City of
London Cemetery and Crematorium
The City of London Cemetery and Crematorium is a stunning
Grade I listed landscape in the heart of East London, that has been
open since 1856. Our 200 acre site provides a picturesque, safe,
parkland atmosphere for thousands of visitors 365 days of the year,
and offers beautiful formal gardens, well maintained roadways, tree
lined avenues and local heritage.
We are one of the largest municipal cemeteries in Europe and
anyone may be buried here irrespective of City connections or
religious beliefs. We pride ourselves on delivering excellent
customer service and providing the community with a sympathetic and
professional facility.
Our site is rich with architecture, ecology, geology,
horticulture and history and we have the honour of being the first
Cemetery to be awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award, the
national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales.
Amongst the famous people buried here are Sir Robert Hooke, Bobby
Moore and two of the Jack the Ripper victims.
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Coroners - sudden death investigations
- The Coroner (England and Wales) or Procurator Fiscal (Scotland)
has a duty to investigate all sudden and unexplained deaths, as
well as deaths in suspicious circumstances. Deaths are usually
reported to the Coroner or Procurator Fiscal by the police, a
doctor or the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
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Other - Exhumations
- Exhumation of both buried and cremated remains generally
requires a Home Office licence. An Environmental Health Officer
must be present at the exhumation and supervises the event to
ensure that respect for the deceased person is maintained and that
public health is protected. In Scotland when a body is required to
be exhumed the order must be at the controls of the Procurator
Fiscal. The Divisional Officer of the Bereavement Service is in
attendance to ensure that the operators carrying out the task are
supervised accordingly.
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Other - Historical Searches
- Searches of the records in a Registrars Office for details of a
previously registered death. Copy certificates can only be obtained
from the district in which the death was first registered. The
minimum information needed to find an entry is the name of the
person, place and year of death.
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Other - Information about Mortuaries
- The mortuary service handles deaths that have been referred to
the coroner or deaths where no death certificate can be
issued.
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Other - Registering a death
- Death should be registered in the district in which it takes
place within five days of the date of death. Upon receipt of all
required information pertaining to the deceased person a death
certificate is issued by the registrar. In Scotland any death which
occurs must be registered within 8 days by the Registrar of Births,
Deaths and Marriages. A death may be registered in any Registration
Office in Scotland provided the death was in
Scotland.