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{{Short description|Cemetery in London, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox cemetery
| name = East Finchley Cemetery
| image = East Finchley Crematorium - geograph.org.uk - 4778864.jpg
| caption = Crematorium, East Finchley Cemetery
| established = 1854
| country = England
| location = 122 East End Road, London, N2 0SP
| coordinates = {{Coord|51.592|-0.184|type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=it}}
| type = Public
| style =
| owner = [[City of Westminster]]
| size = {{convert|47|acre|ha}}
| graves =
| interments =
| website = [https://www.westminster.gov.uk/communityandliving/burials/eastfinchley.cfm City of Westminster website]
| findagraveid = 638867
| political =
}}

'''East Finchley Cemetery''' is a cemetery and crematorium in East End Road, [[East Finchley]]. Although it is in the [[London Borough of Barnet]], it is owned and managed by the [[City of Westminster]].<ref name=cemetery>[http://www.westminster.gov.uk/communityandliving/burials/eastfinchley.cfm ''East Finchley Cemetery''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026092317/http://www.westminster.gov.uk/communityandliving/burials/eastfinchley.cfm |date=2008-10-26 }} (City of Westminster) accessed 26 January 2006</ref>

==History and characteristics==
The St Marylebone Burial Board purchased {{convert|47|acre|km2|2}} of Newmarket Farm in 1854;<ref name=cemetery/> and the cemetery, then known as '''St Marylebone Cemetery''', was laid out by architects Barnett & Birch after winning a competition.

Principal features are two [[Lebanon Cedar]] trees planted on the front lawn. The [[crematorium]] was opened in 1937.

Due to local government reorganisation, the cemetery was managed by the [[Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone]] – from 1900; and became the responsibility of the City of Westminster in 1965, when the cemetery became known by its current name. The cemetery contains about 22,000 interments, and remains open for burials.<ref name=cemetery/>

The cemetery became a point of controversy in the early nineties when the then Leader of Westminster City Council and one of the councillors wanted the cemetery to be sold (to avoid the substantial upkeep). The cemetery also included a considerable amount of land being used at the time for plant propagation for horticultural use throughout the City of Westminster; it also provided housing for the Cemetery Keeper. After much argument at Council Meetings and against the advice of the Chief Officers concerned, the cemetery was sold, the transaction then became part of the [[Westminster cemeteries scandal]]. The council was forced, after the move had been declared unlawful, to repurchase the cemetery but was unable to buy back the crematorium. <ref>{{cite news|title=Westminster back in the dock|first=David|last=Hencke|date=10 December 1998|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1998/dec/10/uk.politicalnews|access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Council to buy back land it sold off for 5p |first=David |last=Millward |date=20 April 2006 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1516167/Council-to-buy-back-land-it-sold-off-for-5p.html |access-date=6 October 2011}}</ref> This was purchased by the London Cremation Company.

The cemetery contains a number of structures listed on the [[National Heritage List for England]].

The [[Anglican]] chapel was designed by Barnett and Birch and is a Grade II [[listed building|listed chapel]],<ref>{{NHLE |num=1064767 |access-date=26 January 2006}}</ref> as is the crematorium.<ref name=NHLECrem>{{NHLE|num=1359115|desc=Crematorium and Chapel, St Marylebone Cemetery|access-date=4 October 2016|mode=cs2}}</ref>
The gates and lodge are also Grade II listed.<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1064768 Entry on the Historic England website]</ref>

The monuments to [[Thomas Skarratt Hall]] (supposedly based on the [[Sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus]], it originally had 4 bronze angels, which were stolen in 1989),<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1249532|desc=Monument to Thomas Skarratt Hall, West Avenue, Plot H7|access-date=29 September 2018}}</ref> Harry Ripley (by [[William Reid Dick]]),<ref name=NHLERipley>{{NHLE|num=1359116|desc=Monument to Harry Ripley|access-date=4 October 2016|mode=cs2}}</ref> [[Peter Nicol Russell]],<ref name="NHLERussell">{{NHLE|num=1188637|desc=Monument to Sir Peter Nicol Russell Engineer in St Marylebone Cemetery|access-date=4 October 2016|mode=cs2}}</ref> Thomas Tate (by [[Frank Lynn Jenkins]]),<ref name=NHLETate>{{NHLE|num=1064758|desc=Monument to Sir Thomas Tate, St Marylebone Cemetery|access-date=4 October 2016|mode=cs2}}</ref> and the mausoleum (by [[Arthur Blomfield]]) of [[Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk]] and his wife and son, are all listed Grade II,<ref name=NHLEGlenesk>{{NHLE|num=1064757|desc=Glenesk Mausoleum|access-date=4 October 2016|mode=cs2}}</ref>

