Abney Park Cemetery

I had never been to Abney Park Cemetery, London’s first non-denominational cemetery, opened in 1840 but never consecrated, although it has a prominent, now derelict Gothic chapel designed by George Hosking.

One enters by the Egyptian gates designed by Joseph Bonomi junior:-

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The chapel:-

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Isaac Watts:-

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And assorted tombs:-

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