Church Monuments Society

A black and white close-up photograph of a weathered marble headstone in a cemetery. The inscription reads, "In Loving Memory of Hilda Doddridge, Died 25th Aug. 1925, Aged 33 Years," with the verse "I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever" at the base. The stone is adorned with a carved bird at the top and a rose in relief.

Angaston Cemetery, Angaston, South Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽.

#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #taphophile #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography #cemeterylovers

A rather nice Arts and Crafts style memorial to Ann Ashton d1903 and her daughter Julia d 1907 in st Nicholas Kenilworth

In memory of Caroline Gresley

Church monument in St Nicholas Kenilworth

In memory of John Bird, Alderman of the City of London

St Nicholas church in Kenilworth #Warwickshire #ChurchMonuments #MementoMori

Um - 'lift and deepen' -

Dear wise ones, is there a way of saying 'first in, last out' in Latin?

Detail of a Roman tomb wall with a semicircular painted lunette showing faded red and blue figures on a white background.

New discovery: A large burial ground dating from the Early Imperial Age to Late Antiquity has been uncovered in Rome’s Ostiense Necropolis during pre-construction works.

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A black and white photograph of a large, ornate marble headstone in a cemetery, commemorating Alexander Wishart (d. 1897) and his wife Lilias (d. 1883) in Angaston.

Angaston Cemetery, Angaston, South Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽.

#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #taphophile #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography #cemeterylovers

A weathered stone monument featuring a draped urn, a traditional symbol of mourning, stands prominently against a backdrop of rolling green hills and a clear blue sky. A blurred stone cross is visible in the foreground on the left.

Bethany Pioneer Cemetery, Bethany, South Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽.

#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #taphophile #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography #cemeterylovers

#FindsFriday - Cremation Burial.

The leaden canister contains the cremated bones of a man aged at least 35 in a linen cloth. Libations of #wine, milk    or honey could have been poured down the leaden pipe.

Found at the south-east of the fortress at #Caerleon #Archaeology 📸 My own

The church of St Decumanus is one of only a handful of surviving buildings in Rhoscrowther, with much of the medieval village consumed by this church’s overwhelmingly large industrial neighbour.

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Magdalene Dick - Friends of Toowong Cemetery Friends of Toowong Cemetery is a volunteer group that discover and share the history and stories of Toowong Cemetery.

Magdalene Dick was born in Brecon, Wales around 1851. She became superintendent of the first group of female switchboard operators at the Brisbane telephone exchange.

Magdalene died on 22 July 1922. Her headstone was demolished in the 1970's.

YouTube video by Archaeodeath The Salme Ship Burials

The Salme Ship Burials www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0tI...

The church is glorious as well and I think usually open

I suspect this is a mason’s practice piece attached to a shop. Nothing to suggest otherwise. Great Bedwyn, Wilts.

There are many more images of this amazing ring at the museum's link: www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio...

A churchyard tour of Old St Pancras churchyard

Gravestones gathered around a tree known as the Hardy Tree

If you’re ever in the St Pancras area, take a walk through the Old St Pancras Churchyard. It has survived despite several attempts to acquire the land for a railway goods yard. Thomas Hardy, the novelist, managed the disinterment of human remains when he worked for Arthur Blomfield, architect.

There's a monumental brass at Edensor to James Beaton (died 1570), which is a good example of the sort of thing Mary, Queen of Scots, imported from Paris, as well as being exceptionally informative. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Be...

Mutilated grave of Bishop Wishart in the Lower church of Glasgow Cathedral.

Visiting the grave of Bishop Wishart of Glasgow today. Ally of Robert the Bruce he is one of those examples where the power of the #papacy in the 12/13th c severely interfered in the running of medieval kingdoms. And no that is not how we tell the story usually in Scotland, but.. #skystorians.

Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, with memorials to writers in the floor and on the walls

'You can't get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me' - C. S. Lewis

From Chaucer and Dickens to Austen and the Brontë sisters, explore the memorials to some of the great writers remembered in here Westminster Abbey: www.westminster-abbey.org/history/famo...

#WorldBookDay

Doctor Who spin-off's Ianto's Shrine in Cardiff to be taken down after 17 years Fans are

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Thankfully, Godsell’s restoration was done with a light touch, preserving much of the medieval fabric, the precious 17th-century pulpit, and the 18th-century memorials that hang on the bare stone walls of this isolated church.

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Black and white cabinet card photograph showing funeral flowers for a young boy, whose photograph is shown inside one of the funeral wreaths. There are crosses, pillows, anchors, and a lyre made of flowers.

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead #NationalSonsDay
Funeral flowers for "Fred, Our Boy." c. 1880s, with his photo framed in one of the wreaths.

The Friends of Mount Moriah Book Club 📚
Pleasure Grounds of Death: The Rural Cemetery in Nineteenth-Century America by Joy Giguere, reveals how places like Mount Moriah were once vibrant gathering spaces woven into the rhythms of everyday American life.
Virtual and free. buff.ly/NN4DnVw

You should have studied history - retirement just means you get asked to do afternoon lectures as well 😉

Today's quiz - anyone know about prawns on gravestones?

Gravestone with prawns carved on

The beautiful Nether St Cyrus Cemetery. Some of the gravestones featured prawns. Fishermen’s graves? Anyone familiar with this iconography? @fowarristoncem.bsky.social #cemetery #headstone #graveyard

Tombs of Spanish kings in El Escorial

Tombs of offspring of Spanish kings who died young

Altarpiece El Escorial

El Escorial #Spain burial place of Spanish kings

Jay’s Grave Manaton Devon

Jay’s Grave, Manaton, #Devon. A sad but familiar tale of a poor young woman raped, then ostracised. She took her own life. She was buried at the junction of three parishes in unconsecrated ground as no church would accept her body. Commemorated in Seth Lakeman’s song “ Kitty Jay” #Dartmoor

The church of the #HolyTrinityAbbotsLeigh #NorthSomerset has a pleasing array of memorials and monuments. This C17 memorial probably the very finest. The volutes are curiously uneven which adds to the charm #MemorialMonday

St Mary the Virgin Lapworth

Processional passageway at east end

Memorial to Florence Bradshaw 1928 by Eric Gill

War memorial window 1922 by Richard Stubington

St Mary the Virgin #Lapworth #Warwickshire 13-15thc. grade 1 listed

Memorial tablets are laden with symbols and particular styles are repeated again and again across vastly geographically distant churches. This is one such; plinth, draped urn, mourner leaning on one elbow hand to forehead #HolyTrinityAbbotsLeigh #NorthSomerset #MemorialMonday