@stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social
Remembering those lost in #WW1.
The civilian death of Firth Dole of #Nelson.
A #Fireman at the a munitions factory in Lancaster, when fire broke out in 1917, Mr Dole went bravely to fight it, but was overwhelmed by flames and explosions.
The blast was felt 44miles away in #Burnley
#Firefighter
The civilian death of Firth Dole of #Nelson.
A #Fireman at the a munitions factory in Lancaster, when fire broke out in 1917, Mr Dole went bravely to fight it, but was overwhelmed by flames and explosions.
The blast was felt 44miles away in #Burnley
#Firefighter
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Remembering those lost in #WW1.
The civilian death of Firth Dole of #Nelson.
A #Fireman at the a munitions factory in Lancaster, when fire broke out in 1917, Mr Dole went bravely to fight it, but was overwhelmed by flames and explosions.
The blast was felt 44miles away in #Burnley
#Firefighter
The civilian death of Firth Dole of #Nelson.
A #Fireman at the a munitions factory in Lancaster, when fire broke out in 1917, Mr Dole went bravely to fight it, but was overwhelmed by flames and explosions.
The blast was felt 44miles away in #Burnley
#Firefighter
Flying Officer Edmund (Edward) Thornley Lund, #Nelson, #Lancashire, died whilst serving with the #RAF VR 7th Sqd on 20th May 1944.
Remembered on the family grave at St John's Church
In 1942, serving with RAF 61(b) Sqd as rear gunner, he survived a crash and walked for help on 2 broken ankles.
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Remembered on the family grave at St John's Church
In 1942, serving with RAF 61(b) Sqd as rear gunner, he survived a crash and walked for help on 2 broken ankles.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Flying Officer Edmund (Edward) Thornley Lund, #Nelson, #Lancashire, died whilst serving with the #RAF VR 7th Sqd on 20th May 1944.
Remembered on the family grave at St John's Church
In 1942, serving with RAF 61(b) Sqd as rear gunner, he survived a crash and walked for help on 2 broken ankles.
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Remembered on the family grave at St John's Church
In 1942, serving with RAF 61(b) Sqd as rear gunner, he survived a crash and walked for help on 2 broken ankles.
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Remembering a #Veteran of both #WW1 and #WW2, who died in 1940, Captain Thomas Oswald Corrin.
A well-travelled and much respected #Musician, born in Briercliffe above #Nelson, #Lancashire.
In the 1920s he was known as Uncle Tom on the BBC's Children's Hour.
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/wa...
A well-travelled and much respected #Musician, born in Briercliffe above #Nelson, #Lancashire.
In the 1920s he was known as Uncle Tom on the BBC's Children's Hour.
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/wa...
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Remembering a #Veteran of both #WW1 and #WW2, who died in 1940, Captain Thomas Oswald Corrin.
A well-travelled and much respected #Musician, born in Briercliffe above #Nelson, #Lancashire.
In the 1920s he was known as Uncle Tom on the BBC's Children's Hour.
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/wa...
A well-travelled and much respected #Musician, born in Briercliffe above #Nelson, #Lancashire.
In the 1920s he was known as Uncle Tom on the BBC's Children's Hour.
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/wa...
#ArmisticeDay
#Local #WW1 #Hero surnames important to the foundation of #Nelson who are buried or remembered at St John's Graveyard.
Hartley, Walton, Bullock, Slater, Metcalfe, Ainsworth, Bannister, Ashworth, Beardsworth, Lonsdale, Ibbotson, Dearden, Wilkinson, Lee.
And more
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
#Local #WW1 #Hero surnames important to the foundation of #Nelson who are buried or remembered at St John's Graveyard.
Hartley, Walton, Bullock, Slater, Metcalfe, Ainsworth, Bannister, Ashworth, Beardsworth, Lonsdale, Ibbotson, Dearden, Wilkinson, Lee.
And more
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#ArmisticeDay
#Local #WW1 #Hero surnames important to the foundation of #Nelson who are buried or remembered at St John's Graveyard.
