment memorial
Our range of stone orbs have a unique feature of holding cremated remains within them. The orb can hold one to four sets of cremated remains within
special steel caskets, dependent on the size of orb selected.
Remembrance memorial
It is not a requirement to place cremated remains into the orb. All orbs can be used as a remembrance memorial for your loved one’s scattered cremated remains, regardless of whether this has taken place at East Devon Crematorium or at another location.
Oval photo plaques
Oval photo plaques can be fixed on to the granite memorial plaques on either a Stone Memorial Orb (see above) or Wooded Memorial Orb (see below). In order to achieve best quality reproduction of the image, the original hard copy should be provided where possible. Emailed or scanned images may not produce as good a result.
Wooded Memorial Orb
Interment memorial
Our range of wooded orbs have a unique feature of holding cremated remains within them. The orb can hold one to four sets of cremated remains within special steel caskets, dependent on the size of orb selected.
Remembrance memorial
It is not a requirement to place cremated remains into the orb. All orbs can be used as a remembrance memorial for your loved one’s cremated remains, regardless of whether this has taken place at East Devon or at another location.
Central memorial gardens
In the central memorial gardens, there are six flower beds planted with ornamental grasses. Our flower beds are well maintained throughout the year and subsequently this location is not suitable for the interment or scattering of
cremated remains.
Our nature themed ornamental orbs can be placed here in a location of your choice to compliment the flower beds and ornamental grasses.
Ornamental orbs
Our nature themed memorials in a choice of elegant designs can be inscribed and used as an individual remembrance memorial, or for complementing an existing stone or woodland orb.
Cost includes; selected ornamental orb, supply, delivery, fixing and inscription up to 65 letters. A supplementary cost applies to any additional letters.
Ground memorial tablets
Higher within our grounds, overlooking our site, we have a hexagonal garden between two covered pergolas. Here lie the ground memorial tablets. These simple and effective memorials are a circular, polished granite tablet. Each tablet is inscribed with the name of the deceased and their birth and death dates.
Your tablet will be dedicated for five or ten years, but this period can be extended on purchase or renewed at a later date.
Memorial wall plaques
Hand cut and inscribed Caithness Stone plaques, fitted to our North and South memorial walls in the central garden, form a very dignified and low maintenance memorial for future generations to reflect upon. The wall plaques display personalised inscriptions, emblems or motifs such as flowers, animals, sporting or hobby symbols can be added.
Memorial wall plaques are dedicated for an initial period of 5 or 10 years, after which this is renewable. Should you choose not to renew the dedication, you may collect the plaque and the space is then re-allocated.
Memorial scattering area
A location to scatter your loved ones, there is no charge if the cremation took place at East Devon crematorium. If you wish to use this facility for anyone cremated elsewhere a fee is applied. A member of the team will be there to support you on the day you choose to scatter your loved one. A moment of reflection is available during the scattering please enquire for more information and ideas.
Book of Remembrance
The Book of Remembrance is a traditional, permanent memorial with a page for every day of the year. Made from the finest handmade paper and richly bound in leather and gold leaf, the names of your loved ones are commemorated by skilled calligraphers and artists.
The book is always open on the current day’s date and can be viewed during our office hours.
The memorial entry is normally inscribed under the date of death although any other date of significance to the family can be used such as a birthday or anniversary. Personal text, motifs, designs and badges significant to your loved one can be added to enhance the entry. Our skilled calligraphers can work from photographs to recreate an image of a family pet or to reflect a favourite hobby or interest.
Alternative urns & jewellery
Embrace their memory day by day with our memorial jewellery, designed to celebrate and honour life. A small amount of your loved one’s cremated remains can be inserted into pendants, rings, charms and gems for you to hold them forever, close at heart.
For many of us, keeping a loved one’s cremated remains at home can be very
comforting. We have a selection of alternative and decorative urns that can be displayed openly or kept in a private place of remembrance.
East Devon Crematorium – Memorial Brochure
