Laid out on the site of the house and grounds of Caroline Mount, it was opened as a sister site to the already established Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington (see Abney House and Park).
Among those buried here are the Kray twins and other members of their family, and Benjamin Pollock, founder of Pollock's Toy Museum.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Chingford Mount Cemetery
Chingford Mount Cemetery Developed in 1884 by the Abney Park Cemetery Company...
The Picture source and Transpontine explain that Pope was a local activist and was greatly valued by those who knew him. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Death registration records provide th...
Barrington Adams, aka Daddy Vego - the first Jamaican to set up a static sound system, the Peoples Sound System, at the Notting Hill Carnival. In 1988 he founded his shop, the People’s Sound Recor...
From Trinidad. Director of the Notting Hill Carnival 1973-1975. He found sponsorship, recruited more steel bands and reggae groups and introduced static sound systems, live music stages and genera...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Caribbean Islands
We can find no information but assume this is/was a group created to protect the heritage of St John's Wood.
The gardens were in the northern part of Battersea Park, which had been transformed as part of the Festival of Britain. Â Among its features, were a tree walk and the popular Guinness clock (picture...
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