Abney Park Back to Life
Our project for young people age 13-26 year olds took place during the school year 2010/2011.
Twelve young people took on the challenge to research the history of
this amazing site to help create short films and site specific
installations for a live audience.
Abney Park in Stoke Newington, London, formerly one of the ‘magnificent
seven’ garden cemeteries of London, is now a woodland memorial park and
important Local Nature Reserve.
The park originated in the eighteenth century when the land was laid out
by Lady Mary Abney. With over two hundred years of heritage and more
than 240 thousand people buried in Abney Park, there is a lot of history
to uncover!
INFORMATION AND ACTIVITY PACK for secondary schools:
