Historedia
Person

Jeanette Pickersgill

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1885

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jeanette Pickersgill, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Jeanette Pickersgill's cremation: first legal cremation in England

    1885

    Role: Deceased

    1. 26 March 1885 · Woking CrematoriumFirst Legal Cremation

      Jeanette Pickersgill was cremated at Woking Crematorium on 26 March 1885, becoming the first person legally cremated in the UK.

Sources

  1. Jeanette Pickersgill Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-07