Some years back I was looking for the grave of my grandfather. I knew the year that he died so I simply visited the local cemeteries and, I assume that most cemeteries have this, went to the office/gate house, which is staffed by the council and found that they keep logs on who is buried. This is simply just the name of the deceased, the date they were interred and the plot. They will generally tell you where that plot is and if your lucky give you a map to find it. I'm assuming this is quite standard practice - if not I must have been extremely lucky?