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1826: Britain's First Female Balloon Pilot

1826: Britain's First Female Balloon Pilot

Margaret Graham's perilous trip over Islington.

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Welcome to Londonist: Time Machine, the newsletter about London history.

I was sucked in by the wicker work.

This gravestone, in Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, is not like the others. It stands in isolation, protruding from a wicker basket. Why?

Closer inspection reveals all. This is the grave of somebody who spent a good deal of time in baskets. …

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