Kensal Green Cemetery, London (original) (raw)

The angels at Mary Gibson 's grave. The two hands that were missing were recently found by one of the touring guides, after some serious digging near the monument. There are plans to restore this monument to former glory if time and means to do so can be found. (Thanks to Kate Allenby for additional information)

As on many other cemeteries, some of the tombs on Kensal Green are really pompous. In most cases the inhabitants are long forgotten, but the tombs remain. A striking example is Mary Eleanor Gibson, who was born in 1854 and died in 1872. She's a complete unknown, but the angels on top of her large tomb are really magnificent and fully justify the moment one pauses to admire them...