London stories
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Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
London’s Magnificent Seven cemeteries
Victorian spaces of architectural, natural and historical intrigue
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Brompton Cemetery
A garden cemetery where artists, scientists and a Suffragette lay in peace
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Tower Hamlets Cemetery
Known locally as Bow Cemetery and the last of London’s Magnificent Seven cemeteries to be built
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
West Norwood Cemetery
One of south London’s Magnificent Seven – with a touch of ancient Greece
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Highgate Cemetery
London’s most famous graveyard, where the tomb of Karl Marx attracts fans, critics and the curious
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Kensal Green Cemetery
How a prince made this graveyard a desirable resting place for the Victorian dead
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Abney Park Cemetery
The only Magnificent Seven cemetery that doubles as a tree garden