The London Dead
Stories from our cemeteries, crypts and churchyards
Friday, 3 July 2026
Home of the brave - Manor Park Cemetery, London E12
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In 1874 the Manor Park Cemetery Company (who still own and run the cemetery today) bought 115 acres of land on Hamfrith Farm from the Britis...
Friday, 12 June 2026
A tale of two coffins; James Moore (1849-1935) & Ivy May Hamilton (1922-1966) Kensal Green Cemetery
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Not many people visit the KGC catacombs these days but anyone lucky enough to get the chance always sees this pair of coffins with their imm...
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Friday, 5 June 2026
What heaps of unmeaning stone and marble! A visit to Westminster Abbey
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In the opposite transept to Poet's Corner stands a monument which is among the most renowned achievements of modern art, but which to me...
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Friday, 22 May 2026
The Story of the Gnome Fly Part 3 - the final days of Hervio Nano; Harvey Leach (1801-1847)
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Leach fell on hard times after the fire at the Bowery Theatre as other than Thomas Hamblin no one in the US seemed willing to engage him. ...
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