It seemed a bit strange when we set out to spend an afternoon at a cemetery. Abney Park is one of the so-called Magnificent Seven, a series of Victorian-era cemeteries designed to relieve overcrowding in local parish churchyards.
With almost 200,000 “residents”, the cemetery is both enormous and dense – a sea of closely-packed gravestones ripples through the dense undergrowth in all directions. Today, Abney Park is a popular spot for dog-walkers and for families out for a weekend stroll.
