The Burial Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict c 87) is an Act of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...

. It is one of the Burial Acts 1852 to 1885. Its purpose was to give provision for town councils to establish form burial boards to create and maintain

cemeteries A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

for parishes within the jurisdiction using funds from the Borough Rate. The Act was repealed by the

Statute Law Revision Act 1892 The Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict c 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill for this Act was the Statute Law Revision Bill 1892. This Act was repealed for the United Kingdom by Group 1 oPart IXof Schedule 1 ...

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