Abney Park Cemetery

This article is about the cemetery, operational from 1840 to 1974/8. For the park before it became a cemetery, see Abney Park. For the steam punk/gothic industrial band, see Abney Park (band).

Abney Park Cemetery
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Established1840
Location
Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0LH
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51°33′54″N 0°04′41″W / 51.5649°N 0.0781°W / 51.5649; -0.0781
TypePublic
Owned byLondon Borough of Hackney
Size12.53 hectares (31 acres)[1]
No. of intermentsaround 200,000
WebsiteAbney Park Trust
Find a GraveAbney Park Cemetery

Abney Park cemetery is one of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries in London, England.

Abney Park in Stoke Newington in the London Borough of Hackney is a historic parkland originally laid out in the early 18th century by Lady Mary Abney, Dr. Isaac Watts and the neighbouring Hartopp family.

In 1840 it became a non-denominational garden cemetery, a semi-public park arboretum, and an educational institute, which was widely celebrated as an example of its time. A total of 196,843 burials had taken place there up to the year 2000.[2] It is a Local Nature Reserve.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Assets Document SINC [Site of Interest for Nature Conservation] spreadsheet" (PDF). Hackney Council. n.d. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Abney Park Cemetery Index" Archived 12 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, British Isles Genealogy.
  3. ^ "Abney Park Cemetery". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Map of Abney Park Cemetery". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 28 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.