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The interior of the chapel The cremator at Woking Crematorium in the 1870s, before the chapel and buildings were constructed Woking Crematorium in the early 20th century. Woking Crematorium was founded in 1878, when a piece of land close to St John's Village was bought by Sir Henry Thompson. He was a surgeon and Physician to the Queen.
In 1888, 28 cremations took place at the venue. In 1891, Woking Crematorium added a chapel, pioneering the concept of a crematorium being a venue for funerals as well as cremation. The Cremation Society of Great Britain drew up the original forms of certification for cremation which were to be adopted as the basis for the first Cremation Act in ...
Funeral pyre in Ubud, Bali.Cremation is the preferred method of disposal of the dead in Buddhism. [1]Cremation rates vary widely across the world. [2] As of 2019, international statistics report that countries with large Buddhist and Hindu populations like Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Thailand and India have a cremation rate ranging from 80 ...
Maitland Crematorium, South Africa. A crematorium, crematory or cremation center 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.
Canley Cemetery and Crematorium, Coventry; Gornal Wood Cemetery and Crematorium, Brierley Hill; Lodge Hill Crematorium, Birmingham; Powke Lane Crematorium, Rowley Regis; Robin Hood Cemetery and Crematorium, Solihull; Rycroft Crematorium, Walsall (defunct) Sandwell Valley Crematorium, West Bromwich; Stourbridge Crematorium; Streetly Crematorium ...
Satellite image of Europe by night 1916 physical map of Europe Topography of Europe. Some geographical texts refer to a Eurasian continent given that Europe is not surrounded by sea and its southeastern border has always been variously defined for centuries. In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby
Pages in category "Maps of Europe by country" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. N. National Atlas of Belarus
Maps are also available as part of the Wikimedia Atlas of the World project in the Atlas of Europe. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.