New St. Mary Cemetery & St. Charles Cemetery, Dover, NH

Under the auspices of the Diocese of Manchester, the Parish of the Assumption maintains two Catholic cemeteries: St. Mary Cemetery on Dover Point Road in southern Dover and St. Charles Cemetery on Rt. 108 in northern Dover. A third cemetery, Old St. Mary Cemetery in southern Dover, is maintained by the parish but can no longer accept burials.

Catholics, Christians, and non-Catholic spouses and family members of Catholics may be buried in these cemeteries.

Internment rights may be purchased at the parish office located at St. Joseph Church, 150 Central Ave. 

• Each full-size burial grave can accommodate one casket and two cremains urns or four cremains urns. 

• One full-size burial grave can accommodate a flat marker; two graves are required for an upright marker. 

• The cemeteries also have designated cremains spaces, with each grave holding up to two urns; and, again, two graves are required for an upright marker.
  
  

To preclude misunderstandings between plot holders and management, we ask that all clients familiarize themselves with the following:

Plot "Ownership"
Plot holders do not own their plot.  When you “buy a plot/grave,” you are actually purchasing a license for burial for as many graves as the plot is allowed.  The Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester owns all cemetery land.

All burials must be scheduled through the cemetery office by calling 603-742-4837.

Burials are carried out throughout the year, with the exception of certain holidays. Burial costs for grave openings are separate and vary depending upon the season and day of the week. There is a separate cost to install gravestones and markers.  See the cemetery brochure for further details and pricing. 

Only cut flowers in appropriate vessels are permitted in the cemeteries. Regular lawn maintenance requires that there be no planting of flowers or shrubs or placement of any items other than cut flowers at gravesites. However, Memorial Day floral arrangements or decorations (such as flags) may be placed at the base of monuments seven days before the federal holiday and removed by June 10.  NO GLASS or BREAKABLE CONTAINERS PERMITTED

INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO: Decorations, solar or remembrance lights, symbols, rocks, or stones, personal items, figurines, trinkets, garden flags, and balloons. Due to safety concerns, shepherds' hooks are no longer permitted. NO GLASS or BREAKABLE CONTAINERS PERMITTED. All items in violation of cemetery rules will be removed without notice and discarded.

In all matters not specifically covered by these rules and regulations, management reserves the right to do anything which in its judgment is deemed reasonable on the premises, and such determination shall be binding upon the plot holder and all parties concerned.

View Cemetery Brochure

Arial Map - St. Mary Cemetery - Dover Point Rd.

Arial Map - St. Charles Cemetery - Rte 108, Old Rochester Rd.