Rating: 8,1/10 (459 votes) Golders Green Crematorium - the first crematorium in London, the oldest in the UK. Located in the Golders Green area, near Highgate Cemetery. The crematorium was opened in 1902, 17 years after how cremation was permitted in the UK. Crematorium positioned as secular, accepting clients of any faith, atheists. Clients could choose the form of the farewell service themselves, choose the music for ceremony. The storage of urns with the ashes of people cremated here are closed, you can visit them only with a guide. For example, here you can see urns with the ashes of Sigmund Freud and Anna Pavlova. In the garden of memory surrounding a crematorium, several family mausoleums are located. Musician Mark was cremated in Golders Green crematorium Bolan, jazzman Larry Adler, artist B.V. Anrep, psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, actress Vivien Leigh, musician Keith Moon, writer Bram Stoker, singer Amy Winehouse, writer H.G. Wells, Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna, writer Bernard Shaw and others. We also recommend reading Baker Street in the UK, London resort Topic: Golders Green Crematorium, UK Resort London. |