The crematorium in Scholemoor Cemetery
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The crematorium in Scholemoor Cemetery
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 12 Oct 2023
This quite an old crematorium; it is first shown on the 1:2500 map revised in 1906. The first official cremation in this country was in 1885. The area in the foreground has gravstones dotted around rather than in continuous rows.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.790536
Longitude
-1.798385