Cemetery - Derelict London

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="005fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <B>   </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="02c5d430.jpg" border=0 width="93" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>  </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></FONT></div> <div> <B> </B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=50 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="006d2b03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>   </I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="237a53780.gif" border=0 width="83" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Cemetery and Churchyards</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="22592ee30.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="225b1de20.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="225dca140.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="225fb8140.jpg" border=0 width="184" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2261c3160.jpg" border=0 width="195" height="278" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Old Barnes Cemetery, Barnes</B></div> <bR> <div> This was formed in 1855 and was nearly full when John Eustace Anderson was writing his local</div> <div> history in 1900 when he anticipated the need for a new cemetery. Anderson records that there</div> <div> was a mortuary chapel as well as the cemetery. There is no more.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="abney_park.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AbneyParkStokeNewington"><U><B><IMG SRC="8c626dc0.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="abney_park.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AbneyParkStokeNewington"><U><B>  </B></U></A><A HREF="abney_park.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AbneyParkStokeNewington"><U><B><IMG SRC="8ca25dc0.jpg" border=0 width="293" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="abney_park.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AbneyParkStokeNewington"><U><B><IMG SRC="8cd27dd0.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="abney_park.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AbneyParkStokeNewington"><U><B>  </B></U></A><A HREF="abney_park.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AbneyParkStokeNewington"><U><B><IMG SRC="8cc26dc0.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="abney_park.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AbneyParkStokeNewington"><U><B><IMG SRC="8cf28de0.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="abney_park.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AbneyParkStokeNewington"><U><B>  </B></U></A><A HREF="abney_park.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AbneyParkStokeNewington"><U><B><IMG SRC="8d126de0.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Abney Park Cemetery,Stoke Newington, N16</B></div> <bR> <div> Abbey Park Cemetery is an eery, tranquil Victorian Gothic graveyard,as a burial ground for</div> <div> dissenters and Nonconformists.  General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, is buried here. </div> <div> It is noted for its mature woodland, rich in wildlife. In its heyday it boasted 2500 varieties of </div> <div> shrubs & 1000 types of rose The cemetery was abandoned by the Abney Park Cemetery</div> <div> Company over 25 years ago, and became badly neglected but has now been taken over</div> <div> by a charitable trust who have done much improvement work. The trust is seeking funding to</div> <div> restore the chapel - this chapel has recently been used as a set for horror films.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>  </B><A HREF="id171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crossbones Graveyard"><U><B><IMG SRC="34530dd0.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crossbones Graveyard"><U><B><IMG SRC="3473be00.jpg" border=0 width="315" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Crossbones Disused Burial Site, SE1</B></div> <bR> <div> Apparently an ancient paupers & prostitutes' graveyard unearthed during work on the Jubilee Line extension.</div> <div> Now used as a builders yard. The site was a burial ground for hundreds of years, Roman remains and </div> <div> artefacts were also discovered by the Museum of London & its rumoured that plague victims were </div> <div> buried there . London transport who own the site  want to build offices there,but Southwark council</div> <div> have refused planning permision.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1982.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London Book"><U><IMG SRC="2bc7b5980.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodgrange Cemetery, Manor Park"><U><B><IMG SRC="34913d20.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodgrange Cemetery, Manor Park"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodgrange Cemetery, Manor Park"><U><B><IMG SRC="34becd10.jpg" border=0 width="236" height="209" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodgrange Cemetery, Manor Park"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodgrange Cemetery, Manor Park"><U><B><IMG SRC="35698d20.jpg" border=0 width="152" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodgrange Cemetery, Manor Park"><U><B><IMG SRC="34dbabc0.jpg" border=0 width="186" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodgrange Cemetery, Manor Park"><U><B>  </B></U></A><A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodgrange Cemetery, Manor Park"><U><B><IMG SRC="34fdebc0.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodgrange Cemetery, Manor Park"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodgrange Cemetery, Manor Park"><U><B><IMG SRC="351fdba0.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Woodgrange Park Cemetery, Manor Park </B></div> <bR> <div> In 2000, there was a lively correspondence about Woodgrange Park Cemetery in Manor Park [East London] </div> <div> and  some of the headstones to be used on the  Emmerdale Farm  [ TV soap] set in Yorkshire,</div> <div>  prepararatory to the sale of part of of the cemetery for housing. The  London Evening Standard carried a full </div> <div> page report and pictures on the work of exhumation. The pictures are of a piles of discarded coffins and a large</div> <div> JCB at work as men sift through the soil for bones. The Graves of East London civilians killed during the worst </div> <div> raids in the Blitz are being bulldozed today to make way for flats. ...the remains of about 15,000 people are being </div> <div> dug up and bagged in plastic bin-liners. .....Screens were erected around the graves but residents of flats </div> <div> overlooking the site said they have been shocked to see skeletons unearthed by mechanical diggers . . According </div> <div> to Council records the graves date back to the 1890s but during the height of the Blitza a 20ft deep pit was dug to </div> <div> take the thousands of casualties. Most of the graves were unmarked, but details of the dead were entered in a</div> <div> burial register. Newham Council contacted 21 families and their relatives were exhumed and re-buried in part of </div> <div> the cemetery still in use. The 27-acre cemetery is privately owned. The deal to sell part of the site for residential </div> <div> development was done after Newham agreed planning permission for 120 two-bedroom flats. