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Alexander Stoddart's lecture 'Lazy Thinking, Lazy Sculpting: Why Contemporary Statues Are All So Woeful' will now be the last lecture in our Spring series, on 9 April 2026. Hybrid event, joint with Mausolea and Monuments Trust, £5. Details and booking go to churchmonumentssociety.org/events/lazy-...
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Alexander Stoddart's lecture 'Lazy Thinking, Lazy Sculpting: Why Contemporary Statues Are All So Woeful' will now be the last lecture in our Spring series, on 9 April 2026. Hybrid event, joint with Mausolea and Monuments Trust, £5. Details and booking go to churchmonumentssociety.org/events/lazy-...
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Mathon war memorial tablet. St. John the Baptist Church, Mathon, Herefordshire. First World War. #LestWeForget
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Mathon war memorial tablet. St. John the Baptist Church, Mathon, Herefordshire. First World War. #LestWeForget
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And this too! Wow @fotofacade.bsky.social: you've outdone even yourself 😍
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
And this too! Wow @fotofacade.bsky.social: you've outdone even yourself 😍
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Magical evocations through images and words by @fotofacade.bsky.social of a very special place.
'Travelling along the lane to St Melangell’s is an act of filtration, a redaction of modernity. The pressing matters of the day are pared down with each passing turn.'
'Travelling along the lane to St Melangell’s is an act of filtration, a redaction of modernity. The pressing matters of the day are pared down with each passing turn.'
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Magical evocations through images and words by @fotofacade.bsky.social of a very special place.
'Travelling along the lane to St Melangell’s is an act of filtration, a redaction of modernity. The pressing matters of the day are pared down with each passing turn.'
'Travelling along the lane to St Melangell’s is an act of filtration, a redaction of modernity. The pressing matters of the day are pared down with each passing turn.'
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This morning, across the street from Government House, at the Old Burying Ground. I love drawing this monument, lots of straight lines and right angles! ❤️
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#drawing #sketch #urbansketch #urbansketching #halifaxusk #pleinair #watercolour #watercolor #lineandwash #novascotia #halifax
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#drawing #sketch #urbansketch #urbansketching #halifaxusk #pleinair #watercolour #watercolor #lineandwash #novascotia #halifax
October 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This morning, across the street from Government House, at the Old Burying Ground. I love drawing this monument, lots of straight lines and right angles! ❤️
(149/285)
#drawing #sketch #urbansketch #urbansketching #halifaxusk #pleinair #watercolour #watercolor #lineandwash #novascotia #halifax
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#drawing #sketch #urbansketch #urbansketching #halifaxusk #pleinair #watercolour #watercolor #lineandwash #novascotia #halifax
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War memorial plaque. St. Andrew with St. Mary Church, How Caple, Herefordshire. Commemorating Brigadier General Noel Lee, died in Malta, of wounds received at the Dardanelles, on 22nd June 1915. First World War. #LestWeForget
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
War memorial plaque. St. Andrew with St. Mary Church, How Caple, Herefordshire. Commemorating Brigadier General Noel Lee, died in Malta, of wounds received at the Dardanelles, on 22nd June 1915. First World War. #LestWeForget
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Gravestone of Edward Griswold, 1688, at the Mechanic Street Burying Ground in Westfield, Massachusetts. Carved by his father, George Griswold.
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Gravestone of Edward Griswold, 1688, at the Mechanic Street Burying Ground in Westfield, Massachusetts. Carved by his father, George Griswold.
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A land of immigrants. They built, some more literally than others, America. #cemetery #funeraryart #memorial #tombstone #taphophile #art #photography
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A land of immigrants. They built, some more literally than others, America. #cemetery #funeraryart #memorial #tombstone #taphophile #art #photography
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Faded graves stand amid dry grass and sparse scrub, watched over by a wide, cloudy sky
Lindley Cemetery, South Australia
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽
#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography
Lindley Cemetery, South Australia
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽
#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Faded graves stand amid dry grass and sparse scrub, watched over by a wide, cloudy sky
Lindley Cemetery, South Australia
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽
#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography
Lindley Cemetery, South Australia
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽
#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography
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Pretty in pink. Wall monument at Helions Bumpstead Church, Essex.
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Pretty in pink. Wall monument at Helions Bumpstead Church, Essex.
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This reminds me that once me and my dad were escorted around Arnos Vale Cemetary (on his birthday) by a black cat called Bryan.
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This reminds me that once me and my dad were escorted around Arnos Vale Cemetary (on his birthday) by a black cat called Bryan.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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As we speed towards Christmas here's an Easter thought! The Easter Sepulchre at All Saints, Hawton, Notts complete with sleeping soldiers at its base. The tiny hole to the rleft might have been where the sacrament was placed, or it might not. A bashed Christ and Ascension statuary is seen also.
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
As we speed towards Christmas here's an Easter thought! The Easter Sepulchre at All Saints, Hawton, Notts complete with sleeping soldiers at its base. The tiny hole to the rleft might have been where the sacrament was placed, or it might not. A bashed Christ and Ascension statuary is seen also.
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Situated on a hillside above the River Don, neglected by people and left in Nature's care for decades, Wardsend has become Sheffield's most beautiful cemetery.
We are of course a little bit biased and understand that other Sheffield cemetery Friends groups may not share our view 🙂
We are of course a little bit biased and understand that other Sheffield cemetery Friends groups may not share our view 🙂
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Situated on a hillside above the River Don, neglected by people and left in Nature's care for decades, Wardsend has become Sheffield's most beautiful cemetery.
We are of course a little bit biased and understand that other Sheffield cemetery Friends groups may not share our view 🙂
We are of course a little bit biased and understand that other Sheffield cemetery Friends groups may not share our view 🙂
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Now moved on to 'other interesting Tavistock wills' in the PCC collection, and Agnes Cervington, a widow who died in 1571 has caught my eye.
She leaves piles of tin to many people (tin and copper were mined on Dartmoor) and describes her silver plate (basin, ewer, goblets, salt etc) in detail. 1/
She leaves piles of tin to many people (tin and copper were mined on Dartmoor) and describes her silver plate (basin, ewer, goblets, salt etc) in detail. 1/
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Now moved on to 'other interesting Tavistock wills' in the PCC collection, and Agnes Cervington, a widow who died in 1571 has caught my eye.
She leaves piles of tin to many people (tin and copper were mined on Dartmoor) and describes her silver plate (basin, ewer, goblets, salt etc) in detail. 1/
She leaves piles of tin to many people (tin and copper were mined on Dartmoor) and describes her silver plate (basin, ewer, goblets, salt etc) in detail. 1/
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With another batch of 10 years added to my database, I now have a good overview of who was buried in the church in Tilburg between 1660 and 1720. I'm probably halfway through the data entry process. So far, my total research population is 1,166 people. Will it double?
#genealogy #earlymodern
#genealogy #earlymodern
November 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
With another batch of 10 years added to my database, I now have a good overview of who was buried in the church in Tilburg between 1660 and 1720. I'm probably halfway through the data entry process. So far, my total research population is 1,166 people. Will it double?
#genealogy #earlymodern
#genealogy #earlymodern
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Remembering Charles Gibson, who died on this day in 1852 at the age of 30. According to the entry in the burial register, Charles was employed as an ostler.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Remembering Charles Gibson, who died on this day in 1852 at the age of 30. According to the entry in the burial register, Charles was employed as an ostler.
