Memoria Limited The Pool House, Bicester Road, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire OX27 9BS
T. 01869 278780 E. info@memoria.org.uk www.memoria.org.uk
MEMORIAL PARKS & CREMATORIA
Memoria Amber Valley
Derby Road, Swanwick, Derbyshire DE55 1BH
T. 01773 522840 E. memoria@ambervalleymemorial.co.uk www.ambervalleymemorial.co.uk
Memoria Barnby Moor
Diggles Lodge Lane, Ranby, Retford DN22 8FL
T. 01777 808628 E. memoria@barnbymoormemorial.co.uk www.barnbymoormemorial.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 www.kentmemorial.co.uk
Memoria Flintshire Oakenholt Lane, Northop, Flintshire CH7 6DF
T. 01352 878610 E. memoria@flintshirememorial.co.uk www.flintshirememorial.co.uk
Memoria Kirkleatham
Fishpond Road, Yearby, North Yorkshire TS11 8HH
T. 01642 771041 E. memoria@kirkleathammemorial.co.uk www.kirkleathammemorial.co.uk
Memoria North Hertfordshire
Bedford Road, Holwell, Hitchin SG5 3RT
T. 01462 428400 E. memoria@northhertsmemorial.co.uk www.northhertsmemorial.co.uk
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
T. 0141 889 2260 E. memoria@paisleywoodside.co.uk www.memoriapaisleywoodside.co.uk
Memoria South Leicestershire Foston Road, Countesthorpe, Leicestershire LE8 5QP
T. 0116 2581870 E. memoria@southleicestermemorial.co.uk www.southleicestermemorial.co.uk
Memoria South Oxfordshire Wantage Road, Garford, Abingdon OX13 5PA
T. 01235 867821 E. memoria@southoxfordmemorial.co.uk www.southoxfordmemorial.co.uk
Memoria Waveney
Warren’s Lane, Benacre Road, Ellough, Suffolk NR34 7XE
T. 01502 477200 E. memoria@waveneymemorial.co.uk www.waveneymemorial.co.uk
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN A BEAUTIFUL SETTING
MEMORIA PAISLEY WOODSIDE MEMORIAL PARK & CREMATORIUM
About Memoria
“Memoria has a mission to provide exceptional standards of service, facility and products to the bereaved families that use its funeral directing services, crematoria, cemeteries gardens of remembrance, financial & legal services or online retail store. This is because it is not only commercially sensible to do so but also because it is an essential act of human decency towards people who have just lost a much loved member of their family or friend. Bereavement is the price we must all pay for the joy of loving and being loved. The loss of a loved one is the most stressful, unhappy and traumatic experience that we will face in life. We at Memoria realise that we are unable to eradicate such pain but we also know it is our responsibility and duty to be as efficient, kind, respectful and polite as humanly possible to our clients at their time of grief, and thereafter when they need to conclude estate matters for their cherished relatives or friends. Therefore it is our aim to provide immaculately clean and tidy facilities in tranquil and beautiful surroundings attended by people who are sincerely dedicated to our mission, and who take a great pride in their work as a result.”
Howard Hodgson Chief Executive Officer
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
• A virtual 360° tour of the crematoria and cemetery available
• Locally recommended cafés and restaurants
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.
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.
