To arrange a funeral, cremation, burial, memorial service or burial of ashes, most people refer to one of the Funeral Directors in the town. Otherwise please contact staff at the Parish Office.
Cowley and Son, Co-operative Funerals or A Slade and Son are our local Undertakers.
If you wish to arrange refreshments for those who have travelled a distance then our rooms and halls are available for hire. The Church Hall at Watermoor is next to Holy Trinity and St Lawrence hall is also available.
Garden of Remembrance at St John Baptist
St John Baptist Church has the facility to make a permanent memorial to those whose ashes have been buried in the churchyard. It consists of York grave stones on each one of which a number of names and dates can be inscribed. The stones are erected in the existing ash burial area. Subsequent stones will be erected in a fresh ash burial area in the south-east corner of the churchyard. A gravel path allows access to both sets of stones and there is a raised area provided on which flowers can be placed.
Contact the Parish Office for application forms for the Book of Remembrance or for Memorial Stone inscriptions (office@cirenparish.co.uk).
Regulations for the Garden of Remembrance at St John Baptist: Link.
These regulations supplement and and tailor the regulations of the Diocese of Gloucester Churchyard Regulations as it applies to the Garden of Remembrance in the Churchyard of St John Baptist.
Link to the Diocese of Gloucester Churchyard Regulations Fourth Edition 2020