East Finchley Cemetery
| East Finchley Cemetery | |
|---|---|
 Crematorium, East Finchley Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1854 |
| Location | 122 East End Road, London, N2 0SP |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°35′31″N0°11′02″W/ 51.592°N 0.184°W |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | City of Westminster |
| Size | 47 acres (19 ha) |
| Website | City of Westminster website |
| Find a Grave | East Finchley Cemetery |
East Finchley Cemeteryis a cemetery and crematorium in East End Road,East Finchley.Although it is in theLondon Borough of Barnet,it is owned and managed by theCity of Westminster.[1]
History and characteristics
[edit]The St Marylebone Burial Board purchased 47 acres (0.19 km2) of Newmarket Farm in 1854;[1]and the cemetery, then known asSt Marylebone Cemetery,was laid out by architects Barnett & Birch after winning a competition.
Principal features are twoLebanon Cedartrees planted on the front lawn. Thecrematoriumwas opened in 1937.
Due to local government reorganisation, the cemetery was managed by theMetropolitan Borough of St Marylebone– from 1900; and became the responsibility of the City of Westminster in 1965, when the cemetery became known by its current name. The cemetery contains about 22,000 interments, and remains open for burials.[1]
The cemetery became a point of controversy in the early nineties when the then Leader of Westminster City Council and one of the councillors wanted the cemetery to be sold (to avoid the substantial upkeep). The cemetery also included a considerable amount of land being used at the time for plant propagation for horticultural use throughout the City of Westminster; it also provided housing for the Cemetery Keeper. After much argument at Council Meetings and against the advice of the Chief Officers concerned, the cemetery was sold, the transaction then became part of theWestminster cemeteries scandal.The council was forced, after the move had been declared unlawful, to repurchase the cemetery but was unable to buy back the crematorium.[2][3]This was purchased by the London Cremation Company.
The cemetery contains a number of structures listed on theNational Heritage List for England.
TheAnglicanchapel was designed by Barnett and Birch and is a Grade IIlisted chapel,[4]as is the crematorium.[5] The gates and lodge are also Grade II listed.[6]
The monuments toThomas Skarratt Hall(supposedly based on theSarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus,it originally had 4 bronze angels, which were stolen in 1989),[7]Harry Ripley (byWilliam Reid Dick),[8]Peter Nicol Russell,[9]Thomas Tate (byFrank Lynn Jenkins),[10]and the mausoleum (byArthur Blomfield) ofAlgernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Gleneskand his wife and son, are all listed Grade II,[11]
The cemetery was awarded aGreen Flag Awardin 2007, 2008 and 2009.[1]It is also aSite of Local Importance for Nature Conservation.[12][13]
Notable burials
[edit]- Melanie Appleby– Mel in pop duoMel and Kim
- George Barham– founder of theExpress County Milk Company
- Henry Walter Bates– Naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals
- Jeremy Beadle– TV presenter (cremated here,[14]buried inHighgate Cemetery)
- Louisa Sarah Bevington- anarchist and poet
- SirHenry Bishop– Professor of Music at Oxford and operatic composer[1]
- Keith Blakelock– Police Constable murdered in Tottenham riot
- Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk– Memorial chapel and Mausoleum[1]
- SirJames Boyton,Britishestate agentand aConservativepolitician.
- SirAusten Chamberlain–Foreign Secretary,recipient ofNobel Peace Prize,son ofJoseph Chamberlainand brother ofNeville Chamberlain[1]
- Harry Champion– Music Hall Singer
- Robert Donat– Actor (cremated).[1]
- Alfred Ellis- photographer
- Matthew Garber– Actor (cremated).
- SirEdmund Gosse– English poet, author and critic.
- William Gowland– Engineer and archaeologist who for many years lived in Japan
- Thomas Skarratt Hall– foundation investor in theMount Morgan mine,Queensland,Australia
- Manya Harari– translator ofRussian literatureand the co-founder ofHarvill Press.
- Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe– Founder of theDaily Mail[1]
- Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth–Britishbusinessman andLiberalpolitician
- SirLeicester Harmsworth– Newspaper Publisher with a memorial byEdwin Lutyens[1]
- Harold Harrison– England rugby union international, died serving as army Colonel in World War II.[15]
- SirGeorge Hayter–Queen Victoria's principal painter in ordinary[1]
- Max Herrmann-Neisse– exiled German poet and novelist
- Quintin Hogg (merchant)– English merchant and philanthropist, remembered primarily as a benefactor of the Royal Polytechnic institution at Regent Street, London, now theUniversity of Westminster(previously cremated).
- Fanny Houston– Britishphilanthropist,political activist andsuffragette.
