Lockwood & Co. entering Kensal Green Cemetery
The Kensal Green Cemetery was a cemetery in northwest London, England. It was the burial site of the surgeon and occult scientist Edmund Bickerstaff and the catacombs underneath it saw the affair of the Bone Glass.
History[]
Kesnal Green Cemetery was established in 1833 and covered 70 acres of prestige land. It contained a chapel in the center and catacombs underneath, which had been sealed off.
Anthony Lockwood possessed a ribbon from a woman's hair which came from a grave opened in Kensal Green Cemetery.[1] The ribbon gave off a strong psychic residue of emotion for those with the Talent to sense it, including the sound of weeping and a sense of sadness such that one felt their heart would break. Lockwood had Lucy Carlyle examine this ribbon as part of her initial testing to join the Lockwood & Co. agency.[2] It was normally stored safely in the basement of 35 Portland Row.[1]
The Kensal Green Cemetery was placed under the purview of Sweet Dreams Excavations and Clearance as part of DEPRAC's policy of taking a more proactive approach in dealing with Active Remains, or Sources. In the wake of new ghosts arising due to the Problem, even in areas that had previously been declared safe, DEPRAC began hiring various companies to monitor and investigate all cemeteries. Sweet Dreams got to work, investigating several graves a day, but did not find any sign of psychic disturbances until they discovered an unexpected headstone, one not found on the list of recorded burials. Discovered by a sensitive who had a bad psychic reaction, the tomb was marked as belonging to an Edmund Bickerstaff, who was reputed to be involved in unwholesome activities such as witchcraft, forbidden arts and even grave-robbing.
Like most cemeteries in the wake of the Problem, Kensal Green was overgrown and poorly maintained. It and other such cemeteries were considered relics of the time when people had a gentler relationship with the dead and families would come to spend a peaceful Sunday afternoon. Although the vast majority of the dead did not return as ghosts, even agents were reluctant to spend much time in such places.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Kensal Green Cemetery is an actual cemetery in Northwest London and certain scenes for the Netflix Lockwood & Co. TV series were filmed at Kensal Green.[4]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Screaming Staircase, II: Before, Ch. 7
- ↑ The Screaming Staircase, II: Before, Ch. 6
- ↑ The Whispering Skull, II: The Unexpected Grave, Ch. 6
- ↑ Moon, Ra. Where was Lockwood & Co filmed? Guide to all the Filming Locations. Atlas of Wonders. Retrieved on February 14, 2023.