- published: 29 Jan 2009
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Abney Park in Stoke Newington, in the London Borough of Hackney, is a historic parkland originally laid out in the early 18th century by Lady Mary Abney and Dr. Isaac Watts, and the neighbouring Hartopp family. In 1840 it became a non-denominational garden cemetery, a semi-public park arboretum, and an educational institute, which was widely celebrated as an example of its time. Abney Park is one of the Magnificent Seven London cemeteries. A total number of 196,843 burials took place here as of the year 2000. It is a Local Nature Reserve.
The official address of Abney Park is Stoke Newington High Street, N16. The main gate is at the junction of this street and Rectory Road, with a smaller gate on Stoke Newington Church Street. The park lies within the London Borough of Hackney.
In 1840, Abney Park opened as a model garden cemetery, a pioneering non-denominational place of rest. Its approach was based on the Congregational church's role in the London Missionary Society (LMS), whose fundamental principle was to develop a wholly non-denominational exemplar. It also drew on American burial ideas, specifically Mount Auburn in Massachusetts.
Sleep child sleep
Sleep child sleep
The daylight is waiting
Cautiously fraying.
Sleep sleep my Isabella
safely in your carousel
Sleep through the spinning
Just like your beginning
Sleep my child.
Dance child dance (Dance)
Dance child dance (Dance)
The Night time is waiting
dream times are fading
Dance dance my Isabella
Needing your own carousel
Sleep through the
Your whole world is caving
(My Isabella, Your carousel)
Sleep child sleep
Sleep child sleep
The daylight is waiting
Cautiously fraying
Sleep sleep my Isabella
Safely in your carousel
Sleep through the spinning