For details of arrangements and costs for burial or interment of ashes please see:
Application for a memorial form Word document – please read the Cemetery Rules thoroughly before submitting an application to erect a memorial. The rules in place at the time of the application will apply to all memorial requests. If you have any queries, please email [email protected].
Exclusive Rights Guidance Notes PDF – please be advised that there is a charge to transfer exclusive rights. This can be a complex matter, so please contact the Clerk who will be happy to advise.
News
A new handcrafted birdbath sculpture has been installed in the Garden of Remembrance. Odiham Parish Council thanks Haven Memorials for this generous donation.
People living in the Parish can apply to purchase one of the memorial plaques to remember a loved one who is not interred in a plot elsewhere in the cemetery. This service aims to provide a quiet and fitting place to sit and remember a loved one.
History
At the top of the hill in King Street is the entrance to the cemetery, which was consecrated in 1860 by the Bishop of Winchester. By 1859 the churchyard was full and a new burial ground was needed. Odiham Burial Board of local worthies was formed. The initial plan was to purchase three acres in Chalk Pit Field from Sir Henry Mildmay of Dogmersfield Park, but he wanted £200 per acre. The board then settled for two and a half acres bought from J.G. Seymour, the local banker, for £100 per acre.
The two mortuary chapels, the north for non-conformists, the south for Anglicans, the cottage and gates were designed by the Winchester architect J. Colson, and cost £1050 to build. The Burial Board borrowed £2000 from the government repayable from the Poor Rate. The Parish Council took over responsibility when it was formed in 1894. The chapels have not been used for many years, but as listed buildings are maintained by the Parish Council. Major renovations were carried out in 1991 and a more recent programme commenced in 2015. Each chapel has gross external area of 57m2.
The cemetery was enlarged in 1913 and the northern extension was purchased from A.J.Parsons in 1939.
There is an area set aside for RAF burials for servicemen and women who have died in service.
