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Title: Crematorium near east grinstead, sussex in 1949
Post by: rachelburnley on Wednesday 20 August 25 09:18 BST (UK)

Morning, I have found out the person I am researching was cremated. does anyone know which crematorium near East Grinstead, Sussex would have been used in 1949?

Title: Re: Crematorium near east grinstead, sussex in 1949
Post by: KGarrad on Wednesday 20 August 25 09:52 BST (UK)

Mount Noddy, opened 1916
Queen's Road, opened 1869

https://www.eastgrinstead.gov.uk/the-council/services/burial-services/

Title: Re: Crematorium near east grinstead, sussex in 1949
Post by: John915 on Tuesday 09 September 25 21:58 BST (UK)

Good evening,

Neither cemetary in East Grinstead has a crematoria. In 1949 there were few about, the nearest would have been Mortlake or Golders Green to the north or Brighton to the south. Places like Tunbridge Wells, Eastbourne and Crawley didn't get them until the 50s/60s.

John915

Title: Re: Crematorium near east grinstead, sussex in 1949
Post by: Bookbox on Tuesday 09 September 25 23:58 BST (UK)

You might also want to consider Woking Crematorium ...
https://www.thelondoncremation.co.uk/woking-crematorium/

Title: Re: Crematorium near east grinstead, sussex in 1949
Post by: John915 on Thursday 11 September 25 21:35 BST (UK)

Good evening,

I'm not sure the London Necropolis Company took provincial burials and cremations. Brookwood  was built to take the overflow from London because the London cemataries were becoming full. Trains went from their own station near Waterloo to Brookwood which had two stations within the cematary. Brookwood was in fact the first crematorium in Britain.

https://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk/secret-london/london-necropolis-railway.htm

John915