Cemeteries · South Wales
Thornhill Cemetery
Thornhill Cemetery is a cemetery in the United Kingdom.
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Thornhill Cemetery is a named cemetery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1952. Coordinates: 51.5376°, -3.2090°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Thornhill Cemetery and Cardiff Crematorium (Welsh: Mynwent Draenen Pen-y-graig ac Amlosgfa Caerdydd) is a major cemetery and crematorium located in Thornhill, a northern suburb of Cardiff, south Wales. It is located on the A469 road (Thornhill Road). Cardiff Crematorium was opened in 1953 and occupies a 40-acre (16 ha) site as part of the Thornhill Cemetery. The cemetery contains two chapels – Wenallt Chapel and Briwnant Chapel – and the Gardens of Remembrance for the scattering of cremated remains.
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- Coordinates
- 51.5376, -3.2090
- District
- Cardiff
- Parish
- Thornhill
- Postcode
- CF14 9AD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cardiff North
- Established
- 1952
Sources
- osm: r17907387 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Thornhill Cemetery and Cardiff Crematorium (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Entrance to Thornhill Cemetery and Crematorium.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Thornhill Cemetery?
- Thornhill Cemetery is in South Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5376°, -3.2090°.
- When was Thornhill Cemetery built?
- Thornhill Cemetery dates to 1952 — the Modern period.