and civil engineer" [The Builder, 1861] - a distinction which has bedevilled both professions ever since. At least two lasting legacies to his work remain today - the Abney Park Chapel and Temple Lodges at Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington. Today both are listed by English Heritage and the chapel has been described as a "building of exceptional importance" in the English Heritage Magazine. Nonetheless, he had never quite achieved all he set out to accomplish before he died at 23 Woburn Square on 2 August 1861. He was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery, near the Terrace Catacombs. Selected publications Hosking, William (1848) The Regulation of Buildings in Towns Hosking, William (1832) Architecture and Building from the Encyclopædia Britannica Seventh Edn. Notable buildings Abney Park Chapel (1838–40) Temple Lodges Abney Park (1838–40) Trinity Independent Chapel (1840–41) References Further reading The Builder, 16 November 1861, p. 784 [obituary note by William Tite] Collison, George (1840) Cemetery Interment Dictionary of National Biography (various editions) Frances, Doris et al. (2005) The Secret Cemetery Joyce, Paul (2nd edn, 1994) A Guide to Abney Park Cemetery Shoemaker, Candice (ed) (2001) Encyclopaedia of Gardens: History & Design, vol. 2 External links 1800 births 1861 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery People from Buckfastleigh 19th-century English architects Architects from Devon Academics of King's College London Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London