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A&C Tadman, Funeral Directors
Tadman Funeral Directors was originally conceived from the love of horses by Thomas Tadman, the great-great-great grandfather of the current director Tim Tadman. In 1836 Thomas Tadman Snr. was a Horse Trainer/Trader in Norfolk. His son Thomas Jnr. became a horse trader in Bale, Norfolk, importing Friesian horses from Belgium. He trained them to pull glass hearses and then sold them to the funeral trade in the London area. When his first wife Phoebe died, he remarried a lady named Dorcas in 1858 and moved to London, where he slowly built a thriving funeral business. When he passed away, Dorcas and their sons, William Alfred and Richard, continued to build up the business. After their deaths their son Alfred and his wife Annie continued to run the business successfully. He became very well known in the East End, not only as a Funeral Director, but also for his knowledge of Belgian Black Horses – these are the breed still used for horse drawn funerals today. After Alfred William’s death in 1935, his widow Annie and sons, Alf and Con, added to the reputation of the family business. When Alf died in 1980, Con went into partnership with his son Gordon. Towards the latter part of the 1990s, Gordon’s wife Maureen and son, Tim, took up the reins. Gordon sadly passed away in 2006 and Tim now runs the funeral business. A new branch was opened in Bethnal Green in 1998 followed soon after by one in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. This branch is the venture of Tim Tadman, who lives locally. This independent and family owned company offers a personal and professional service in the traditional manner to the local community and surrounding villages and towns. This includes Mercedes Hearse and limousines, specialist horse drawn funerals, a 24-hour service, arrangements made at home, private chapels of rest and repatriation to any country.
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| Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements | £1,255.00 |
| Collecting and transporting the deceased person from the place of death (normally within 15 miles of the funeral director’s premises) into the funeral director’s care | £150.00 |
| Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities. | £200.00 |
| Providing a suitable coffin | £400.00 |
| Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer) | POA |
| At a date and time you agree with the funeral director, taking the deceased person direct to the agreed cemetery or crematorium (normally within 20 miles of the funeral director’s premises) in a hearse or other appropriate vehicle | £350.00 |
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| Burial (funeral director’s charges only) | £1,250.00 |
| Cremation (funeral director’s charges plus the cremation fee)2 | £1,100.00 |
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For an Attended or Unattended burial funeral, the burial fee.1 In this local area, the typical cost of the burial fee for local residents is: For a new grave, you will also need to pay for the plot; for an existing grave with a memorial in place, you may need to pay a removal/replacement fee. In addition, the cemetery may charge a number of other fees. |
£675.00 |
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For an Attended cremation funeral, the cremation fee.2 In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents is: |
£790.00 |
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| Additional mileage (price per mile) | £2.00 |
| Additional transfers of the deceased person’s body (e.g. to their home, to a place of worship etc.) (price per transfer) | POA |
| Collection and delivery of ashes | £100.00 |
| Embalming | £150.00 |
| Funeral officiant (e.g. celebrant, minister of religion etc.) | POA |
| Services supplied outside of normal office hours | POA |
The funeral director can give you a full list of what they can supply. They are likely to charge for these additional products and services, so you may choose to take care of some arrangements without their involvement, or you can use a different supplier.
1. This fee (which is sometimes called the interment fee) is the charge made for digging and closing a new grave, or for reopening and closing an existing grave.
2. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, you will usually need to pay doctors’ fees as well. This is the charge for two doctors to sign the Medical Certificates for Cremation.
Prices correct as from 28/06/2024and may be subject to change. E & O.E.
4-6 Queensway, Hemel Hempstead, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1LR, United Kingdom
