The Magnificent Seven: #2, Tower Hamlets Cemetery

[nanila]

Next on my list of Magnificent Seven cemeteries was the youngest of them, Tower Hamlets (established 1841). Unlike most of the others, it's been closed to new burials for several decades. The large blocks of empty plots at the far end are a haven for wildlife, and it teems with birds and squirrels in daylight.

The prevailing fashion in burial statuary seemed to be for urns, often encircled by inscribed stone hearts, rather than for the angels that inhabit Brompton Cemetery.

Comments

[lark_ascends]

Beautiful!

[nanila]

It's a lovely quiet spot nestled in a very busy area. An oasis, if you like.

[purplecthulhu]

Where in Tower Hamlets is this? I live in the borough but didn't know about this at all...

[nanila]

If you come out of Mile End station, turn right. Walk past one street (Maplin, I think it's called) and then when you come to Southern Grove, turn right again. Walk a couple hundred metres down that and look to your left. Cross over and you'll be at the entrance.

[ceb]

Beautiful, I'm looking forward to the rest of these!

[nanila]

Thank you! I think I might make a little photobook out of them on Blurb when I'm finished.

[capri]

youngest ... established 1841

Never gets old. Pun intended.

Gorgeous photos as usual. I especially like the peace one. And I am quite fond of this square framing thing! /intellectual, technically accurate comment

[nanila]

I know. I KNOW! Everything in this country is mind-bogglingly old. Especially for those of us from tropical places, where everything either rusts, gets eaten by termites, swept away by hurricanes or otherwise crumbles into ruin after just a couple of decades.