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47
CREMATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,
27 Years—1885-1911.
YEAR.
Woking*
Manchester.
Glasgow.
Liverpool.
Hall.
Darlington.
Leicester.
Golder's Green.
Birmingham.
Leeds.
Ilford.
Sheffield.
Bradford.
No. of
Cremations
each year.
1885
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
1886
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
10
1887
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
13
1888
28
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
28
1889
46
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
46
1890
54
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
54
1891
99
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
99
1892
104
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
107
1893
101
30
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
131
1894
125
47
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
172
1895
150
58
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
209
1896
137
52
10
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
201
1897
173
51
16
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
250
1898
240
62
12
27
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
341
1899
240
88
16
23
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
367
1900
301
83
20
40
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
444
1901
273
96
18
40
17
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
446
1902
275
81
20
54
13
1
1
5
...
...
...
...
...
450
1903
143
92
24
35
18
1
5
158
3
...
...
...
...
479
1904
138
98
19
40
20
8
8
220
19
...
...
...
...
570
1905
95
97
35
35
15
3
16
252
20
16
9
7
1
601
1906
140
90
45
46
17
13
12
298
25
15
23
6
13
743
1907
108
96
30
34
29
8
13
290
33
16
18
18
13
706
1908
119
116
28
32
37
6
14
364
18
24
19
12
6
795
1909
105
106
30
46
15
9
19
421
30
19
24
18
13
855
1910
106
114
28
37
21
9
16
415
38
12
22
8
14
840
1911
114
124
39
50
25
12
13
542
44
17
20
10
13
1,023
Total
3,440
1584
391
551
227
72
117
2965
230
119
135
79
73
9,983
* "Viscount Cross m the year 1879 forbid the practice of cremation there (Woking) under the threat of
"passing an Act to make it illegal .... But in 1884 appeared the well-known judgment of Mr. Justice
"Stephen, which, in the case of a child's body having been burned by its father contrary to the order of the
"coroner, determined cremation to be a legal act, provided no nuisance be caused thereby to others."—Extract
from speech made by the late Sir Henry Thompson at the opening of Golder's Green Crematorium, 22nd November,
1902. Vide " Transactions of Cremation Society of England, 1903." p.31.