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Streatham Park Cemetery

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South London Crematorium was opened in 1936 on the site of Streatham Park Cemetery. Chapel can accommodate larger funerals and offers a service time of 45 minutes, which is longer than many other crematoria. Gardens of remembrance feature a variety of personalised memorials and mausoleum burials.
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Streatham Park Cemetery is laid out in a grid pattern and opened as the Great Southern Cemetery in 1909 but was originally planned in 1890 to match the Great Northern Cemetery that opened in 1861 in Southgate. The cemetery buildings included a lodge, an Anglican Chapel and a small Roman Catholic
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another wing was added to the memorial on which are commemorated the names of 123 personnel who died during that conflict and were cremated at the South London Crematorium, which is situated within the cemetery.
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of eastern European origin who settled in the Soho area of London working as tailors, cabinetmakers, shopkeepers, etc. A small section of Streatham Park Cemetery is reserved for members of the
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and Screen Wall Memorial, the latter commemorating casualties of both wars who are buried in this cemetery in graves which could not be marked by headstones. After
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who also designed the Crematorium. The Crematorium had been planned from 1913 but was not built until 1936, the delay owing to the start of
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Streatham Jewish Cemetery opened in 1915 as a section of Streatham Park Cemetery. The majority of burials here are those of
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performers buried here between 1921 and 1944. A Chapel of Remembrance was added in 1958 at the request of the VABF. Up to
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the cemetery accounted for one fifth of all burials in South London. The cemetery has a large number of burials from
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Famous names to have been buried here include the internationally renowned singer, Dorothy Squires, and comedian
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group . The South London Crematorium is situated within the cemetery grounds and opened in 1936.
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Cemeteries are listed by location; some are owned/managed by other London borough councils.
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Streatham Park Cemetery and South London Crematorium – London Gardens Online
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South London Crematorium and Streatham Park Cemetery
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and Screen Wall Memorial at Streatham Park Cemetery
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Index

South London Crematorium
Streatham Cemetery
Streatham
London
Find a Grave
Streatham Park Cemetery

Cross of Sacrifice
crematorium
Streatham Vale
Dignity plc
John Bannen
World War I
Variety Artistes' Benevolent Fund
music hall
World War II
World War I
World War II
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Cross of Sacrifice
World War II
Tom Costello
Streatham
London
Official website
Find a Grave
Streatham Park Jewish Cemetery
Ashkenazi Jews
South London Liberal Synagogue
Brian Barder

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