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Scholemoor Cemetery and Crematorium (1860/1905)

West Yorkshire

Location & Directions

Necropolis Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD7 2PS All enquires to Bereavement Services, Unit 7 Mitre Court, Cutler Heights Lane, Bradford, BD4 9JY. Tony Derwin Senior Bereavement Services Officer tony.derwin@bradford.gov.uk

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Contact & Burial Authority

Burial groundScholemoor Cemetery and Crematorium (1860/1905)

Site addressNecropolis Road Bradford West Yorkshire BD7 2PS All enquires to Bereavement Services, Unit 7 Mitre Court, Cutler Heights Lane, Bradford, BD4 9JY. Tony Derwin Senior Bereavement Services Officer tony.derwin@bradford.gov.uk

Operator addressBereavement Services Unit 7 Mitre Court Cutler Heights Lane Bradford West Yorkshire BD4 9JY

County or regionWest Yorkshire

Managing authorityBradford Metropolitan District Council

Site typeCremated remains plots. Babies section.

Site statusSpace available

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Visiting, Burial Services & Facilities

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Site opening timesBradford Cemeteries and Crematoria are open to vehicles during the following times 9.30 am to 8. 30 pm April to September (inclusive) 9.30 am to 4.30 pm October to March (Inclusive)

Office opening timesNo office on site

Burial choicesNew Graves, Earth Burial, Brick Graves, Cremated Remains Plots Half Graves for infants (coffins must be under 3\\\\\\\'0\\\\\\\" in length) Snowdrop Garden ( Communal Grave for stillborn and Young Infants)

Parking3 Car Parks 1) Crematorium 2) Cemetery Car Park (adjacent to Section L unconsecrated) Just off Birks Fold Entrance 3) Office Car Park Through Main Entrance off Necropolis Road

AccessibilityWheelchair Access to all Buildings and Garden of Rest and Garden of Remembrance Service Books available in large Print (see Attendant on site) Braille Service Books (see Attendant on Site)

Public transport636/637 Timetable : MONDAY TO FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY Orange Line 636: CLAYTON - BRADFORD MOOR ( Orange Line ) Via Bradford Road - LIDGET GREEN - Bradford - Barkerend Road 637: CLAYTON - BRADFORD MOOR ( Orange Line ) Via Pasture Lane - LIDGET GREEN - Bradford - Barkerend Road 680 Timetable : MONDAY TO FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY (SEE BELOW) 680: BRADFORD - SMIDDLES LANE Via Heaton - Duckworth Lane - BECKSIDE ROAD

Service timesScholemoor Crematorium 08.50 First Service Starts 15.20 Last Service Starts Scholemoor Cemetery 9.00 am to 15.00 hrs April to September (inclusive) 9.00 am to 14.00 hrs October to March (Inclusive) All times above available subject to Bereavement Service Officer Availability.

Chapel seatingCrematorium Chapel seats 80

RefreshmentsWater available via water coolers at Cemetery/Crematorium Office and in Crematorium Waiting Room area.

Site size36.42 acres

Additional notesSCHOLEMOOR CEMETERY Scholemoor Cemetery opened in 1860 and is located in the Lidget Green Area of Bradford. The cemetery is one of seven in the Bradford locality but is far the largest, with the greatest number of burials today (112000 interments to date). Approximately 420 interments annually. A walk around the 36 acres of the cemetery also provides a brief but interesting history of Bradford?s social, political, cultural and economic changes since the 19th century. Many of the memorials refer to those who worked in the once thriving textile industry in Bradford and those who fought and died during the 1st & 2nd World War. The graves also provide a factual record of the various communities who have lived in the city, and the many that continue to do so. Recalling the periods when the early Jewish and Eastern European immigrants came here to the more recent settlers from the Indian Subcontinent. SCHOLEMOOR CREMATORIUM Cremation came to Bradford in 1905 when the crematorium, designed by the City Architect, F. E. Edwards, F.R.I.B.A. was opened at a cost of ?5,426. The First Cremator was designed by Messrs. Toiscul Fradet and Company of Paris, at a Cost of ?792 and the lines which the introducer ran along are still in the floor of the crematory. Since that time various cremators have seen service here and the present ones were installed in 1997. Over the years the crematorium has been extended, 1952 saw an extention to the crematory making it possible to install three cremators. In 1962 along with modernisation of the Chapel, a Waiting room and Book of Remembrance Hall was built, so improving facilities for the public while attending services. In July 2005 work has commenced on the construction of a Port Cochere and Undercover floral display area. Work should be completed by November 2005 To date over 112000 cremations have taken place, the yearly average being 1600, and 70% of all funerals end up being cremations.

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Burial Fees & Memorial Permissions

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Published costs and feesBradford MDC fees apply

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Cemetery Rules & Official Documents

Memorial servicesRoom of Remembrance where Book of Remembrace is Available from 8.30 am to 16.00 hrs. Evenings and Weekends Book of Remembrance displayed in Window. Kerb Plaques Available in Garden of Remembrance.

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