The cemetery was awarded a [[Green Flag Award]] in 2007, 2008 and 2009.<ref name=cemetery/> It is also a [[Site of Nature Conservation Interest|Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation]].<ref name=GIGL>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/siteDetails.aspx?sID=BaL08&sType=sinc|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224022212/http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/siteDetails.aspx?sID=BaL08&sType=sinc|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2012|title=East Finchley Cemetery|publisher=Greenspace Information for Greater London|year=2006|access-date=9 September 2012}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/map.aspx |title=iGiGL – helping you find London's parks and wildlife sites |publisher=Greenspace Information for Greater London |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129124243/http://www.gigl.org.uk/igigl/map.aspx |archive-date=29 November 2012 }}</ref>

==Notable burials & cremations ==
* [[Melanie Appleby]] – Mel in pop duo [[Mel and Kim]]
* [[George Barham]] – founder of the [[Express County Milk Company]]
* [[Henry Walter Bates]] – Naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals
* [[Jeremy Beadle]] – TV presenter (cremated here,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2008/02/15/jeremy-beadle-has-last-laugh-at-his-funeral-86908-20319989/|title=Jeremy Beadle Has Last Laugh at His Funeral|work=Daily Record|date=15 February 2008 |location=Glasgow|access-date=27 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230172837/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2008/02/15/jeremy-beadle-has-last-laugh-at-his-funeral-86908-20319989/|archive-date=2008-12-30|url-status=live}}</ref> ashes later interred in [[Highgate Cemetery]])
* [[L.S. Bevington|Louisa Sarah Bevington]] - anarchist and poet
* Sir [[Henry Bishop (composer)|Henry Bishop]] – Professor of Music at Oxford and operatic composer<ref name="cemetery" />
* [[Death of Keith Blakelock|Keith Blakelock]] – Police Constable murdered in Tottenham riot
* [[Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk]] – Memorial chapel and Mausoleum<ref name="cemetery" />
* Sir [[James Boyton]], British [[estate agent]] and a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician.
* Sir [[Austen Chamberlain]] – [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Foreign Secretary]], recipient of [[Nobel Peace Prize]], son of [[Joseph Chamberlain]] and brother of [[Neville Chamberlain]]<ref name="cemetery" />
* [[Harry Champion]] – Music Hall Singer
* [[Robert Donat]] – Actor (cremated).<ref name="cemetery" />
* [[Alfred Ellis (photographer)| Alfred Ellis]] - photographer
* [[Matthew Garber]] – Actor (cremated).
* Sir [[Edmund Gosse]] – English poet, author and critic.
* [[William Gowland]] – Engineer and archaeologist who for many years lived in Japan
* [[Thomas Skarratt Hall]] – foundation investor in the [[Mount Morgan Mine|Mount Morgan mine]], [[Queensland]], Australia
* [[Manya Harari]] – translator of [[Russian literature]] and the co-founder of [[Harvill Press]].
[[Image:Stokowski Leopold grave.jpg|right|upright|thumb|[[Leopold Stokowski]]'s grave at East Finchley Cemetery]]
* [[Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe]] – Founder of the ''[[Daily Mail]]''<ref name="cemetery" />
* [[Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth]] – [[United Kingdom|British]] businessman and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician
* Sir [[Leicester Harmsworth]] – Newspaper Publisher with a memorial by [[Edwin Lutyens]]<ref name="cemetery" />
* [[Harold Harrison (rugby player)|Harold Harrison]] – England rugby union international, died serving as army Colonel in World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2432423/harrison,-harold-cecil/|title=Harold Cecil Harrison|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]|access-date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504155430/https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2432423/harrison,-harold-cecil/|archive-date=2018-05-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Sir [[George Hayter]] – [[Queen Victoria]]'s principal painter in ordinary<ref name="cemetery" />
* [[Max Herrmann-Neisse]] – exiled German poet and novelist
* [[Quintin Hogg (merchant)]] – English merchant and philanthropist, remembered primarily as a benefactor of the Royal Polytechnic institution at Regent Street, London, now the [[University of Westminster]] (previously cremated).
* [[Lucy, Lady Houston|Fanny Houston]] – British [[philanthropist]], political activist and [[suffragette]].
* [[Edmond Hoyle]] - writer on games
* [[Thomas Henry Huxley]] – Scientist<ref name="cemetery" />
* [[Toto Koopman]] – Model and Italian Resistance spy<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_w_VAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT167|title=The Many Lives of Miss K: Toto Koopman – Model, Muse, Spy|isbn=9780847841424|last1=Liaut|first1=Jean-Noel|date=October 2013}}</ref>
* [[Humphrey Lyttelton]] – English jazz musician and broadcaster (cremated)
* [[Nervo and Knox|Jimmy Nervo]] – entertainer and part of the original [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|Crazy Gang]]
* Sir [[James Paget]] – English surgeon and [[pathologist]] after whom [[Paget's disease of bone|Paget's disease]] is named
* [[Sidney Paget]] – Illustrator of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes]] stories
* [[Wendy Richard]] – Actress, previously cremated at [[Golders Green|Golders Green Crematorium]]
* [[W. Heath Robinson]] – Artist and cartoonist<ref name="cemetery" />
* [[Gaynor Rowlands]] – Actress and Singer
* [[Sir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet, of Stratford Place]] – eminent British [[surgeon]], Surgeon Extraordinary to [[Queen Victoria]] and honorary Serjeant-Surgeon to [[Edward VII]]
* [[Henry Charles Stephens]] – Ink magnate, philanthropist and local MP
* [[Thomas Stevens (cyclist)|Thomas Stevens]] – Cyclist, the first one to circle the globe by bicycle<ref name="cemetery" />
* [[Marie Studholme]] – Actress and Singer
* [[Leopold Stokowski]] – Conductor<ref name="cemetery" />
* [[William Bernhardt Tegetmeier]] – English naturalist, bee keeper and friend of [[Charles Darwin]]
* [[Little Tich]] – Music Hall singer and dancer.
* [[Mathilde Verne]] – English pianist and teacher ([[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]])
* [[George Walters (VC)|George Walters]] – Sergeant in the 49th Foot who won the [[Victoria Cross]] at the [[Battle of Inkermann]] in 1854<ref name="cemetery" />
* [[Kenneth Williams]] – Actor and comedian (cremated).
* [[Albert Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke]] – British diplomat and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician.
* [[Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke]] – ''Champagne Charlie'' – British aristocrat and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician

==War graves==
There are 75 Commonwealth service war burials of [[World War I]] in the cemetery, most in the War Graves plot in the cemetery's northwest corner that was set aside for military burials in 1916, and 79 of [[World War II]] (including two unidentified British soldiers), besides ten 'Non War graves' that the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] maintains. A Screen Wall memorial, behind the [[Cross of Sacrifice]], records the names of the 20 World War II casualties who were cremated at the St Marylebone Crematorium. There are also special memorials to eight World War I servicemen whose graves could not be marked by headstones.<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/42303 ''East Finchley Cemetery and St Marylebone Crematorium''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504155714/https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/42303 |date=2018-05-04 }} (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) accessed 26 January 2009</ref>

==Transport==
The cemetery is situated near the North Circular Road (A406) and lies between [[East Finchley tube station|East Finchley]] and [[Finchley Central tube station|Finchley Central]] stations, both on the [[Northern Line]].

==See also==
* [[Nature reserves in Barnet]]
* [[St Pancras and Islington Cemetery]]
* [[Westminster cemeteries scandal]]

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="140px" heights="140px" perrow="4">
File:Monument to Thomas Tate 2.jpg|Monument to Sir Thomas and Esther Tate
File:Glensk Mausoleum 1.jpg|The Glenesk Mausoleum
File:Monument to Harry Ripley 2.jpg|Monument to Harry Ripley
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|East Finchley Cemetery}}
* {{Official website|http://www.westminster.gov.uk/communityandliving/burials/eastfinchley.cfm}}
* [http://www.cwgc.org/ ''War Graves''] (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

{{Cemeteries in London}}
{{Nature reserves in Barnet}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:1854 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Anglican cemeteries in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Cemeteries in London]]
[[Category:Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in England]]
[[Category:Finchley]]
[[Category:Nature reserves in the London Borough of Barnet]]
[[Category:Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet]]
[[Category:Religion in the London Borough of Barnet]]

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