Hartley, Walton, Bullock, Slater, Metcalfe, Ainsworth, Bannister, Ashworth, Beardsworth, Lonsdale, Ibbotson, Dearden, Wilkinson, Lee.
And more
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
#Local #WW1 #Hero surnames important to the foundation of #Nelson who are buried or remembered at St John's Graveyard.
Hartley, Walton, Bullock, Slater, Metcalfe, Ainsworth, Bannister, Ashworth, Beardsworth, Lonsdale, Ibbotson, Dearden, Wilkinson, Lee.
And more
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
#ArmisticeDay.
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Sgt Thomas Hindle (24) who also died of that other enemy, pneumonia, 10 days before #Armistice.
Buried Nelson Cemetery
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Sgt Thomas Hindle (24) who also died of that other enemy, pneumonia, 10 days before #Armistice.
Buried Nelson Cemetery
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
#ArmisticeDay.
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Sgt Thomas Hindle (24) who also died of that other enemy, pneumonia, 10 days before #Armistice.
Buried Nelson Cemetery
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Sgt Thomas Hindle (24) who also died of that other enemy, pneumonia, 10 days before #Armistice.
Buried Nelson Cemetery
#ArmisticeDay.
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
Private John Dinsdale of the East Lancashire Regiment, buried at St John's Church Graveyard.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
Private John Dinsdale of the East Lancashire Regiment, buried at St John's Church Graveyard.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#ArmisticeDay.
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
Private John Dinsdale of the East Lancashire Regiment, buried at St John's Church Graveyard.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
Private John Dinsdale of the East Lancashire Regiment, buried at St John's Church Graveyard.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
#ArmisticeDay.
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Air Mechanic 3rd Class, Pvt Harold Speak (24), died of pneumonia.
They were attacked from all fronts.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Air Mechanic 3rd Class, Pvt Harold Speak (24), died of pneumonia.
They were attacked from all fronts.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
#ArmisticeDay.
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Air Mechanic 3rd Class, Pvt Harold Speak (24), died of pneumonia.
They were attacked from all fronts.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
Remembering #WW1 #Heroes with #Local names, and their importance as founders of #Nelson because these names still exist here today.
#RAF Air Mechanic 3rd Class, Pvt Harold Speak (24), died of pneumonia.
They were attacked from all fronts.
nelsonwarheroes.co.uk
Fearless Pvt Leonard Slater (17) of #Burnley volunteered for the territorial force 1/5 East Lancashire Regiment in #WW1.
On 5th May, 1915, they deployed to Gallipoli, where a month later: 5th June, 1915, he was KIA.
#Remembered on the family grave in St John's #Nelson and the Helles Memorial.
On 5th May, 1915, they deployed to Gallipoli, where a month later: 5th June, 1915, he was KIA.
#Remembered on the family grave in St John's #Nelson and the Helles Memorial.
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Fearless Pvt Leonard Slater (17) of #Burnley volunteered for the territorial force 1/5 East Lancashire Regiment in #WW1.
On 5th May, 1915, they deployed to Gallipoli, where a month later: 5th June, 1915, he was KIA.
#Remembered on the family grave in St John's #Nelson and the Helles Memorial.
On 5th May, 1915, they deployed to Gallipoli, where a month later: 5th June, 1915, he was KIA.
#Remembered on the family grave in St John's #Nelson and the Helles Memorial.
The Memorial Garden at St John's Church Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire, is aglow with poppies as we remember our #LocalHeroes lost in #WW1 and #WW2.
Also those lost in conflicts since who gave their lives selflessly for the freedom of others.
#RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget
Also those lost in conflicts since who gave their lives selflessly for the freedom of others.
#RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The Memorial Garden at St John's Church Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire, is aglow with poppies as we remember our #LocalHeroes lost in #WW1 and #WW2.
Also those lost in conflicts since who gave their lives selflessly for the freedom of others.
#RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget
Also those lost in conflicts since who gave their lives selflessly for the freedom of others.
#RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget
Sergeant Thomas Hindle, served in a brand new RAF.
He died at the hospital at RAF Uxbridge, 1st Nov, 1918, 10 days before Armistice and the end of the war.