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This is a wonderful story and shows the importance of memorial recording to preserve a record of gravestones- work done by an A Level student in 1977 has allowed the resting place of abolitionist Olaudah Equiano's year 3 old daughter Anna Maria Vassa to be found:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is a wonderful story and shows the importance of memorial recording to preserve a record of gravestones- work done by an A Level student in 1977 has allowed the resting place of abolitionist Olaudah Equiano's year 3 old daughter Anna Maria Vassa to be found:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Prince Arthur, brother of Henry VIII died aged 15 at Ludlow castle. His parents had a chantry chapel built in Worcester cathedral
Where he now lies. #Worcester #Tudors #Worcestershire #MementoMori #ChantryChapel
Where he now lies. #Worcester #Tudors #Worcestershire #MementoMori #ChantryChapel
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Prince Arthur, brother of Henry VIII died aged 15 at Ludlow castle. His parents had a chantry chapel built in Worcester cathedral
Where he now lies. #Worcester #Tudors #Worcestershire #MementoMori #ChantryChapel
Where he now lies. #Worcester #Tudors #Worcestershire #MementoMori #ChantryChapel
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In September, we hosted our first-ever working party at St Michael’s, Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, showcasing the skills that are needed to repair a historic church.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In September, we hosted our first-ever working party at St Michael’s, Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, showcasing the skills that are needed to repair a historic church.
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Thomas McCullough died on 24 March 1872, 9 days after returning to Creen Creek.
Green returned to Gilbert River Station to report what happened.
Electric Telegraph Department Officers funded a memorial for Thomas in Brisbane.
Full story: buff.ly/49YJrNC
Green returned to Gilbert River Station to report what happened.
Electric Telegraph Department Officers funded a memorial for Thomas in Brisbane.
Full story: buff.ly/49YJrNC
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Thomas McCullough died on 24 March 1872, 9 days after returning to Creen Creek.
Green returned to Gilbert River Station to report what happened.
Electric Telegraph Department Officers funded a memorial for Thomas in Brisbane.
Full story: buff.ly/49YJrNC
Green returned to Gilbert River Station to report what happened.
Electric Telegraph Department Officers funded a memorial for Thomas in Brisbane.
Full story: buff.ly/49YJrNC
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"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
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La photo de la semaine en #Lorraine
L'ossuaire de Douaumont et sa lanterne des morts, tel un sous-marin émergeant près d'un phare dans un océan de croix
Crédits photo : Pierre LEHMANN pour le Groupe BLE Lorraine
L'ossuaire de Douaumont et sa lanterne des morts, tel un sous-marin émergeant près d'un phare dans un océan de croix
Crédits photo : Pierre LEHMANN pour le Groupe BLE Lorraine
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
La photo de la semaine en #Lorraine
L'ossuaire de Douaumont et sa lanterne des morts, tel un sous-marin émergeant près d'un phare dans un océan de croix
Crédits photo : Pierre LEHMANN pour le Groupe BLE Lorraine
L'ossuaire de Douaumont et sa lanterne des morts, tel un sous-marin émergeant près d'un phare dans un océan de croix
Crédits photo : Pierre LEHMANN pour le Groupe BLE Lorraine
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Gravestone of Ruth Sage, “whose Life was suddenly terminated by a fall from a Carriage” in 1793 at the age of 28. Not sure who the carver was. Maybe William Crosby? Located at Bartlett Street Cemetery in Portland, Connecticut.
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Gravestone of Ruth Sage, “whose Life was suddenly terminated by a fall from a Carriage” in 1793 at the age of 28. Not sure who the carver was. Maybe William Crosby? Located at Bartlett Street Cemetery in Portland, Connecticut.
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Sort of!! It's hard because fonts & some details like that are specific to artists, etc. BUT! Check out: "Inscribed in Remembrance" by George Thomson, or "Tombstone Lettering in the British Isles" by Alan Bartram!
That's basically the books I know of right now
That's basically the books I know of right now
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Sort of!! It's hard because fonts & some details like that are specific to artists, etc. BUT! Check out: "Inscribed in Remembrance" by George Thomson, or "Tombstone Lettering in the British Isles" by Alan Bartram!
That's basically the books I know of right now
That's basically the books I know of right now