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It includes the resting place of cricketing legend, W G Grace; Thomas Crapper, the inventor of the flushable toilet and Frederick Wolseley, the inventor of the sheep-shearing machine.</p> <p>During the Second World War the larger of the cemetery鈥檚 two chapels was devastated during air raids and had to be demolished. The chapel that survived the bombing was converted to include cremation facilities and opened in 1956.</p> <p>Beckenham cemetery remains close to the heart of the local community and staff often help visitors to trace their family history using the handwritten grave registers.</p> <p class="greenbackbutton"> <span class="greenbackbuttonleft"> <a href="/crematoria-and-cemeteries/cemeteries/find-a-cemetery/">Back to index page</a> </span> </p> </div> <div class="subcontent"> <div class="squarehotspot hotspotgradient greenextrapad"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/leaflet/1.9.4/leaflet.min.css" integrity="sha512-h9FcoyWjHcOcmEVkxOfTLnmZFWIH0iZhZT1H2TbOq55xssQGEJHEaIm+PgoUaZbRvQTNTluNOEfb1ZRy6D3BOw==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" /> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/leaflet/1.9.4/leaflet.min.js" integrity="sha512-puJW3E/qXDqYp9IfhAI54BJEaWIfloJ7JWs7OeD5i6ruC9JZL1gERT1wjtwXFlh7CjE7ZJ+/vcRZRkIYIb6p4g==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> /* * References to LeafletJS for rendering map: https://leafletjs.com/reference.html https://leafletjs.com/examples/quick-start/ */ function initialiseMap() { const latlng = L.latLng(51.402800, -0.054900); let map = L.map("map-canvas", { center: latlng, zoom: 15 }); const tiles = L.tileLayer('https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', { maxZoom: 20, attribution: '© <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a>' }).addTo(map); let marker = L.marker(latlng).addTo(map); const contentstring = 'Beckenham Cemetery <br /> Tel: 02086 589495 / 02086 500322'; let toolTip = L.tooltip({ content: contentstring, direction: "top" }); marker.bindTooltip(toolTip); }; window.onload = function () { initialiseMap(); //Ukrainian flag appears in LeafletJS attribution which is removed to prevent confusion when using map. 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