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1031.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="12d9d9bb0.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id1031.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U> </U></A><A HREF="id1031.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="12dbd4bb0.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id1031.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U> </U></A><A HREF="id1031.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="12dde8bb0.jpg" border=0 width="232" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="579" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 305 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1031.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="12e2c42b0.jpg" border=0 width="196" height="299" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1031.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="12e3de290.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="297" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <B>more Woodgrange pics</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B> The Friends of Woodgrange Cemetery would like to add  the following statement;</B></div> <div> <I>"The memorial stones used in Emmerdale were not sold ...they were taken off by the cemetery owners ready to </I></div> <div> <I>be broken up and put in a skip ..</I><I>but the chairman of the friends of Woodgrange cemetery  knew the people from </I></div> <div> <I>Emmerdale were creating a cemetery for the programme and they agreed that they would come down from </I></div> <div> <I>yorkshire wrap each stone individually and transport them back to yorkshire .but if anyone came forward at a</I></div> <div> <I>later date and wanted their memorial stone they would bring it back.The stones were not bought no money what</I></div> <div> <I>so ever changed hands they were just saved from being broken up. All of those buried in the squares used for </I></div> <div> <I>housing have been re-intered within the cemetery ....mostly in mass graves ..but those that have been in touch </I></div> <div> <I>with us or the cemetery since the begining and have wanted their relative buried in a seperate grave have their</I></div> <div> <I>wish ..The fight was going on a very long time to stop the housing ,to the House of Lords and back in fact , </I></div> <div> <I>but without success"</I></div> <bR> <div> Patricia Langley writes to Derelict London: "A friend of mine moved into one of the new flats that were built on </div> <div> the site of the part-cleared cemetery. He told me that even though his vegetable garden was very fertile </div> <div> (anything would grow in it) he always seemed to always have bad luck and depression, not like Chris at </div> <div> all. He decided to move out when <B>poltergeist-like activity</B> began breaking out in his home, and his baby</div> <div> was injured by a mug flying through the air and hitting him."</div> <bR> <div> Carol Price sent me this pic with the sad news that on the 3rd of October 2006 the chapel in Woodgrange</div> <div> park cemetery was demolished after another fire caused the roof to collapse:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="29f1aac90.jpg" border=0 width="426" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="608" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="602"><div>                     <IMG SRC="24c6961e0.png" border=0 width="406" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Want present day pics of your old haunts? Researching your family tree and need location pics? Pictures taken to order - low cost - any job considered (not just derelicts!). Much cheaper than professional photographers</B></div> <div> Contact: Paul at derelictlondon.com     <A HREF="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk"><U><IMG SRC="24c8931a0.png" border=0 width="147" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="429" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="425"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="425" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="35840f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="35aa9f20.jpg" border=0 width="169" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="35caaf30.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="35eeceb0.jpg" border=0 width="236" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="360faeb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="362abee0.jpg" border=0 width="171" height="238" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Nunhead Cemetery, Peckham ,SE15</B></div> <bR> <div>  This, the 'Cemetery of all Saints', was the second (after Highgate) to be planned by the London Cemetery Company. </div> <div> The 52-acre site was opened for burials in 1840. much used by the better off folk in South London.Also buried at Nunhead</div> <div>  are heroes who fought at the battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo, and a gallant airman who lost his life chasing an enemy </div> <div> Zepplin across London's skies.It became extremely overgrown and neglected - it was a jungle in there. A body called the</div> <div> Friends of Nunhead Cemetery have been cleaning it up and trying to transcribe as many of the memorials as possible. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id468.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nature Study Museum"><U><IMG SRC="849e3aa0.jpg" border=0 width="227" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id468.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nature Study Museum"><U> </U></A><A HREF="id468.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nature Study Museum"><U><IMG SRC="84bd9a90.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id468.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nature Study Museum"><U> </U></A><A HREF="id468.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nature Study Museum"><U><IMG SRC="84ddaa90.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>St George-in-the-East, Cannon Street Road London E1</B><B> - </B><B> Nature Study Museum</B></div> <bR> <div> Originally built and used as a mortuary and then as a Nature Study Museum until c1950.  