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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...

Headstones For Everton Fans

Given how much of a football mad area Merseyside is, it is no surprise that there is a high demand for headstones for Everton fans. Take a stroll through any cemetery in Liverpool and the surrounding areas and you will soon some across a headstone that has been placed...

Headstones For Liverpool Fans

As one of the most successful clubs in world football it is no surprise that headstones for Liverpool fans are so popular. You need not walk around any of the city's cemeteries for long before seeing headstones marking the grave of someone who was clearly a Liverpool...

A History of Headstones in Liverpool

Four hundred years ago burial in churches was reserved solely for those of a certain religious or noble stature. For the vast majority of those who died, the body was wrapped in a shroud and graves were marked with a simple structure such as a small wooden cross or...

Bootle Cemetery

Bootle cemetery is one of four managed by Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside. The land was purchased in 1909 , with the first interment at the 26 acre site taking pace in 1913. Two years after the cemetery opened a Gothic style chapel with capacity for...

St Helens Cemetery

Situated in Windlehsaw, St Helens cemetery was formally opened in 1858. Local architect Thomas Denville Barry was behind the design of two curved drives creating a heart shape, with paths leading off from them. The first interment there had actually taken place in a...

Churchyard Memorials in the Diocese of Liverpool

Although most burials take place in cemeteries nowadays they are still permitted in churchyards if the deceased lived or died in the parish. There are restrictions however on memorial sizes, types, inscriptions and what can be placed on graves. The Diocese of...

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