He was 24.
So young, so noble, so fearless.
#RemembranceSunday
He died at the hospital at RAF Uxbridge, 1st Nov, 1918, 10 days before Armistice and the end of the war.
He was 24.
So young, so noble, so fearless.
#RemembranceSunday
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Sergeant Thomas Hindle, served in a brand new RAF.
He died at the hospital at RAF Uxbridge, 1st Nov, 1918, 10 days before Armistice and the end of the war.
He was 24.
So young, so noble, so fearless.
#RemembranceSunday
He died at the hospital at RAF Uxbridge, 1st Nov, 1918, 10 days before Armistice and the end of the war.
He was 24.
So young, so noble, so fearless.
#RemembranceSunday
Take heart, you may see more. I saw a dandelion in St John's Graveyard yesterday.
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Take heart, you may see more. I saw a dandelion in St John's Graveyard yesterday.
A week of #Remembrance.
James Robert Kelly, 43, a civilian casualty of the #WW1, lost on the #Lusitania.
Commemorated on the family #Grave at St John's Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire.
James Robert Kelly, 43, a civilian casualty of the #WW1, lost on the #Lusitania.
Commemorated on the family #Grave at St John's Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire.
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A week of #Remembrance.
James Robert Kelly, 43, a civilian casualty of the #WW1, lost on the #Lusitania.
Commemorated on the family #Grave at St John's Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire.
James Robert Kelly, 43, a civilian casualty of the #WW1, lost on the #Lusitania.
Commemorated on the family #Grave at St John's Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire.
Happy All Saints Day everyone 😇
We're very sad to not have more #31DaysOfGraves to post about, but very pleased to have been part of it. There's been so many great interactions and we've learned so much.
Thank you all, especially @annaandthedead.bsky.social for making it a thing.
We're very sad to not have more #31DaysOfGraves to post about, but very pleased to have been part of it. There's been so many great interactions and we've learned so much.
Thank you all, especially @annaandthedead.bsky.social for making it a thing.
November 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Happy All Saints Day everyone 😇
We're very sad to not have more #31DaysOfGraves to post about, but very pleased to have been part of it. There's been so many great interactions and we've learned so much.
Thank you all, especially @annaandthedead.bsky.social for making it a thing.
We're very sad to not have more #31DaysOfGraves to post about, but very pleased to have been part of it. There's been so many great interactions and we've learned so much.
Thank you all, especially @annaandthedead.bsky.social for making it a thing.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 31 Momento Mori
Given the period St John's Graveyard was in operation, and knowing by then the Church of all denominations were not keen on the imagery of skeletons and skulls, we don't have any.
We do have an abundance of urns with whispering veils.
Given the period St John's Graveyard was in operation, and knowing by then the Church of all denominations were not keen on the imagery of skeletons and skulls, we don't have any.
We do have an abundance of urns with whispering veils.
October 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 31 Momento Mori
Given the period St John's Graveyard was in operation, and knowing by then the Church of all denominations were not keen on the imagery of skeletons and skulls, we don't have any.
We do have an abundance of urns with whispering veils.
Given the period St John's Graveyard was in operation, and knowing by then the Church of all denominations were not keen on the imagery of skeletons and skulls, we don't have any.
We do have an abundance of urns with whispering veils.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 30 Colour
Being in the wet North West we're often under heavy cloud snagged by #PendleHill, but there's a certain point, when the sun is about to break through, that natural colours in the graveyard come alive, showing you see things you might otherwise never have seen.
Being in the wet North West we're often under heavy cloud snagged by #PendleHill, but there's a certain point, when the sun is about to break through, that natural colours in the graveyard come alive, showing you see things you might otherwise never have seen.
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 30 Colour
Being in the wet North West we're often under heavy cloud snagged by #PendleHill, but there's a certain point, when the sun is about to break through, that natural colours in the graveyard come alive, showing you see things you might otherwise never have seen.
Being in the wet North West we're often under heavy cloud snagged by #PendleHill, but there's a certain point, when the sun is about to break through, that natural colours in the graveyard come alive, showing you see things you might otherwise never have seen.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 29 Occupation
Every person interred at St John's Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire, is a founder of our town, from JPs and Freemen to Farmers and Weavers.
