Burial Act 1854
The Burial Act 1854 or the Extramural Interment Act 1854 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 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 for parishes within the jurisdiction using funds from the borough rate.
The act was partially repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1892, with the residue repealed by the Local Government Act 1972.