This tiny building</div> <div> was possibly the smallest museum building in London though many of the exhibits were in its own garden fenced </div> <div> within the grounds of the church. Despite surviving WW2 bombing the building is in a bad state of repair. The </div> <div> adjacent church was badly bombed during the war and only the original shell survives. A new interior has since</div> <div> been added to the church.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id745.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id745.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="12a9f3d40.jpg" border=0 width="243" height="212" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id745.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B> </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id745.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="12b08bd30.jpg" border=0 width="139" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id745.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id745.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="12b10ed30.jpg" border=0 width="270" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id745.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="12abca9e0.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="158" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id745.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B>  </B></U></A><A HREF="id745.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="12afc4a10.jpg" border=0 width="196" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id745.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B> </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id745.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="12b3d0a30.jpg" border=0 width="208" height="163" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>West Ham Cemetery </B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> This Jewish part of the main cemetery is walled off  from the main cemetery and closed to the public. The main cemetery is fairly </div> <div> well maintained, full of grass, trees and flowers but this area is in bleak contrast with little greenery and an eerie atmosphere</div> <div> The stately mausoleum is of the Rothschild family, erected, 1867, from the designs of Mr. Digby Wyatt.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id454.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Cedds Canning Town"><U><I><IMG SRC="11f2a5cb0.jpg" border=0 width="421" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><A HREF="id454.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Cedds Canning Town"><U><I> </I></U></A><A HREF="id454.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Cedds Canning Town"><U><I><IMG SRC="11f3cccc0.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id454.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Cedds Canning Town"><U><I><IMG SRC="2271bcfa0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2275e0fa0.jpg" border=0 width="224" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>St Cedds Canning Town</B></div> <bR> <div> T<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >erence Stamp (actor) grew up in the area &  was in the choir at St Cedds church. Currently closed due to vandalism.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B><IMG SRC="132bcf140.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B>  </B></U></A><A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B><IMG SRC="132dd0150.jpg" border=0 width="208" height="277" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B>  </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B><IMG SRC="132fc6170.jpg" border=0 width="198" height="279" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B><IMG SRC="1331d8aa0.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B><IMG SRC="1333cdab0.jpg" border=0 width="205" height="171" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B> </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id1035.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Stephens Hampstead"><U><B><IMG SRC="1334c8aa0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B> </B><B>St Stephens, Hampstead</B></div> <bR> <div> Derelict for  25 years but the restoration of St Stephen's Church has  begun. The total cost of all the work is </div> <div> expected to be around £3 million...     The main aim of the building work is to restore St. Stephens as closely </div> <div> as possible to its' pre-war condition, including all of its stained glass windows and railings. </div> <bR> <div> When the work is completed, St. Stephen's Trust will grant three subleases of the building to:</div> <div> The Lifelong Learning Centre, The Museum of Children's Art and the Hampstead Hill School Pre-Prep Branch. </div> <bR> <div> The Trust wants St. Stephens to be used and seen by as many people as possible and once again become</div> <div>  part of local community life. St. Stephen's will be open to all.</div> <bR> <div> Doreen MacAninch writes</div> <div> <I>"As a child I worshipped at St Stephen's Church. I was rather dismayed at the sad state of the old church. I remembered it was a busy </I></div> <div> <I>church with the usual church activities. Church bazaars, Girl Guides & Brownies,Mother's Union, Sunday School etc. I used to attend</I></div> <div> <I>Brownies and later Girl Guides so I spent a lot of hours in the church hall. I remember the stain glass windows .Were they removed</I></div> <div> <I>and placed somewhere else? The Vicar at the time lived near by with his family in a house that went with the Chuch.The gardens </I></div> <div> <I>were always kept neat & tidy. I am now 57 yrs old and have lived in Australia for 29yrs."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Any places you think should be on this site? Let me know! </B></div> <div> <B>Also info (however trivial) or stories/personal memories  on any of  the pictures would </B></div> <div> <B>be appreciated.</B> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="648" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 182 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tower Hamlets Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="178ce9b60.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="438" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tower Hamlets Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="178eb2af0.jpg" border=0 width="178" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tower Hamlets Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1790d7b00.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tower Hamlets Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1792b0fa0.