Government rules
There are no legal limits on the number of people who can attend funerals or commemorative events.
Actual maximum numbers that can attend will be dependent on what the venue can safely allow (see details for Yorkshire crematoria below)
Symptomatic people should not attend funerals
People who are self-isolating or who are in quarantine following international travel may be present at a funeral where a legal exemption applies.
Local Crematorium Rules
Cottingley
Chapel will seat 75 attendees
Seated attendees only
Barrier will remain around coffin
Whilst not required, attendees are encouraged to wear a mask
Family pallbearers allowed
Huddersfield
Lawnswood
The main chapel will seat 70 attendees and the overflow, 80 (150 total)
Seated attendees only
Barrier will remain around coffin
Whilst not required, attendees are encouraged to wear a mask
Family pallbearers allowed
Nab Wood
No limit on the number of attendees
Use of masks encouraged
Park Wood
56 seated attendees allowed
Chairs are in rows of 4 – these cannot be moved
Family pallbearing allowed
Whilst not required, attendees are encouraged to wear a mask
Barrier will remain around coffin
Rawdon
The chapel will seat 80 attendees
Seated attendees only
Barrier will remain around coffin
Whilst not required, attendees are encouraged to wear a mask
Family pallbearers allowed
Scholemoor
No limit on number of attendees
Use of masks encouraged
Skipton
66 seated attendees in chapel only
No restriction on the amount of attendees outside
Stonefall
90 attendees allowed inside
No attendees allowed in foyer
Additional attendees allowed outside
York
The White Rose chapel will seat 95 attendees, and the Ebor chapel 25 – no standing attendees allowed
Local Burial Rules
Bradford
Calderdale
Craven
Harrogate
Kirklees
Leeds
Registering a death
General Government Guidance
If the person died at home or in hospital:
A relative should register the death but if this is not possible the following may register
Someone who was there at the time of death
An administrator from the hospital where the person died
Someone who is in charge of making funeral arrangements
If the person died somewhere other than at home or in a hospital:
A relative should register the death but if this is not possible the following may register:
Someone who was there at the time of death
The person who found the person after they had died
Someone who is in charge of caring for the person after they have died
Someone who is in charge of making funeral arrangements
Bradford
Telephone 01274 432 151 to book an appointment for the registrar to call you. If the person died in either BRI of AGI you can make an appointment through their bereavement officers. For BRI telephone 01274 364477 and for AGI telephone 01535 652 511.
The Medical Certificate of Cause of Death will be sent directly to the registrar.
Calderdale
Visit the below link to book an appointment for the registrar to contact you.
https://ebooking.calderdale.gov.uk/eRegistrar/
Registration of death is only being carried out over telephone.
The hospital or GP surgery will scan the registration paperwork to the registrar.
Harrogate
Use the below link to book an appointment for the registrar to ring you:
https://myaccount.northyorks.gov.uk/registrars/death-booking
Or, call 01609 780780
You will need:
Details about the person that has died
Confirmation that the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death has been emailed to the registrars
A credit / debit card to pay for any death certificates
Kirklees
No registration of death is to be done in person, only over the telephone
Use the below link to book an appointment for the registrar to ring you
You will need:
Details about the person that has died
Confirmation that the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death is with the registrar
A credit / debit card to pay for any death certificates
Leeds
Registering the death by phone
A member of the registrar team will call the next of kin usually within three days of the person’s death and over the course of the phone call they will register the death. If the next of kin is unable to take the call someone else can speak to the registrar – the next of kin can pass the phone to them or they can give the registrar additional contact details. The other person must be:
A relative of the person that has died
The funeral director or someone making the person’s funeral arrangements
York
Email: [email protected] or call 01904 654477 to arrange an appointment to register a death by telephone; details you must include are:
name of the person who has died
date and place of death
name, contact number and email address of the person registering the death
name of the funeral director (if known)
Registration of deaths is only taking place over the telephone.
The Medical Certificate of Cause of Death will be issued directly to the register office.
