It was created by James Spedding and Roger Foyster at Holkham Forge from a design by Polly lonides of Norton parish.

👀 Church of St Margarets,
Burnham Norton, #Norfolk

Coronation Gate - King Charles III in 2023.

The dragon is from the story of St Margaret of Antioch. The dragon/Satan is transformed into a friend.

Thistle & marguerite are symbols for St Margaret of Scotland

#MetalworkThursday
#IronworkThursday

#cemetery

A giant keyhole in the loch (lock).

2 beautiful Black Smokes?!

No way would have got my B Smoke mostly-maine-coon kitten into the car, it took me all day to get him down from the cat tree when I put the harness on, so well done you!

Let’s start the day in a good way.
Rex died a 100years ago.
He is left sticks instead of flowers.

The graves outside Farfield Quaker Meeting House in West Yorkshire at first seem rather confusing: one grave calls January the eleventh month and another calls June the fourth month. However, this wasn’t an error or a simple mistake.

📷 The graves in the burial ground of Farfield Meeting House

Sign the Petition Help save one of downtown's most iconic properties "Limeville", Dr. Allderdice's old land

Guys, one of the most iconic properties in St. John's is at risk of becoming condos that no one from here can ever afford. Also it's a heritsge property. Please help us save it 🙏 #yyt #nfld
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When a cat decided to take me to CS Lewis's final resting place

"Here lyeth the body of Robert Nesbit of Halifax, Blacksmith who departed this life January 23 1783, aged 60 years."

Old Burying Ground, Halifax

Captured under an insipid winter sky and wet grass - the beautifully decorated memorial to one Gertrude Agnes Ware, her youngest son Kenneth and her infant daughter Aileen Teresa.

⚰ Parish of St Stephen. Acomb. Yorkshire. UK.

#TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

A black and white photograph of an ornate white headstone dedicated to Maria Ann Colwill, who passed away in 1905. The grave is enclosed by a decorative wrought iron fence, set against a backdrop of trees in a quiet cemetery.

Preserving the silent legacies of those who came before us.

Riverton Cemetery, Riverton, South Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽.

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

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Some northern sass there! Best depiction of a northern lass I've seen for a while ;)

I'm off to Devon this evening - in a virtual sense, that is - to speak to the good people of the @devonfhs.bsky.social

I'll be live via Zoom at 19.30 and we'll be looking at our ancestors' annoying tendency to lie - or at least, to be economic with the truth...

www.devonfhs.org.uk/event/virtua...

Collating the St John's #Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire, unmarked graves — public/common #Graves for the poor — is hard.

In 1 + 1/2 of the 14 areas, 662, mostly children.

Great Uncle Frank, a twin, died at 5 months old in 1907.

The wind blew in a blue tile as if to mark the spot for me to find.

Publication day tomorrow: 'These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' (HarperNorth).

Kittens, new and old (Merlie 16 here, 20 now); flowers of all kinds, fresh and dry; tea; the sound, smell, feel of the ocean; Yes, Petrichor! And the storms it rides in on.

Thank you for making me think lovely positive thoughts at the beginning of the day :)

Yes, we follow each other, I've looked at a few things they have going on. I'll get to one soon and let you know.
Podcasting is on the cards for us too. Stories, experts, guests sharing knowledge and skills in all things graveyard, heritage and the unique preservation they need.

Oh! A few of us friends may be interested, I'll muster the team :)

I cannot remember seeing such a monument before - to those buried in the cemetery whose graves cannot be located

#Rathvilly #Carlow #Sperighorm

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A photo of the covers of the books, 'A Tomb with a View' and 'Steeple Chasing Around Britain by Church' by Peter Ross. Covers by Edward Bettison.

Just finished A Tomb with a View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards by @peteralanross.bsky.social which I received as a Christmas present. It's a fantastic read. Highly recommended. 💜

Next I'll be Steeple Chasing Around Britain by Church.

I've been looking elsewhere (than bluesky) for a while, what is Lorraine up to? .... <quickly scans her feed>

A sure sign of spring, a pussywillow (salix) thriving in St John's Church Graveyard, #Nelson, Lancashire.

I love this time of year because nothing is yet overgrown and there are so many secrets revealed amongst the stones.

@orsa-marga.bsky.social‬

Lol, fun :) I did well until I got to just another shade of grey. 42 something out of 50, but then I clicked next and the result went away...
I'm putting the 4 good ones down to the sunshine outside, we rarely get it, so a bit of sunny magic helped.

Hope you're well?

Title: "Literary ecologists celebrate the successful reintroduction of rare species to the Yorkshire moors." Image: The sun is going down on a bleak windswept moor, various figures and trees are each labelled as one of the following: 1. Classic literary Cathy and Heathcliff 2. Young, carefree Cathy and heathcliff 3. Sexy Hollywood Cathy and Heathcliff 5. Ghost Cathy, tormented Heathcliff 5. Spooky tree

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

'Edward Greaves of Leigh House, Bawtry, formerly of Springfield House, Sheffield. Gentleman, died September 28th 1861 aged 55 years'

Greaves lies in an overgrown corner of Sheffield General Cemetery. A nail manufacturer and merchant, he lived at Springfield House, Glossop Road.

#MemorialsMonday

It’s worth squinting to read the inscription on this one - a strong ending

Monument to Ann Gaderen (d.1699) at Whitchurch, Bucks

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But are you sure?

The Hall family headstone at Wardsend

On the 12th inst., suddenly, of typhus fever, George Washington, infant son, aged 1 year and 3 months. On the 20th inst., Mary Ann, fourth daughter, aged 12 years, on the 22nd inst., Elizabeth, third daughter, aged 14 years, and Albert Jonathan, third son, aged 3 years, and on the 24th inst., Emma Louisa, sixth daughter, aged 6 years, the beloved children of Mr. Jonathan Hall, Howard View, Steel-bank.

No words can convey the tragedy which befell the Hall family in Feb 1862 losing 5 children in 12 days & buried over 9
George 12th buried 16th
Mary 20th buried 23rd
Albert & Elizabeth 22nd buried 24th
Emma 24th buried 25th
George died from Typhus which was the likely cause of death of his siblings.

Close-up of a red poppy.

Image of the headstone of the Farrar family, which includes a commemoration for Company Sergeant Major Nelson Farrar, killed in action near Ypres, 24th February 1915, aged 31 years. He was interred at Tuileries British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Close-up image of the headstone showing the commemoration for Company Sergeant Major Nelson Farrar, killed in action near Ypres, 24th February 1915, aged 31 years. He was interred at Tuileries British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Remembering Company Sergeant Major Nelson Farrar, 2nd Bn., Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) who died on this day in 1915, aged 31. Son of Tom Harrison & Agnes Farrar. Buried at Tuileries British Cemetery & commemorated at Lister Lane Cemetery. www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk/nelsonfarrar