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tower Hamlets Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1794d7f90.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Tower Hamlets Cemetery</B></div> <bR> <div> This disused cemetery of 29 acres is the largest area of woodland in east London. The cemetery was one of the first </div> <div> seven to emerge in London in the 1830s, opening as the City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery in 1841. It closed </div> <div> for burials in 1963 and eventually passed into the ownership of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The environmental </div> <div> education centre, the Soanes Centre, is located in the cemetery. The cemetery, which is primarily sycamore woodland,</div> <div>  was designated a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) by English Nature in 2001. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="id1259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="woolwich church"><U><B><IMG SRC="17b57f1f0.jpg" border=0 width="383" height="287" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="id1259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="woolwich church"><U><B><IMG SRC="17aadbaf0.jpg" border=0 width="219" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="id1259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="woolwich church"><U><B> </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id1259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="woolwich church"><U><B><IMG SRC="17addab40.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></FONT><A HREF="id1259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="woolwich church"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id1259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="woolwich church"><U><B><IMG SRC="17acc5b10.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="woolwich church"><U><IMG SRC="17afbcfa0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id1259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="woolwich church"><U> </U></A><A HREF="id1259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="woolwich church"><U><IMG SRC="17b1bcfb0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id1259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="woolwich church"><U> </U></A><A HREF="id1259.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="woolwich church"><U><IMG SRC="17b307fb0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Royal Garrison Church of St George, Woolwich</B></div> <bR> <div> The church, named after a visit by King George in 1928, was destroyed in 1944 by a German V1 flying bomb. The </div> <div> The Royal Artillery Victoria Cross memorial is in the form of a fine Italian  mosiac depicting St George. The ruins today</div> <div> remain consecrated as a memorial church</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17b8fa8f0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A HREF="kensal_green_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="kensal green cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1aa403830.jpg" border=0 width="515" height="387" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="kensal_green_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="kensal green cemetery"><U> </U></A><A HREF="kensal_green_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="kensal green cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1a9cfd5a0.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="346" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="kensal_green_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="kensal green cemetery"><U> </U></A><A HREF="kensal_green_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="kensal green cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1aa302580.jpg" border=0 width="258" height="344" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="kensal_green_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="kensal green cemetery"><U>  </U></A><A HREF="kensal_green_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="kensal green cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1a9afcbc0.jpg" border=0 width="252" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </U></A><A HREF="kensal_green_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="kensal green cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1a9effbc0.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Kensal Green Cemetery</B></div> <bR> <div> Kensal Green cemetery is London's oldest public burial ground and has an eclectic mix of architectural styles</div> <div> across its 79 acre site. The famous buried in Kensal Green include writers Anthony Trollope and William Makepeace</div> <div> Thackeray; Oscar Wilde's mother; engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles Babbage and Niagara tightrope</div> <div> walker Blondin</div> <bR> <div> Kensal Green now serves as a conservation area harbouring flora and fauna rare elsewhere in Greater London.</div> <div> Eighty-five species of bird have been recorded within the cemetery and 33 species nest there.</div> <div> The east end of the cemetery is set aside as a butterfly and bee garden</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="st_lawrence_brentford.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Lawrence Brentford"><U><IMG SRC="1dc132fb0.jpg" border=0 width="306" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="1dc5fafc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="554" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 1 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="st_lawrence_brentford.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Lawrence Brentford"><U><IMG SRC="1dc731de0.jpg" border=0 width="305" height="478" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 WIDTH="235"><div> <B>St Lawrence's Church - Brentford</B></div> <bR> <div> Built in the 15th century and is Grade II listed. The main part of the church was erected in 1764 with latter additions. The church has been unused since 1979. </div> <div> Recently £25,000 has been spent on "securing" the church tower</div> <bR> <div> The site is now on sale for £1.5 million.</div> <div> There is a condition in the original sale by the London Diocesan Fund, that the future use of the buildings and the land be for the purpose of a restaurant or theatre with public car parking to the rear. There is an order subsequently granted by the Home Office  of the Pastural Measure Act 1983 that dispenses with the need to remove human remains from the site on the understanding that future use will not disturb those remains.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1ddaeb790.