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Abney Cemetary and Chapel
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Abney Cemetary and Chapel
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created by knickers
on 12/31/2007 3:21 PM
last modified by knickers
on 12/31/2007 3:42 PM
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Beautiful, creepy, overgrown cemetary with derelict chapel in centre.
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Type: Outdoors
Status: Active
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby in london and in a park mood.
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Address
Stoke Newington
London, Greater London
England
Owner: dinnae ken.
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obvious signs of al fresco cottaging going on further in - beware after dark!
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Pop Culture - the graveyard scenes in the music video for the song Back to Black, by singer Amy Winehouse were filmed at Abney Park Cemetery.
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Abney Park is a historic 18th century parkland preserved in memory of Dr Isaac Watts and Lady Mary Abney. These are the grounds where Isaac Watts wrote a number of his hymns and verses; the site of a novel Quaker girl's school where the first school bus in the world was introduced, and an early Methodist training college. In 1840 most of the historic park was set aside as the first wholly non-denominational garden cemetery in Europe.
The listed frontage includes the earliest example in Europe of cemetery buildings designed in the 'Egyptian Revival' style, comprising two Temple Lodges, pylons and gates. Abney Park Cemetery has the only complete cemetery frontage designed in this non-European style (which caused controversy at the time) - it is beautifully decorated with sacred lotus flowers and hieroglyphics, now over 150 years old.
In the heart of the park is the derelict Abney Park Chapel; also a century and a half old and uniquely and purposefully designed in every detail. It is the first example of a non-denominational cemetery chapel in Europe, contributing a new style of cemetery architecture. The cemetery chapel became the first to use a single chamber open to all, and to portray its non-denominational chapter further it demonstrated a careful balance of both gothic and Romanesque features. The chapel includes rare ten-part (botanical) rose windows and an elaborately decorated south face with castellated turrets containing Newell staircases for viewing. These lie either side of an ornamented arch facing the axial vista towards Church Street in memory of Dr Watts and Lady Mary Abney.
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2010
Mon, Jan 18th, 2010
posted by YoelT
23 pictures
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 1/4/2017 4:50 PM.
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on Jan 4 17 at 16:50, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Jan 4 17 at 2:09, YoelT added some pictures to a gallery
on Jan 4 17 at 2:08, YoelT added some pictures to a gallery
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