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Deaths, Funerals and Cremations

You are legally required to register a death. Doing so will provide you with documents needed to arrange the funeral and to deal with the deceased’s estate.

Deaths

Register Offices in Bassetlaw

Bassetlaw Register Office

County Council Offices
Chancery Lane
Retford
Nottinghamshire
DN22 6DG

Tel: 01777 708631 Registrations by appointment.
Fax: 01777 860667

Open:

Mon - Fri 9.00am - 4.30pm
Sat. By appointment only

Bassetlaw Sub-District Office

Queens Buildings
Potter Street
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 2AH

Tel: 01909 535534 Registrations by appointment.
Fax: 01909 501067

Open:

Mon - Fri 9.00am - 4.30pm
Sat. By appointment only

For more information on registering a death, please visit the Nottinghamshire County Council website and visit the Deaths section on their website.

Funerals and Cremations

A funeral can be either by burial or by cremation. You can organise it with or without the help of a funeral director, and personalise it as much as you wish. In some cases the deceased may have planned their own funeral in advance.

However, you can not finalise the date for a funeral until you have registered the death. The date could also be affected if the death has to be reported to the coroner.

You should be able to find your local funeral directors in the telephone directory.

Most funeral directors are members of one of two trade associations:

If you wish to organise the funeral yourself help is available on how to do this on the BBC website.

Cemeteries

Bassetlaw District Council have responsibility for administering all burials in the three main cemeteries at Retford Road and Hannah Park in Worksop and one in Retford. In addition we hold and maintain the records of all past and present burials that have taken place in each one.

We do our best to make these environments as pleasant as possible, the mature woodland at Retford Cemetery in particular is beautiful the whole year round.

We also offer a Woodland burial service at both Hannah Park and Retford whereby we will plant a tree on the plot and place a memorial plaque on an adjacent wall as a more sensitive approach to remembering our loved ones.

Contact us

Hazel Davison on 01909 533487
E-mail: hazel.davison@bassetlaw.gov.uk

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