- Edmond Hoyle- writer on games
- Thomas Henry Huxley– Scientist[1]
- Toto Koopman– Model and Italian Resistance spy[16]
- Humphrey Lyttelton– English jazz musician and broadcaster (cremated)
- Jimmy Nervo– entertainer and part of the originalCrazy Gang
- SirJames Paget– English surgeon andpathologistafter whomPaget's diseaseis named
- Sidney Paget– Illustrator ofArthur Conan Doyle'sSherlock Holmesstories
- Wendy Richard– Actress, previously cremated atGolders Green Crematorium
- W. Heath Robinson– Artist and cartoonist[1]
- Gaynor Rowlands– Actress and Singer
- Sir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet, of Stratford Place– eminent Britishsurgeon,Surgeon Extraordinary toQueen Victoriaand honorary Serjeant-Surgeon toEdward VII
- Henry Charles Stephens– Ink magnate, philanthropist and local MP
- Thomas Stevens– Cyclist, the first one to circle the globe by bicycle[1]
- Marie Studholme– Actress and Singer
- Leopold Stokowski– Conductor[1]
- William Bernhardt Tegetmeier– English naturalist, bee keeper and friend ofCharles Darwin
- Little Tich– Music Hall singer and dancer.
- Mathilde Verne– English pianist and teacher (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother)
- George Walters– Sergeant in the 49th Foot who won theVictoria Crossat theBattle of Inkermannin 1854[1]
- Kenneth Williams– Actor and comedian (cremated).
- Albert Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke– British diplomat andConservativepolitician.
- Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke–Champagne Charlie– British aristocrat andConservativepolitician
War graves
[edit]There are 75 Commonwealth service war burials ofWorld War Iin the cemetery, most in the War Graves plot in the cemetery's northwest corner that was set aside for military burials in 1916, and 79 ofWorld War II(including two unidentified British soldiers), besides ten 'Non War graves' that theCommonwealth War Graves Commissionmaintains. A Screen Wall memorial, behind theCross of Sacrifice,records the names of the 20 World War II casualties who were cremated at the St Marylebone Crematorium. There are also special memorials to eight World War I servicemen whose graves could not be marked by headstones.[17]
Transport
[edit]The cemetery is situated near the North Circular Road (A406) and lies betweenEast FinchleyandFinchley Centralstations, both on theNorthern Line.
See also
[edit]Gallery
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Monument to Sir Thomas and Esther Tate -
The Glenesk Mausoleum -
Monument to Harry Ripley
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghijklmnopEast Finchley CemeteryArchived2008-10-26 at theWayback Machine(City of Westminster) accessed 26 January 2006
- ^Hencke, David (10 December 1998)."Westminster back in the dock".The Guardian.London.Retrieved26 November2013.
- ^Millward, David (20 April 2006)."Council to buy back land it sold off for 5p".The Daily Telegraph.London.Retrieved6 October2011.
- ^Historic England."Details from listed building database (1064767)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved26 January2006.
- ^Historic England,"Crematorium and Chapel, St Marylebone Cemetery (1359115)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved4 October2016
- ^Entry on the Historic England website
- ^Historic England."Monument to Thomas Skarratt Hall, West Avenue, Plot H7 (1249532)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved29 September2018.
- ^Historic England,"Monument to Harry Ripley (1359116)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved4 October2016
- ^Historic England,"Monument to Sir Peter Nicol Russell Engineer in St Marylebone Cemetery (1188637)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved4 October2016
- ^Historic England,"Monument to Sir Thomas Tate, St Marylebone Cemetery (1064758)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved4 October2016
- ^Historic England,"Glenesk Mausoleum (1064757)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved4 October2016
- ^"East Finchley Cemetery".Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 24 December 2012.Retrieved9 September2012.
- ^"iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites".Greenspace Information for Greater London. 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 29 November 2012.
- ^"Jeremy Beadle Has Last Laugh at His Funeral".Daily Record.Glasgow. 15 February 2008.Archivedfrom the original on 30 December 2008.Retrieved27 July2008.
- ^"Harold Cecil Harrison".Commonwealth War Graves Commission.Archivedfrom the original on 4 May 2018.Retrieved29 September2018.
- ^Liaut, Jean-Noel (October 2013).The Many Lives of Miss K: Toto Koopman – Model, Muse, Spy.ISBN9780847841424.
- ^East Finchley Cemetery and St Marylebone CrematoriumArchived2018-05-04 at theWayback Machine(Commonwealth War Graves Commission) accessed 26 January 2009
External links
[edit]
- Official website
- War Graves(Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
