Carleton Crematorium and Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 18 July 1935 |
Location | |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 53°50′46″N 3°01′16″W / 53.8462°N 3.0211°W |
Type | Public |
Owned by | Blackpool Council |
Website | Official website |
Find a Grave | Carleton Crematorium and Cemetery |
Carleton Crematorium, together with the adjacent necropolis, Carleton Cemetery, is a graveyard located within the Greenlands ward of Blackpool[1] with its main entrance on Stocks Road in Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, in England. It was opened on 18 July 1935.[2]
The building was created by Blackpool Borough architect, J.C. Robinson, who based his design on his own interpretation of the Mausoleum of Mausolus.[citation needed] At the north door is a chapel containing Books of Remembrance, which note the names of all those cremated or interred there.[citation needed]
The site is located in Blackpool and partly in Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, the crematorium comes under the jurisdiction of Blackpool Council.[3]
A number of notable people have been buried or cremated at the site. These include
There are 88 Commonwealth service personnel of the Second World War buried at the cemetery.[5]
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has erected a white stone memorial near the crematorium listing 51 Commonwealth service personnel cremated here during the Second World War.[10]