Before ordering the monuments, headstones or gravestones that have to revise the regulation as to the churches what is acceptable. Your NAMM or BRAM mason will be able provide guidance in this area.
Each church has its own rules, below is an example topics they cover.
o Materials
Dimensions
or base and foundation slab
Designs O
Sculpture
No entries
Commemoration or after cremation
Or Marks
o Maintenance
Examples of deeper issues:
Size of tombstones
 • No more 4 feet or less than 2 feet 6 inches (1200 mm, 750 mm);
 • No more than 3 feet or less than 1 foot 8 inches wide (900mm, 500mm);
 • No more than 6 inches or less than 3 inches thick (150mm, 75mm), unless the board is used in this case a thickness of 2 inches (50mm) is allowed;
 • In the case of infant headstones funerals should not be less than 2 feet x 1 foot 3 inches x 2 inches (600mm x 375mm x 50mm).
A basic form design part of a tombstone May inclusive, provided they do not project more than 2 inches (50 mm) beyond the headstone in any direction and always set on a material approved by the board itself is set on the floor and extending from 3 inches to 5 inches (75mm to 125 mm) in all that a mower can pass freely above. If desired, the base may include providing a socket to receive a vase, in which case it may extend to 7 "(175mm) in front of the tombstone.
Memorial Materials
The stone is next to Permission:
Limestone: Portland
Purbeck
Derbyshire
Hopton Wood
Hornton
Nabresina
Caen / Normandy
Sandstone: York
Slate: Blue / Black (Cornish)
Gray / Blue (Welsh)
Green (Westmoreland)
Granite: Light medium gray
Finishes
Polished stone or mirror finish not allowed. Lyrics of color is not allowed, except as follows:
Nabresina Limestone could have chosen matte blue letters;
Slate may have the letters contained in the off white carpet;
Granite could have chosen plain black letters.
Listings
Incumbents should require a precise design the list of proposals before approving an application. The pictures or representations of objects or patterns, like the toy of a child are not allowed, or the use of "small names". Bronze or ceramic inserts should not be used. Badges, badges or emblems can be used provided they are adequate and appropriate for the deceased. Any claim must be designed so that you can cut with precision by a skilled craftsman. Bricklayers and carpenters names signs or marks may be registered in a monument on the condition that their position and appearance are discrete viewed the monument as a whole.
Furniture
Call take into account health and safety standards and current industry monuments set safely.
HORIZONTAL GRAND BOOKS
Size
It is flush with the grass or raised more than 9 inches (225mm) above the base, spread over at least 3 inches (75mm) to the round itself flush with the grass, inclusive measures and no more than 7 feet (2100 mm) 3 ft (900mm).
CROSSINGS
A licensee may, without his consent to the introduction of a cross, crosses are have also used freely in the burial sites in the past. These buildings require a high level of design. However, the holder of the permit in May, the introduction a temporary simple wooden cross to mark a recent funeral. A bronze plaque with the names and dates of the deceased can be placed on the cross. Such plans should be eliminated by the erection of a stone monument or after a period of 18 months, whichever comes first.
PROHIBITIONS
To avoid doubt, it is possible the following:
i. curbs, railings, fences or chips that create difficulties or danger when mowing;
II. monuments in the form of vessels, heart, open books;
III. the inclusion of photographs of monuments and portraits;
IV. memories, windmills, toys or small animals;
c. the use of "small names
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