DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN A BEAUTIFUL SETTING
MEMORIA PAISLEY WOODSIDE
MEMORIAL PARK & CREMATORIUM
Welcome To Memoria
Our History
Located in the west end of Paisley, Memoria Paisley Woodside Memorial Park and Crematorium offers a unique atmosphere and is steeped in local and national history. With its treelined pathways, secluded corners and peaceful gardens combine to make the facility a memorable place both to visit and to celebrate a life.
Woodside Cemetery was laid out in 1845 to a design drawn up by Stewart Murray, curator of Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Situated on a low hill-top position between Woodside House and Ferguslie House, and offering stunning vistas of the surrounding area, the “garden cemetery” extends to just over 20 acres and now incorporates the recently built Martyr’s Church and the adjacent Covenanter Martyrs Memorial. Murray’s design was inspired by the earlier garden cemetery, The Glasgow Necropolis, which also took its inspiration from Pere Lachaise, the first hill-top garden cemetery, in Paris, laid out in 1804 by AlexandreTheodore Brongiart.
In 1938 a new, purpose-built crematorium, designed by the well-known local architect James Steel Maitland was completed. At that time, it was regarded as one of the finest buildings of its kind anywhere in the country; it was opened on 28th October 1938 by the Rt, Hon. Lord Salveson. Due to its heritage it has now been given listed status. The Crematorium serves not only the Paisley and Renfrewshire areas but also North Ayrshire, West Glasgow and beyond. The Crematorium has three gardens of remembrance, the most recent of which the Woodland Garden, incorporates a memorial sculpture dedicated to baby and infant loss. Paisley Cemetery Company commissioned local sculptor Robert Coia to design and create the memorial.
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Services And Facilities
Memoria Paisley Woodside provides:
• 1 hour service times
• Chapel capacity – 95 seats
• Dedicated clergy facilities
• Traditional burial
• Memorial gardens for cremated remains
• Parking for 60 vehicles is also available with overflow capacity for a further 40
• Waiting room facility
• Disabled access and hearing loop
• Comfortable furnishings
• Choice of advanced music system or live organ
• Web camera with live streaming capabilities for those friends and family unable to attend
• Large screen televisions for photo dedication/eulogy
• Locally recommended cafés and restaurants
Our newly refurbished Martyrs Chapel offers a warm and intimate setting, combining the traditional character of its historic exterior with a beautifully modern and serene interior accommodating 50 attendees.
The integrated nature of the memorial park facilities allows Memoria to provide improved infrastructure that would be unaffordable in a cemetery alone, including:
• Safe access to and from the main road
• Warm and comfortable chapels
• Toilet facilities
Please note that there are no restrictions on, and there is no additional charge for, cremations or burials coming from outside the area.
Media Systems
Music has always played an important part at funeral services, perhaps more so today than ever. It is used, not just to accompany hymns, but to also personalise a service in celebration of a loved one’s life by the playing of songs or music that are associated with him or her evoking fond memories, as well as marking the love felt for them to those attending their service.
Memoria has augmented tradition with technology by offering a state of the art media system, which provides:
• An almost infinite music library
• Large screen television. This gives an opportunity for video/audio playback and a recording facility to either be used for the showing of lifetime photographs or the pre-recording of a eulogy
• A live web-cast which enables those unable to attend in person due to distance or illness to watch the service live no matter where they are in the world
Therefore, not only can a traditional hymn be professionally played on a digital piano/organ, with or without a choir, but also other music can be selected and performed by the preferred artist through our high quality Bose sound system.
An audio recording of the service can be made and supplied either on disc or USB, extra copies may be ordered if desired.
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Tailored Cremations
At Memoria we have created exquisite crematoria in beautiful and tranquil surroundings. We provide an exceptional service at all our crematoria whilst giving due respect and consideration to your religious, cultural and traditional needs at a most difficult time.
Unique offerings for the Whole Community
• Affordable, quality funerals
• Completely transparent fixed price
• Private & communal witnessing available
• Tailored to suit your needs
• 1 hour cremation service slots
• Exclusive 2 hour open coffin ceremonies
• Chapel equipped with religious symbols and music
• Saturday services available
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MEMORIA PAISLEY WOODSIDE
If you do not want to receive further information about our goods and services, please write to us at any time at Memoria Paisley Woodside Memorial Park and Crematorium, 46 Broomlands Street, Paisley PA1 2NP or email memoria@paisleywoodside.co.uk or call us on 0141 889 2260. For more information about how we deal with your personal data lease contact us or you can check our privacy policy on our website www.memoria.org.uk PAISLE Y WOODSIDE
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Memoria Amber Valley Derby Road, Swanwick, Derbyshire DE55 1BH
T. 01773 522840 E. memoria@ambervalleymemorial.co.uk www.ambervalleymemorial.co.uk
Memoria Cardiff & Glamorgan Port Road East, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan CF62 9PX T. 01446 724040 E. memoria@cardiffandglamorganmemorial.co.uk www.cardiffandglamorganmemorial.co.uk
Memoria Denbighshire
Glascoed Road, St Asaph, Denbighshire LL17 0LG T. 01745 530810 E. memoria@denbighshirememorial.co.uk www.denbighshirememorial.co.uk
Memoria Doncaster & South Yorkshire Armthorpe Lane, Barnby Dun, Doncaster DN3 1DL T: 01302 456880 E: memoria@doncastermemorial.co.uk www.doncastermemorial.co.uk
Memoria Faversham & Mid Kent Staple Street, Goodnestone, Faversham ME13 9HY T. 01795 608650 E. memoria@kentmemorial.co.uk
Memoria Flintshire
T. 01352 878610 E. memoria@flintshirememorial.co.uk www.kentmemorial.co.uk
Oakenholt Lane, Northop, Flintshire CH7 6DF www.flintshirememorial.co.uk
Memoria North Hertfordshire Bedford Road, Holwell, Hitchin SG5 3RT
T. 01462 428400 E. memoria@northhertsmemorial.co.uk
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Memoria North Oxfordshire Tackley, Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 3ER
T. 01869 331231 E. memoria@northoxfordmemorial.co.uk www.northoxfordmemorial.co.uk
Memoria Paisley Woodside
46 Broomlands Street, Paisley PA1 2NP
Memoria South Oxfordshire Wantage Road, Garford, Abingdon OX13 5PA
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Memoria Waveney Warren’s Lane, Benacre Road, Ellough, Suffolk NR34 7XE www.memoriapaisleywoodside.co.uk
T. 01235 867821 E. memoria@southoxfordmemorial.co.uk
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