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Tragedy Highlights Memorial Safety Responsibility

The recent tragic death of a 4-year-old boy in a Lancashire Cemetery has again highlighted concerns regarding memorial safety. It cannot be overstated that ultimately, the responsibility for ensuring a memorial does not pose a danger to the public lies with the grave...

Liverpool City Council Cemeteries Price Increases

In a move that has surprised us at Sarsfield Memorials, Liverpool City Council Cemeteries Department informed us recently that they are increasing their prices by 5% as of 3rd February 2025. This is against the usual practice of any rises coming into effect in April,...

Happy New Year From Sarsfield Memorials

As another year draws to a close, Sarsfield Memorials would like to thank all our customers for their support and wish you all the best for 2025. We are now entering our 78th year of operations. Sarsfield Memorials was founded by James Sarsfield (left) in 1947 and is...

Chinese Memorials

As the home of Europe's oldest Chinatown, it is unsurprising that the city cemeteries contain many Chinese memorials. These memorials have some interesting characteristics compared to British headstones, as demonstrated by an order we recently completed in Allerton...

Memorial Safety is Owners’ Responsibility

Earlier this month there was uproar in Glasgow, where the local authority had placed warning labels on unsafe memorials in the city's cemeteries. In some cases, the labels covered the name of the deceased. Whatever the ethics of this, it is a stark reminder that the...

Sarsfield Are UK Agents for Incimar

Sarsfield Memorials are the UK agents for Incimar, an Italian company that provides marble engraving tools of a high-quality standard. Incimar was established eighty years ago and has remained a market leader in an environment that is increasingly changing due to...

Please Bear With Us At This Sad Time

Sarsfield Memorials were devastated at the beginning of this month when our mum, May, passed away at the age of 91. May's death comes just eleven months after that of her beloved husband of 63 years, Terry Sarsfield. Terry, the second generation of Sarsfield Memorials...

Halton Requires Statutory Declarations For Grave Transfers

Since 30th October 2023, Halton Council have made a major change to how they arrange the transfer of ownership of graves. They will now be requiring a Statutory Declaration for grave transfers if the owner is deceased. This change protects the interests of the local...

Sarsfield Offers Trustworthy Grave Restoration Service

At Sarsfield Memorials we take pride in restoring existing memorials as well as supplying new ones. We do accept that our prices are higher than those charged by companies offering general grave cleaning and restoration services. However, there are reasons for this,...

Memorials For Unmarked Graves

In the last couple of years, we have received a lot of enquiries regarding memorials for unmarked graves. This, we understand, is down to the increased amount of family research undertaken during the Covid lockdown. There are rules and regulations however regarding...

Get Your Christmas Orders In Now

It may seem like we haven't even had any summer so far this year, given the wet weather in recent weeks. However, Christmas will be here before we know it. If you want a memorial installed at your loved one's grave, now is the time to get your order in to avoid...

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