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Breakspear Crematorium, Ruislip; City of London Cemetery and Crematorium; Croydon Crematorium (located inside Mitcham Road Cemetery) East Finchley Cemetery and Crematorium; East London Cemetery and Crematorium; Eltham Crematorium; Enfield Crematorium; Forest Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Hainault; Golders Green Crematorium; Hendon Crematorium
There are currently 795 Dignity Funeral Directors across the UK. Several mergers and organic growth have brought together a number of historic funeral businesses, private cemeteries and crematoria over the years, including: George S Munn, Glasgow – 1812; Francis Chappell & Sons, London – 1840; J Rymer, York – 1848
In 1885, the first official cremation in the United Kingdom took place in Woking. The deceased was Jeanette Pickersgill, a well-known figure in literary and scientific circles. [9] By the end of the year, the Cremation Society of Great Britain had overseen two more cremations, a total of 3 out of 597,357 deaths in the UK that year. [5]
The design stands out from the other 250 or so crematoria across the UK. [8] On 7 February 1967 a service was held to dedicate the chapels. [1] The Crematorium was listed as a category A building in April 1996. [9] In 2005, the crematorium appeared in the list of 100 best modern Scottish buildings published in the architectural journal Prospect ...
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This is a list of active and inactive crematoria around the world. Some are government operator or located within privately owned funeral homes or large cemeteries. Subcategories
Maitland Crematorium, South Africa. A crematorium, crematory or cremation center/centre is a venue for the cremation of the dead. Modern crematoria contain at least one cremator (also known as a crematory, retort or cremation chamber), a purpose-built furnace. In some countries a crematorium can also be a venue for open-air cremation.