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WhiteRabbit
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Built in 1855, Barnes cemetery was one of the many commissioned to tackle the burial crisis in London during the Victorian era. Sadly this cemetery is now disused and derelict, having closed in the 1950s. As you climb through the undergrowth, tombstones struggle to break through the brambles, and once flawless stone angels stand broken and abandoned. The site is also host to the supernatural. Victorian literature speaks of 'Spring Heeled Jack', a devilish imp with red eyes who prowled the site in search of victims. Other sightings describe a ghostly figure who hovers over the graves in the dead of night... Sadly, however, I encountered neither of these residents on my recent visit.