Pilning and Severn Beach Cemetery – Headstone Safety Audit 19th August 2024 updated 5th August July 2025
A health & safety audit has been carried out at Pilning & Severn Beach Cemetery and a further headstones was found to be unsecure.
These memorial have been or will be respectfully laid flat on the ground.
- Plot 110 Fredrick & Mary Oakhill
- Plot 141 Walter & Florence with David Andrews
- Plot 168 Mary & William with William James Barnett
- Plot 221 Alfred Samuel & Kate Elizabeth Lee
If you need to make a repair to a gravestone please contact Odile McIntosh Cemetery Clerk in the first instance, 07796 190794.
The memorials that have been laid down are:
- Plot 155 Sarah, John & William Sellick
- Plot 160 William Davey
- Plot 174 Mary, John & Margaret Cox
- Plot 175 Stuart Charles Pugh
- Plot 229 Smith / Rossiter
- Plot 231 Hazel Bryson
- Plot 234 Colin Scrivin
- Plot 267 Mary Martha Gray
Memorials that need remedial work must only to be undertaken by a BRAMMS registered memorial mason. In 2005 Law changed and as a result all memorials must comply with BS8415 and have a below ground fitting system installed.
Note: putting headstones back upright unsecured will mean the grave owner is liable in the case of any incident or damage.
Unsecured heavy gravestones can cause serious damage to visitors.