BARRY Town Council is inspecting memorials at Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery to ensure they are safe.

In accordance with health and safety legislation, any headstone found to be unsafe and likely to cause serious injury may be laid flat or “lowered down” into the excavated area at the head of the grave in front of the memorial base.

This will enable some or all the inscription to remain visible.

Alternatively, the memorial may be “staked and banded” by the Council Memorial Inspector. The stakes and bands are attached to the memorials to ensure that the danger of the memorial in question falling and cause damage or harm to staff and visitors to the cemetery is reduced. 

The most recently inspected memorials are listed below. If you are the relative of, or know someone related to those, those interred in any of the following graves contact Barry Town Council.

  • CR12 Richardson
  • Q57 Wernham
  • DD301 Gill
  • DD71 Kerslake
  • DD232 Newington
  • DD13 Peach
  • DD17 Gwyther/Knowles
  • RC274 Criddle
  • FF130 Durman
  • FF105 Onione
  • AA498 Jeffery
  • AA495 Drinkwater
  • Q124 Munro
  • Q64 O'Callaghan
  • Q25 Williams
  • AA499 Webber
  • AA463 Collard
  • X140 Thomas
  • Q16 Michell/Shanks
  • GG44 Parker
  • GG29 Morgan

If you are responsible for any of the above, have any concerns about the testing, or want information about how to make your memorial safe contact the Cemetery Office during normal working hours, using any of the following means:

  • Call: 01446 738663
  • E-mail: info@barrytowncouncil.gov.uk 
  • Write to:Barry Town Council, Town Hall, Kings Square, Barry, CF63 4RW