Qualla: Hampstead Cemetery https://qualla.com/hampstead-cemetery en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:14 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Hampstead Cemetery https://qualla.com/hampstead-cemetery Hampstead Cemetery: Introduction https://qualla.com/hampstead-cemetery/ The grave of John Kensit, on the main avenue of the eastern section, carries an unusually dramatic epitaph. He was "struck down by the missile of an assassin in Birkenhead" — which turns out to mean a chisel thrown by a heckler while Kensit was preaching. The man was charged with manslaughter and later acquitted. Kensit died in 1902. Nearby, the tomb of Charles Cowper Ross, described simply as "a man of the theatre," asks what will be said when he is dead: "They liked my smile? / I failed with style? / Or, more than likely, 'Who?'" Hampstead Cemetery has always had a talent for the human.

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/hampstead-cemetery-wp/gcpv-hampstead-cemetery-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Hampstead Cemetery: Consecrated in 1876 https://qualla.com/hampstead-cemetery/ Hampstead Cemetery was consecrated by the Bishop of London and opened in November 1876, situated on Fortune Green Road in West Hampstead. Despite its name, it lies three-quarters of a mile from Hampstead village and carries a different postcode. The entire site covers 26 acres, w...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/hampstead-cemetery-wp/gcpv-hampstead-cemetery-distinguished-company.mp3 0:06 3 full Hampstead Cemetery: Art Deco Among the Crosses https://qualla.com/hampstead-cemetery/ The northeastern corner of the cemetery holds some of the most architecturally remarkable stonemasonry. The Bianchi Monument, properly the grave of the Gall family, is a large triangular Art Deco monument executed in 1937 by Romeo Rathmann, a sculptor born in Trieste. Its most pr...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/hampstead-cemetery-wp/gcpv-hampstead-cemetery-art-deco-among-the-crosses.mp3 0:06 4 full Hampstead Cemetery: The War Dead https://qualla.com/hampstead-cemetery/ Hampstead Cemetery holds the graves of 216 Commonwealth service personnel from the First World War and 44 from the Second, along with one Polish and one Czech serviceman from the latter conflict. Those whose graves could not be individually marked are listed on a Screen Wall memo...

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