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="isleworth_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Isleworth Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1dd039150.jpg" border=0 width="313" height="277" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <A HREF="isleworth_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Isleworth Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1dd2b6150.jpg" border=0 width="182" height="277" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Isleworth Cemetery</B><B> </B></div> <div> Opened 1880 - The cemetery is  9 acres in size and has a  large derelict twin Chapel placed in the centre of the </div> <div> cemetery.Notable amongst its memorials is the large fairly ornate structure to the Pears family,</div> <div>  one of whom lost his life on the Titanic.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="isleworth_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Isleworth Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1ddc39eb0.jpg" border=0 width="313" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="1ddebeeb0.jpg" border=0 width="190" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>West Norwood Cemetery</B></div> <bR> <div> Built in 1837. To quote a local estate agent's blurb: <I>"This ranks alongside Highgate as a bizarre </I></div> <div> <I>and beautiful insight into the Victorian age. Its catacombs and monuments, including memorials </I></div> <div> <I>to many famous names, are one of London's hidden treasures."</I></div> <bR> <div> The Catacombs are in poor condition from bomb damage, neglect, and vandalism. Following</div> <div>  intervention by the Diocese of Southwark and English Heritage, a conservation management strategy</div> <div>  has been adopted for the repair and restoration of catacombs. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1924.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kingsgate House"><U><IMG SRC="231ef7100.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="272" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <A HREF="id1924.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kingsgate House"><U><IMG SRC="2320fe120.jpg" border=0 width="254" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Holborn - Kingsgate House</B></div> <bR> <div> Formerly a baptist church.Was founded in 1736, and known by the name of Eagle-street Chapel until 1856,</div> <div> when the present building was erected on the same spot.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="tottenham_park_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tottenham Park Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="29affad90.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="tottenham_park_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tottenham Park Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="29b10fd90.jpg" border=0 width="271" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="tottenham_park_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tottenham Park Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="29b350f80.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="tottenham_park_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tottenham Park Cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="29b5bbfa0.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Edmonton - Tottenham Park Cemetery</B></div> <bR> <div> Still a very much used cemetery though I found this derelict little chapel within the grounds.</div> <div> Tottenham Park Cemetery is a small private burial ground dating from 1912</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="brady_street_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brady Street Cemetery, Whitechapel"><U><B><IMG SRC="29befabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="brady_street_cemetery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brady Street Cemetery, Whitechapel"><U><B><IMG SRC="29c0fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Brady Street Burial Ground - Whitechapel</B></div> <bR> <div> Jewish burial ground opened in 1761. Nathan Meyer Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild </div> <div> corporation is buried here. By 1840 little space was left here and to extend the number of graves</div> <div> available it was decided to put a four foot layer of earth on top of the centre ground and bury on top.</div> <div> This has resulted in a large flat-topped mound in the centre with headstones back to back - the </div> <div> one stone for the grave below and the one for the one above. The cemetery closed in 1858 except</div> <div> for reserved graves. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1431.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Necropolis Station"><U><IMG SRC="2540ff800.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="384" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Necropolis Railway Station - Waterloo</B></div> <bR> <div> An unusual train service operated from Waterloo to Brookwood Cemetery, near Woking. It conveyed the </div> <div> deceased and their accompanying mourners to their final resting place, the Brookwood Necropolis, which</div> <div> at one time was the largest cemetery in the world. The Necropolis was originally promoted as concerns</div> <div> about public health in the nation's capital and elsewhere had increased, London having suffered its first </div> <div> cholera epidemic in the mid-nineteenth century.The railway had many unusual features. In the cemetery </div> <div> there were two stations, one for the Anglican section and another for the Nonconformist section. The station </div> <div> was bombed in  April 1941and suffered severe damage and was never rebuilt after the Second World War</div> <div> although the entrance pictured above still survives.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1255.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marylebone cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1fa411bb0.jpg" border=0 width="273" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1fa607bb0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id1255.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marylebone cemetery"><U><IMG SRC="1fa8fabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1faa8ebe0.jpg" border=0 width="142" height="190" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1fac8bc00.jpg" border=0 width="139" height="192" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>East  Finchley  Cemetery </B></div> <bR> <div> NOT a derelict place and not even any decay around the edges! -  I took these when in the area</div> <div> during a blizzard in March 2005</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="derelict_london_com.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London.com"><U><I><IMG SRC="3c896370.gif" border=0 width="150" height="55" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>