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Literature Ronnie Scott Sigmund Freud WHO. Golders Green Crematorium has been the final destination for an amazing list of the talented and famous. It is one of the best known crematoria in...
Owned by. London Cremation Company. Size. 12 acres (4.9 ha) Website. London Cremation Company website. Find a Grave. 658441. Golders Green Crematorium and Mausoleum was the first crematorium to be opened in London, and one of the oldest crematoria in Britain.
- England
- 62 Hoop Lane, London, NW11 7NL
- 1902
- 12 acres (4.9 ha)
Many famous people have been cremated here, among them (from the world of science) Sigmund Freud; (from the worlds of literature and the arts) the authors Bram Stoker and Rudyard Kipling, the sculptor Sir George Frampton, the illustrator Sir John Tenniel, the designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the sculptor, designer and painter, Sir William Rey...
Please contact the office on 020 8455 2374. Sir William Huggins (1824 - 1910) English Astronomer, best know for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy. Marc Bolan (1947 - 1977) English singer, songwriter, musician, frontman of T.Rex. Sir Kingsley Amis (1922 - 1995) English Novelist, Poet, Critic, Teacher.
The most spectacular [crematorium] ... was Golders Green, London (1902) with a complex of red-brick chapels, arcaded cloisters, columbarium and towers designed by Sir Ernest George and Alfred B. Yeates. The renowned gardener William Robinson advised on the landscaping, being a director of the company and an enthusiast for the process.
GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM Hoop Lane, London NW 11 7NL Tel: 020 8455 237 4 e. mail: memorials.gg@londoncremation.co. uk BRIEF HISTORY OF GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM In the year 1900, the constantly increasing number of cremations at the pioneer crematorium established in Woking in 1885 convinced the Council of the Cremation Society of England that
Oct 24, 2011 · Fans of Vivien Leigh may find it interesting because she was cremated here in 1967 before her ashes were scattered at Tickerage Mill. Some of the notable names who still remain at Golders Green include Ivor Novello, Alexander Korda, Elisabeth Bergner, Keith Moon, Sigmund Freud, Conrad Veidt, Anna Pavlova and Peter Sellers, among others.
