Is there a cemetery in East Finchley?

Is there a cemetery in East Finchley?

East Finchley Cemetery is a cemetery and crematorium in East End Road, East Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. The facilities are owned and managed by the City of Westminster.

Where is the St Marylebone Cemetery in London?

The St Marylebone Cemetery & Crematorium (East Finchley) East Finchley Cemetery is a cemetery and crematorium in East End Road, East Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. The facilities are owned and managed by the City of Westminster.

What makes St Marylebone Crematorium so special?

With a blend of the old with the modern, adjacent to the old cemetery is St Marylebone Crematorium, which first opened in 1937. Today, a very modern crematorium building stands on architectural-designed grounds of walking paths, fountains, and manicured rose, azalea, and rhododendron gardens.

Where are St Marylebone’s dead parishioners buried?

In 1980 the then Rector, the Revd Christopher Hamel Cooke, conceived a plan to remove the dead and bring in the living. With due authority the coffins from the crypt (over 850) were reinterred at Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. Through nearly ten centuries St Marylebone’s dead parishioners have been buried in a number of places.

Who opened the crematorium in London?

Opening of the Crematorium by Councillor G.B. Ramsay. The cemetery was transferred to the City of Westminster under the local Government re-organization. Queen Victoria’s principal painter in ordinary. On Remembrance Avenue there is a small plot of military graves administered by the Commonwealth Graves Commission.

Who designed the crematorium at St Marylebone?

The Italianate red-brick Crematorium and Chapel (listed grade II), located in the western part of the cemetery, was designed by Sir Edwin Cooper in 1937 for the Borough of St Marylebone.

When did East Finchley Cemetery get its first green flag?

The name formally changed to East Finchley when the Westminster City Council reacquired the cemetery in the early 1990s. View a plan of the cemetery: East Finchley cemetery won its first Green Flag in 2007 and subsequently in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Read the Green Flag judging criteria.