There are actual graves between the coffee shop and clothes store on Davygate. Here's why: medieval royal larders, 18th-century urban planning, and a famous glass artist's parents. York's amazing layered history! Rare paid post - most are free on my blog: hammonda.substack.com #YorkHistory

Death, in two parts. Another post in our Royal Funeral series, but this time with a brief interlude from one of Britain's most kingly-non-kings. Yes, it's Oliver Cromwell! Read it here: hammonda.substack.com/p/15-royal-f... & don't forget to subscribe, so the posts go straight to your email!

Our new post, "#1 Royal Funerals Series: Charles I", is now live! You can read it here: hammonda.substack.com/p/1-royal-fu...

Our new “Royal Funerals” series begins in 1649, with the execution of Charles I. Whilst the moments that led up to this event are well known in the British psyche, instead we ask: what happened to Charles post-mortem? Explore this legacy in our post tomorrow!
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🪦 Where are the dead? My latest post examines how the Victorian burial crisis led to sweeping reforms that moved the dead from churchyards to suburban cemeteries, and why we're facing the same challenges today. #skystorians #graves #death #substack

Blog post #1. An Introduction to Grave Concerns. Come and read about the new blog, with a snippet of a story of how one mother's grief created a lasting legacy...
So excited to start blogging on this! hammonda.substack.com/p/an-introdu...

Histories of death, dying and memorials? Yes, please! Subscribe to the blog today for weekly posts, straight to your e-mail.
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