All interments have to be recorded by law in both burial registers and grave registers.

These are public records and are available for inspection by appointment.

Useful links

• nationalarchives.gov.uk links to The National Archives site for information on records.
  
  
• cwgc.org links to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site for the Debt of Honour Register.
  
  
• Suffolk links to the Suffolk County Council Suffolk Records site for information on births, marriages, deaths and family history records. There is information on the Bury St Edmunds, Deben, Gipping and Hartismere, Ipswich, Sudbury and Waveney offices.
  
  
• 1901censusonline.com/census links to the Census site for census information.
  
  
• familyrecords.gov.uk links to the Family Records Centre for information on births, marriages and deaths.
  
  
• generalregisteroffice links to the General Register Office for information on how to obtain a birth, marriage or death certificate.
  

Contact details as from 4 April 2009

Cemetery Registrar
St Edmundsbury Borough Council
West Suffolk House
Western Way
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 3YU

Phone: 01284 757068
Fax: 01284 757066 
Email: cemetery.service@stedsbc.gov.uk