Hendon Cemetery begins in spectacular style, with a half-timbered lodge and gothic-lettered sign post, a relic of its founding by the Abney Park Cemetery Company: it's now maintained by Barnet Council. Sadly, the inside never quite lives up to this beginning. Even the more imaginative monuments here are quirky rather than spectacular; the flint-built chapel complex is tidy and there is much evidence of grass-cutting, but somehow this seems to only fight against the rural feeling of the stream and extensive tree-planting and leave the whole place rather undecided whether it's a neat municpal park or something retreating back into woodland wilderness. There are, however, special sections set aside for Greek, Russian and Japanese burials, which are worth visiting.
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I am trying to find the grave of Grace Esther White died around 1941, I have a ref which is Hendon 3a 647
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Trying to find Jessie Murphy (nee Randall). I was told that her grave is: Hendon Park Cemetery, Grave No. 55559, Section K 2 T. Are you able to confirm this and is possible forward any photos.
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