James Cannell was a Mathematician and Teacher who imparted his wisdom on pupils who went on to use it in their own work.
Every person interred at St John's Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire, is a founder of our town, from JPs and Freemen to Farmers and Weavers.
James Cannell was a Mathematician and Teacher who imparted his wisdom on pupils who went on to use it in their own work.
October 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 29 Occupation
Every person interred at St John's Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire, is a founder of our town, from JPs and Freemen to Farmers and Weavers.
James Cannell was a Mathematician and Teacher who imparted his wisdom on pupils who went on to use it in their own work.
Every person interred at St John's Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire, is a founder of our town, from JPs and Freemen to Farmers and Weavers.
James Cannell was a Mathematician and Teacher who imparted his wisdom on pupils who went on to use it in their own work.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 28 Column
We have so many great examples of columns that frame the main text of a gravestone.
Obelisks and traditional headstones feature these in various types of stone: marble, granite and that interesting black glass featured on Day 8.
bsky.app/profile/stjo...
We have so many great examples of columns that frame the main text of a gravestone.
Obelisks and traditional headstones feature these in various types of stone: marble, granite and that interesting black glass featured on Day 8.
bsky.app/profile/stjo...
October 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 28 Column
We have so many great examples of columns that frame the main text of a gravestone.
Obelisks and traditional headstones feature these in various types of stone: marble, granite and that interesting black glass featured on Day 8.
bsky.app/profile/stjo...
We have so many great examples of columns that frame the main text of a gravestone.
Obelisks and traditional headstones feature these in various types of stone: marble, granite and that interesting black glass featured on Day 8.
bsky.app/profile/stjo...
#31DaysOfGraves Day 27 #Tree
There's a huge Hawthorn full of red berries for the #Wildlife of St John's Graveyard.
It reaches out to the grave of Hannah Demain who died at 59 Regent Street, #Nelson, as if to offer her its fruit, or to shoo away the ivy that encroaches her resting place.
There's a huge Hawthorn full of red berries for the #Wildlife of St John's Graveyard.
It reaches out to the grave of Hannah Demain who died at 59 Regent Street, #Nelson, as if to offer her its fruit, or to shoo away the ivy that encroaches her resting place.
October 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 27 #Tree
There's a huge Hawthorn full of red berries for the #Wildlife of St John's Graveyard.
It reaches out to the grave of Hannah Demain who died at 59 Regent Street, #Nelson, as if to offer her its fruit, or to shoo away the ivy that encroaches her resting place.
There's a huge Hawthorn full of red berries for the #Wildlife of St John's Graveyard.
It reaches out to the grave of Hannah Demain who died at 59 Regent Street, #Nelson, as if to offer her its fruit, or to shoo away the ivy that encroaches her resting place.
#31DaysOfGraves Day 26 Figure (s)
Here're some figures:
There are 7000 graves and 17,000 people buried in St John's Church Graveyard.
When it in opened in 1848 the town was known as Little Marsden, Marsden and #GreatMarsden.
Each soul buried here part of the foundation of #Nelson, #Lancashire
Here're some figures:
There are 7000 graves and 17,000 people buried in St John's Church Graveyard.
When it in opened in 1848 the town was known as Little Marsden, Marsden and #GreatMarsden.
Each soul buried here part of the foundation of #Nelson, #Lancashire
October 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 26 Figure (s)
Here're some figures:
There are 7000 graves and 17,000 people buried in St John's Church Graveyard.
When it in opened in 1848 the town was known as Little Marsden, Marsden and #GreatMarsden.
Each soul buried here part of the foundation of #Nelson, #Lancashire
Here're some figures:
There are 7000 graves and 17,000 people buried in St John's Church Graveyard.
When it in opened in 1848 the town was known as Little Marsden, Marsden and #GreatMarsden.
Each soul buried here part of the foundation of #Nelson, #Lancashire
#31DaysOfGraves Day 25: Ornament (s)
With such an old #Graveyard closed to new burials you rarely see active remembrance with symbolic items and flowers.
