Thornhill Cemetery and Cardiff Crematorium
Mynwent Draenen Pen-y-graig ac Amlosgfa Caerdydd | |
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Established | August 1952 |
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Country | Wales |
Coordinates | 51°34′01″N 0°08′49″W / 51.567°N 0.147°WCoordinates: 51°34′01″N 0°08′49″W / 51.567°N 0.147°W |
Type | Public |
Owned by | Cardiff Council |
Website | Thornhill Cemetery website |
Find a Grave | Thornhill Cemetery and Cardiff Crematorium |
Thornhill Cemetery and Cardiff Crematorium (Welsh: Mynwent Draenen Pen-y-graig ac Amlosgfa Caerdydd) is a major cemetery and crematorium located in Thornhill, a northern suburb of Cardiff, south Wales. It is located on the A469 road (Thornhill Road).
Cardiff Crematorium was opened in 1953 and occupies a 40-acre (16 ha) site as part of the Thornhill Cemetery. The cemetery contains two chapels – Wenallt Chapel and Briwnant Chapel – and the Gardens of Remembrance for the scattering of cremated remains.[1]
Notable burials and cremations[]
- Sir Tasker Watkins (Lord Justice of Appeal)
- Rhodri Morgan (First Minister of Wales)
- Alison Bielski (poet and writer)
- Mickey Gee (rock and roll guitarist)
- Wilf Wooller (sportsman)
- Jack Brooks (politician)
Views of Thornhill Cemetery and Cardiff Crematorium
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Notes[]
- ^ "The Suburb of Llanishen". Cardiffians. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
External links[]
- Media related to Thornhill Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons
- Thornhill Cemetery and Cardiff Crematorium at Find a Grave
- Map
Categories:
- Cemeteries in Cardiff
- 1953 establishments in Wales
- Crematoria in the United Kingdom
- 20th-century architecture in the United Kingdom
- Glamorgan geography stubs