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When someone dies, people and organisations need to be told and documents need to be completed. Some of these things can be done by a close relative or friend; others need to be done by the executor or administrator of the estate.
For information about what to do when someone dies, you can browse the What to do After a Death section of the DirectGov website.
For specific information on the following topics, please use the links below:
Visit the Deaths pages of the Oxfordshire County Council website for local Oxfordshire information about the registration of a death, the coroners' office, the mortuary service, civil funerals and probate.
Visit our Bereavement Advice page for more useful information on what to do when someone dies and coping with death.
Our Cemeteries Service offers facilities for burials in four cemeteries in Oxford:
We do not directly arrange funerals or the erection of memorials. Most people employ a funeral director or memorial mason to act on their behalf.
Visit our Cemeteries Service page for more information on the services we offer, charges and concessions, and the opening times of our cemeteries.
The Registration service in Oxford is run by Oxfordshire County Council. Visit the Registering a Death section of their website for more information. Under normal circumstances, a death must be registered within five days. The registration must take place in the district where the death happened. As Oxfordshire is a single district, this can be at any of the local offices around the county. Visit the Registration Offices page of the Oxfordshire County Council website for locations of offices in Oxfordshire.
It is the duty of coroners to investigate deaths which are reported to them and which:
Visit the Coroners' Office pages of the Oxfordshire County Council website for more information.
| Organisation | Phone | Address |
| Oxfordshire Registration Service | 0845 129 5900 | Registration Service Oxford Register Office 1 Tidmarsh Lane Oxford OX1 1NS |
| Oxfordshire Coroners' Office | 01865 861912 | Coroner's Office The Old School House High Street Cumnor OX2 9PE |
| Oxford District Probate Registry | 01865 793055 | Combined Court Building St Aldates Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1LY |
Visit our Bereavement and Funerals Links page for useful links to other websites relating bereavement and death.
Details of Oxford's Cemeteries Service.
General help and guidance for those suffering bereavement
Page last reviewed 30 Oct 2008