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Thornton Cemetery (1907)
West Yorkshire
Location & Directions
Thornton Road Bradford West Yorkshire 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 groundThornton Cemetery (1907)
Site addressThornton Road Bradford West Yorkshire 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.
Site statusSpace available
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Visiting, Burial Services & Facilities
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Site opening timesBradford Cemeteries 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 choicesBurial Choices New Graves, Earth Burial, Brick Graves, Cremated Remains Plots, Woodland Burial
ParkingParking is available within the cemetery
Public transport606/607 Timetable : MONDAY TO FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY Blue Line 606: BRADFORD- HOLME WOOD ( Blue Line ) Via Laisterdyke - Tyersal 607: THORNTON - HOLME WOOD ( Blue Line ) Via Thornton Road - City Road - Bradford - Laisterdyke
Service times9.00 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 seatingnot applicable
Site size17. acres
Additional notesThornton Cemetery At the opening of the 19th Century the realisation that the accommodation in the burial grounds attached to the various places of religious worship in Thornton was approaching, if it had not actually reached the point of exhaustion, led to a demand from the inhabitants of the Township that the Corporation should take steps leading to the provision of a Municipal Cemetery. Negotiations to that end having been initiated and carried to a successful conclusion, the Corporation, under powers containedin the Bradford Corporation Act, 1903 and at a cost of ?7,500, estate of Edge House which had belonged to the late Joseph Craven of Thornton. The Anglican section of the burial ground was consecrated on the 3rd April 1907. The grounds at Thornton Cemetery, whilst laid out for burial purposes, serve also (apart from games) many of the purposes of a public park for the residents of the district. From certain of the tree lined walks is to be obtained a fine view over the Thornton Valley and forward to the Mountain district of Queensbury, and thence as far as " The Withens" on Ogden Moor. In the lower portion of the cemetery is erected a noble War Memorial to the memory of the men of Thornton who fell in the Great War of 1914 - 1918. The Memorial cost of which was defrayed by public subscription was unveiled on September 30th, 1922. In 1998 a Woodland burial area was created giving a more environmentally friendly choice to the bereaved. English woodland trees are planted on each grave to eventually form a natural woodland area.
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Burial Fees & Memorial Permissions
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Published costs and feesBradford MDC fees apply
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