During the early 20th century it became increasingly common to bury <answer>cremated</answer> remains rather than coffins in the abbey. In 1905 the actor Sir Henry Irving was <answer>cremated</answer> and his ashes buried in Westminster Abbey, thereby becoming the first person ever to be <answer>cremated</answer> prior to interment at the abbey. The majority of interments at the Abbey are of <answer>cremated</answer> remains, but some burials still take place - Frances Challen, wife of the Rev Sebastian Charles, Canon of Westminster, was buried alongside her husband in the south choir aisle in 2014. Members of the Percy Family have a family vault, The Northumberland Vault, in St Nicholas's chapel within the abbey.
In the early 20th century it became more common to bury what kind of remains?
cremated