London Borough of Barnet Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium Burial and Cremation information for Funeral Directors 2 3 Contents Page 4 About Page 6 Chapels Page 8 Burials Page 18 Cremations Page 24 Memorials Page 31 Information Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium Opening times Holders Hill Road March – April: 8.30am – 5.30pm London May – September: 8.30am – 7pm NW7 1NB October – February: 8.30am – 4.30pm tel: 020 8359 3370 Office opening times Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm email: [email protected] Saturday: 9am – 2pm Sunday: Closed 4 5 About Hendon Site and facility information • We are open 365 days a year, funerals can Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium is a multi-faith be undertaken any day except Christmas Day, site set in 42 acres of parkland and contains one of Boxing Day and News Years Day; the largest collections of mature trees in the London Borough of Barnet. The site makes an excellent • The office is located at the Cemetery entrance, and place for reflection, and provides visitors with the is staffed Monday to Friday and Saturday morning; opportunity to walk in relative peace and quiet. • We have two Chapels located side by side; The Cemetery was originally developed by the Abney Park Cemetery Company Ltd and opened in 1899. • Ample parking available within the grounds, The Crematorium was added in 1922, built within please drive into the cemetery grounds to find the cloisters that adjoined the chapel. parking rather than parking on the main drive; In 1956 the Cemetery and Crematorium were • Water points available throughout the site purchased from the Abney Park Cemetery Company by the Hendon Corporation and transferred to the • First Aid provision London Borough of Barnet in 1963. The management • Grave Care Scheme; we can help your clients of the site is now under the control of Re (Regional look after their grave Enterprise) Ltd, a joint venture between London Borough of Barnet and Capita plc. • Visitor guide available from the cemetery office along with information on memorialisation options We have sections dedicated to the Greek Orthodox Church, and the Japanese Residents Association. We also have areas specific for Muslim burials. The Cemetery contains a Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial to the fallen in both world wars and has a significant number of military graves throughout the site. Chapels 6 7 Chapels Chapel Options Audio Visual System • We have two non-conformist Chapels; both • We operate the state of the art Orbitus can be used for burial services and pre-funeral Audio Visual System; this allows the ceremonies or rituals; pre-booking of music which is then down loaded from a vast music library; • Each of the Chapels have full disabled access, a hearing loop, an electronic organ, music and PA • Funeral Directors are able to select music systems and are fully supervised by experienced for their clients’ funeral on line from the members of our team; comfort of their office or clients home; • The North and South Chapels are situated side • Photo or Video Tributes can be played by side and are easily seen from the top of the in either chapel; entrance drive. Both Chapels benefit from natural light; • For large funerals the proceedings from one chapel can be shown in real time in the • The South Chapel can accommodate 100 seated adjoining chapel and/or chapel cloisters; mourners and the North Chapel up to 70 seated mourners. Both are laid out in a traditional • We can accommodate MPS player and manner. Seating can be arranged in another CD (home burned CD’s are played at your style with prior notification; client’s risk); • The standard service time in our chapels is • For those with extended families or friends 30 minutes, during which up to three pieces who are unable to travel, funerals can be of music can be played; broadcast via a secure web page and recorded on DVD • We kindly ask all music is arranged in advance of the service; • Toilets are located at the entrance gate and in the Chapel Buildings; • Both Chapels have level access and a wheelchair is available on request; • For those with a hearing impairment, both of our chapels and office reception are fitted with an induction loop. Burials 8 9 Burials Burial options Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium has been providing burial options since 1899. All members of our team are responsible for providing a high quality, efficient, responsive and sympathetic service to the bereaved and all users of the site. We can accommodate all types of lawful burial; whether this is a traditional coffin, casket, wicker coffin, shroud or mausoleum. Anyone may be buried at Hendon irrespective of faith or the area in which you live. Choosing a grave is an important decision. We recommend you visit the Cemetery to view the types of grave and areas available before you make your final decision. Please contact our team to book an appointment. During the appointment, we will ask you to choose the area in which your loved one will be buried. Throughout this section of the brochure there is reference to the maximum ...whether this is a number of burials in each type of grave. traditional coffin, casket, Please note the actual number of burials may vary according to the ground selected and prevailing wicker coffin, shroud or weather conditions. mausoleum. We keep a pre-dug grave available in our Muslim section to accommodate urgent Burials. Anyone may be buried at Hendon irrespective of faith or the area in which you live. Burials Burials 10 11 Burial services Grave ownership Private Graves (also known as purchased graves) Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium can host It is the responsibility of the person in charge of burials between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm the funeral and planning of the funeral service Burial space at Hendon Cemetery is a limited Where the selection of a grave is not requested Monday to Friday and 9.00am and 4.00pm on (Funeral Director and/or next-of-kin) to make all resource. The purchase of a grave, correctly by the purchasers, the Cemetery Manager will Saturday. (Sunday and Public Bank Holidays are arrangements in advance with clergy, ministers, known as “exclusive right of burial” can be held select a grave space according to the best at the discretion of the Cemetery Manager). No or other officiate, organist, choir, band or other by up to 3 owners. The rights are limited to a planning and lay out of the cemetery. interments may take place on Christmas Day, music accompaniment etc. and communicate period of time from the date it is granted and shall Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. During the facts and service details with the Cemetery not exist beyond 100 years. A private grave may Grave spaces set out to meet the needs months of September to April the last time of Office with sufficient notice. be pre-purchased upon payment of all related for Muslim burials are prepared in strict interment is 3.00pm daily. fees and charges for the exclusive right of burial. cemetery order and plan, and is at all times All burials must comply with the law in order at the discretion of the Cemetery Manager. Burial times must be agreed and booked with for safety and decency to be maintained. There are two class of grave available to pre- Sections set-a-side for Muslim burial are the Cemetery Office. If the use of a cemetery Any person arranging funerals are required purchase; Class A and Class B. Class A graves designated as Class B. chapel is required, this is provided free of charge to comply at all times with the instructions of are sized at 7ft 6 x 3ft 6 and Class B graves at 6ft for the first 30 minutes if booked in advance of the Cemetery Manager (or persons appointed 6 x 2ft 6. Class A graves (including Mausoleums) All applicants/owners for an exclusive right of the funeral. For available service times please to discharge those duties) and to notify the allow for individual plot selection. Class B graves burial must provide their full name and address ask your Funeral Director to check, alternatively Cemetery Office if a funeral is likely to be allow for the selection of a specific grave area, in the form of at least two official documents. contact us. attended by an unusually large number of where possible we will consider the individual It is the responsibility of each owner to provide mourners or where special arrangements wishes of the family. such detail on the appropriate form at the time Notice of internment must be submitted to the or facilities are required. of purchase. The grave can only be used by the Cemetery Manager by no later than 12pm one applicants/owners as private individuals and working day prior to the proposed interment. not for the purpose of business. In exceptional circumstances we will try to accommodate shorter notice periods if possible. Before pre-purchasing a grave it is important you fully understand all of our rules and regulations and we recommend you make an appointment to speak to one of our team. Burials Burials 12 13 Coffins for burial Mausoleums At Hendon Cemetery we accept a variety of coffin Under our current plans we have a limited number shapes and materials. This could include caskets, of this style of mausoleum plots remaining. These coffins or shrouds. are simple, stylish above ground interments. Coffins or caskets maybe of a closed cardboard, Our interments can be personalised with your own chipboard, banana leaf, wicker, bamboo or inscriptions and we offer a choice of door finish wood.