A Deed of Grant is issued for burial and the erection of a headstone.
This Deed if often for a specific period and can be renewed.
If during the period of the Deed the named person on the Deed passes the ownership is transferred to the Executor.
If at a later date a family member wants too they can obtain a Deed of Grant which typically can be for 25 years during which time they have full rights over the grave and headstone. The owner could then clean the headstone as they wished in line with the details specified in the Deed.
At least this is what was explained to us when we set about looking at replacing a damaged headstone in Manchester’s Southern Cemetery.
My Dad died 45 years before my Mother, we were beginning to think we would overrun the 50 year initial grant for his burial plot (it was a double plot to allow for Mum too). When she died, being a second burial we were entitled to another 50 year Deed, which I transferred to my daughter's name, so someone has ownership of that plot and headstone for a total of 100 years from the first date of death. I would not want someone coming along and randomly trying to clean the stone.
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