Cemeteries

East Finchley Cemetery

Welcome to the site page for East Finchley Cemetery.

The cemetery is managed by the City of Westminster's Parks Service which comprises the City of Westminster client officers and Continental Landscapes Ltd.

Originally called St. Marylebone Cemetery the name changed when the City Council re-aquired it in the early 1990's. The cemetery formerly managed by St Marylebone Borough Council, became the responsibility of the City of Westminster following the local government re-organisation in 1965.

This cemetery won its first Green Flag in 2007 and the Management Plan can be viewed by clicking on the highlighted link. Also in the same year it was voted Cemetery of the Year 2007.

A 360 degree tour can be viewed by clicking on the highlighted link.

You can view a plan of cemetery layout by clicking on the highlighted link

Location:
East End Road, East Finchley, London, N2 0RZ

For contact information please see the cemeteries main page or the Hanwell Page.

How to get there:
Bus Routes 143 and 143A both stop in East End Road outside of the Cemetery

Nearest Underground Stations are East Finchley and Finchley Central on the Northern Line. It should be noted that Finchley Central is a good 20 minute walk from the cemetery and East Finchley is a good 10 minute walk.

By car – If you are approaching along the North Circular you will need to take the Falloden Way turn off, then left into Market Place and left into Ossulton Way. Then it is left again on to East End Road and the entrance to the cemetery is on your left.

Please visit Transport for London's journey planner for more detailed information about public transport in the area.

 

History:

The 47 acres of land comprising East Finchley Cemetery, formerly known as "Newmarket farm", were purchased by the St. Marylebone Burial Board in 1854 for the creation of the cemetery. The architects for the cemetery were Barnet & Birch Ltd., who submitted a design for a cemetery in a competition in January 1854 and began their project in May that year. The two Cedar of Lebanon trees were planted on the front lawn in 1856.

Up to the present date over 22,000 private grave spaces have been dug within the cemetery with a limited number still available for sale.

Chronology:

 January 1854 – Architects Barnet & Birch win competition to design new cemetery.
1854 – St. Marylebone Burial Board purchase the 47 acres of land that comprised Newmarket farm.
13th March 1855 – Bishop of London consecrates cemetery.
14th March 1855 – First interment in new cemetery.
1856 – Cedars of Lebanon were planted on the front lawn.
1937 – Opening of the Crematorium by Councilor G.B. Ramsay.
1965 – The cemetery was transferred to the City of Westminster under the local Government re-organization.

Famous Names / Memorials of special Interest:

Sir Henry Bishop – Professor of Music at Oxford and operatic composer.
Leopold Stokowski – Conductor.
Sir Robert Harmsworth – Newspaper Publisher – Lutyen’s Memorial.
Lord Northcliffe – Founder of the Daily Mail.
Thomas Skarratt Hall – Australian colonist.
Sir Joseph Chamberlain – Brother of Neville Chamberlain.
Sir George Hayter – Queen victoria’s principal painter in ordinary.
Algernon Borthwick 1st Baron Glenesk – Memorial chapel and Mausoleum.
Thomas Henry Huxley – Man of Science.
Heath Robinson – Artist, cartoonist specialising in complicated designs.

Soldier’s Corner:

On Remembrance Avenue there is a small plot of military graves administered by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission