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Kensal Green Cemetery

Kensal Green Cemetery is a 72-acre Victorian garden cemetery in west London, opened in 1833 as the General Cemetery of All Souls and developed with a mix of Gothic funerary monuments and classical chapels. The site contains large mausolea, obelisks and headstones along axial paths, three chapels (Anglican and Dissenters among them) and extensive catacombs beneath the central terrace. It remains an active, listed cemetery and memorial landscape.

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First raised

1832

Its prime

1850

Today

Still standing

As it stood in 1850

What Kensal Green Cemetery looked like in its prime.

A broad, tree-dotted funerary landscape of grass lawns punctuated by an eclectic collection of stone monuments: freestanding mausolea, obelisks, Gothic pinnacles and simple headstones in weathered grey and pale marble. A raised central chapel and colonnaded terraces form a classical focal point; many monuments lean slightly on London clay. Dense stands of mature trees and avenues give a park-like setting, with lower perimeter walls and a canal-side boundary beyond.

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10 places to explore in 1850.

The record describes 10 distinct spots at Kensal Green Cemetery, including 3 interiors: anglican chapel interior and nave, catacomb b beneath the anglican chapel (vault aisles), dissenters' chapel interior and service space. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Approach from Harrow Road (main entrance) along central axisCentral avenue lined with grand monumentsAnglican Chapel on the raised western terrace (exterior)Anglican Chapel interior and naveCatacomb B beneath the Anglican Chapel (vault aisles)North terrace colonnade and its catacomb frontageDissenters' Chapel (Greek Revival) exteriorDissenters' Chapel interior and service spaceAvenue of private mausolea, tombs and obelisksSouthern boundary wall by the Grand Union canal and disused gates

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