Registering a Death
Information regarding Registering a Death including who can register a death and which types of death need reporting to the coroner.
Cremations and Funerals
Information about arranging funerals and cremations.
Closed Churchyards
North Kesteven District Council has a responsibility to look after closed churchyards and works to maintain them.
Deaths Reported to a Coroner
Coroners are officers appointed by the Council to investigate any sudden or unexplained death.
Deaths - Historical Searches
Information provided by Lincolnshire Registration Serivces on historical searches.
Registering a Stillbirth
Information on how to register a still-birth provided by Lincolnshire Registration Services.
National Assistance Burials
Sometimes, when a person dies, there is no-one available to take responsibility for arranging their funeral.
Cremation without a funeral director
If it often assumed that cremations can only be carried out by a funeral director. However this is not correct.
Bringing a Body Into England or Wales
If someone dies abroad you may be able to bring their body back to England or Wales.
Exhuming a Body
If you wish to exhume buried or cremated remains, a Home Office licence is usually required.
Funeral expenses
A funeral director will estimate the cost of the service before you are asked to sign an authorisation for him or her to proceed.
Ordering a memorial
Before ordering a memorial, you should ask the funeral director for advice and seek permission from the authority that operates the cemetery.
Transporting a Body Abroad
If you want to take a body to another country for burial you may need a Cadaver Certificate.
Buying a grave
Normally, a funeral director will help to make the necessary arrangements for buying a grave.
Help with Bereavement
The time after someone close to you has died can be very hard, and it can be difficult to cope on your own.
