This was the Scale of Fees of the Burial Board of St Mary, Battersea.
| First Ground, A. | Second Ground, B. | Third Ground, C. | ||||
| ADULT. | INFANT. | ADULT. | INFANT. | ADULT. | INFANT | |
| £. s. d. | £. s. d. | £. s. d. | £. s. d. | £. s. d. | £. s. d. | |
| INTERMENT | ||||||
| FEE for | ||||||
| PARISHIONERS | ||||||
| without | ||||||
| purchase, | ||||||
| viz.:— | ||||||
| Fee for | ||||||
| Interment, | ||||||
| including | ||||||
| Turfing | ||||||
| and Digging | ||||||
| Grave | 0 18 6 | 0 13 0 | 0 16 6 | 0 10 6 | 0 10 6 | 0 6 0 |
| Tolling Bell | ||||||
| (if required) | 0 5 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 2 6 | 0 2 6 | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 |
| Total | 1 3 6 | 0 18 0 | 0 19 0 | 0 13 0 | 0 11 6 | 0 7 0 |
| INTERMENT | ||||||
| FEE at | ||||||
| Expense of | ||||||
| Union— | ||||||
| Fee for | ||||||
| Interment | 0 10 6 | 0 6 0 | ||||
| Tolling | ||||||
| Bell | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 11 6 | 0 7 0 | ||||
| Purchase of | ||||||
| Grave—Brick | 3 3 0 | 3 3 0 | 2 2 0 | 2 2 0 | 2 2 0 | 2 2 0 |
| Do.—Earth | 2 2 0 | 2 2 0 | 1 10 0 | 1 10 0 | 1 10 0 | 1 10 0 |
| Conveyance, | ||||||
| if required, 5s. | ||||||
| Fee for | ||||||
| Interment in | ||||||
| Vault or Brick | ||||||
| Grave | 1 1 0 | 1 1 0 | 0 10 6 | 0 10 6 | 0 10 6 | 0 10 6 |
| Fee for | ||||||
| Interment out | ||||||
| of regulated | ||||||
| hours (Extra) | 0 7 6 | 0 7 6 | 0 5 0 | 0 5 0 | 0 2 6 | 0 2 6 |
| Fee for | ||||||
| Interment of | ||||||
| Still Born and | ||||||
| Infants less | ||||||
| than One | ||||||
| month old | 0 2 6 | 0 2 6 | 0 2 6 | |||
| Register Fee | ||||||
| for entry in | ||||||
| Register of | ||||||
| Vaults or Grave | ||||||
| in perpetuity | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 |
| Certificate | 0 2 7 | 0 2 7 | 0 2 7 | 0 2 7 | 0 2 7 | 0 2 7 |
| Searching | ||||||
| Register of | ||||||
| Burials, for | ||||||
| one year | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 |
| Do. | do. | for | ||||
| each additional | ||||||
| year | 0 0 6 | 0 0 6 | 0 0 6 | 0 0 6 | 0 0 6 | 0 0 6 |
| Certificate | ||||||
| of Entry | 0 2 7 | 0 2 7 | 0 2 7 | 0 2 7 | 0 2 7 | 0 2 7 |
| Fee for | ||||||
| Erecting | ||||||
| Headstone, | ||||||
| Footstone | 0 14 0 | 0 14 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 10 0 |
| Fee for | ||||||
| Erecting | ||||||
| Mural Monument | 10 10 0 | |||||
| Fee for | ||||||
| Erecting | ||||||
| or placing Tomb | ||||||
| or Flat | ||||||
| Stone, &c. | 1 1 0 |
OTHER FEES.
Keeping Monuments and Graves in perpetuity, according to Agreement.
Planting with Flowers and keeping in order a private Grave, per annum, 10s. 6d.
Turfing do. do. do. 3s.
For Removing and replacing Head and Foot-Stone, 10s.
For Removing Ledger Stone, 14s.
Digging Grave Extra Depth, per foot—1-ft. 2s. 2-ft. 3s. 3-ft. 4s. 6d. 4-ft. 6s. 5-ft. 7s. 6d. 6-ft. 10s. 7-ft. 14s. 8-ft. 17s. 9-ft. £1.
Fee for Additional Inscription, 5s.
Fee for Change of Stone or Monument, 15s.
NON-PARISHIONERS DOUBLE FEES.
By Order,
THOMAS HARRAP, Clerk.
Approved by the
Secretary of State,
For the Home Department,
December 21st, 1876.
THE BATTERSEA CHARITIES. Most of which are by will of the founders administered by the Vicar and Churchwardens.
1. Ann Cooper, in 1720, gave £300 to purchase an estate, the profits thereof to be disposed of to poor people not receiving alms or to bind out poor children with the approbation of Henry Lord Viscount St. John. This estate is land consisting of about 15 acres, situated in South Cerney in Gloucestershire, and produces a rental of £18 15s. per annum.
2. Thomas Ashness, in 1827, bequeathed £100 in trust for the use of the poor of this parish, to be distributed amongst them as the Vicar and Wardens shall think fit, and the dividend from this is £3 8s.
3. Anthony Francis Haldimand, by will of 1815, bequeathed £200 for the same purpose, the dividend of this sum is £3 12s. 8d.
4. Rebecca Wood, in 1596, bequeathed £200, the interest of which is to be distributed annually among 24 decayed families of the parish, the dividend from this is £6 4s. 9d.