Site visit 1 - Abney Park Cemetery
Founded in 1840 as one of the 'Magnificent seven' cemeteries developed by authorities at the time around, what was then the outskirts of London city centre, Abney Park is in the North East of the London precinct. It houses, at its centre, a beautiful disused chapel - now more famous as a filming location and informal theatre.
The 53 acre cemetery has between 200 000 and 240 000 recorded burial sites, all in various states of natural overgrowth within the woodland site.
As the cemetery stands it is already a sanctuary - a peaceful, cool park where people seemed to take refuge from the noisy, commercial roads adjacent to the entrance.
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