Graves 100 years apart, Hampstead cemetery
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Graves 100 years apart, Hampstead cemetery
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 6 Jan 2009
To the fore is the grave of Charles Forte 1908-2007 'Hotelier and Caterer, Philanthropist, Great Patriarch'. Behind, the grave of Mordaunt Allen Gwynne who died in 1910, is a listed monument described thus Pedestal with sculptured angels on plot raised by kerbing. c1910. By EH Mills, monumental mason of Hampstead. Stone. Inscribed and draped oval pedestal surmounted by 2 sculptured winged angels in flowing robes assisting the soaring spirit of the deceased, hands joined in prayer and gazing heavenwards, also in flowing robes. Kerbing, with moulded cornice and inscribed with the mason's name and address, enclosing rectangular plot.
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Image Location
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51.556977
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-0.198597