But you do see #Nature and #Wildlife adorning the graves and the areas around them.
Holly, Butterflies, Mushrooms, Clover, Bees, Blackberries
With such an old #Graveyard closed to new burials you rarely see active remembrance with symbolic items and flowers.
But you do see #Nature and #Wildlife adorning the graves and the areas around them.
Holly, Butterflies, Mushrooms, Clover, Bees, Blackberries
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 25: Ornament (s)
With such an old #Graveyard closed to new burials you rarely see active remembrance with symbolic items and flowers.
But you do see #Nature and #Wildlife adorning the graves and the areas around them.
Holly, Butterflies, Mushrooms, Clover, Bees, Blackberries
With such an old #Graveyard closed to new burials you rarely see active remembrance with symbolic items and flowers.
But you do see #Nature and #Wildlife adorning the graves and the areas around them.
Holly, Butterflies, Mushrooms, Clover, Bees, Blackberries
#31DaysOfGraves Day24 Unique Animal
It's a #MillTown, no scorpions here, everything is very run-of-the-mill!
So I offer you The Chadwicks and their beautifully carved prize bull, at craggy Edge End, Marsden Heights.
And the grave of Henry Pullman Veterinary Surgeon, with it's riderless #Horse.
It's a #MillTown, no scorpions here, everything is very run-of-the-mill!
So I offer you The Chadwicks and their beautifully carved prize bull, at craggy Edge End, Marsden Heights.
And the grave of Henry Pullman Veterinary Surgeon, with it's riderless #Horse.
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day24 Unique Animal
It's a #MillTown, no scorpions here, everything is very run-of-the-mill!
So I offer you The Chadwicks and their beautifully carved prize bull, at craggy Edge End, Marsden Heights.
And the grave of Henry Pullman Veterinary Surgeon, with it's riderless #Horse.
It's a #MillTown, no scorpions here, everything is very run-of-the-mill!
So I offer you The Chadwicks and their beautifully carved prize bull, at craggy Edge End, Marsden Heights.
And the grave of Henry Pullman Veterinary Surgeon, with it's riderless #Horse.
This area of the graveyard is spongy and I couldn't get close enough between rain showers to move the brambles and take the pic when I was last there. But one of the other Friends of StJC called in today (a fine weather day) and caught this image, then consulted the records.
October 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This area of the graveyard is spongy and I couldn't get close enough between rain showers to move the brambles and take the pic when I was last there. But one of the other Friends of StJC called in today (a fine weather day) and caught this image, then consulted the records.
The inscription is IHR, similar to this image, of which also I have no idea of the denomination, I found it on an image search.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
October 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The inscription is IHR, similar to this image, of which also I have no idea of the denomination, I found it on an image search.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
#31DaysOfGraves Day 23: Cross
We have many crosses at St John's Graveyard #Nelson, but every visit I am drawn to this one.
I have no idea what kind of cross it is, nor the faith denomination, so if anyone has any ideas I would love to learn more?
The inscription at the base is inaccessible for now.
We have many crosses at St John's Graveyard #Nelson, but every visit I am drawn to this one.
I have no idea what kind of cross it is, nor the faith denomination, so if anyone has any ideas I would love to learn more?
The inscription at the base is inaccessible for now.
October 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 23: Cross
We have many crosses at St John's Graveyard #Nelson, but every visit I am drawn to this one.
I have no idea what kind of cross it is, nor the faith denomination, so if anyone has any ideas I would love to learn more?
The inscription at the base is inaccessible for now.
We have many crosses at St John's Graveyard #Nelson, but every visit I am drawn to this one.
I have no idea what kind of cross it is, nor the faith denomination, so if anyone has any ideas I would love to learn more?
The inscription at the base is inaccessible for now.
#31DaysOfGraves Day22 Landscape
Here, all our days are dominated by #PendleHill rising majestically from the #Landscape.
It inspires and dominates, affects our weather, relieves our woes.
And it's been here long before and will be here long after all of us.
I'd rest very peacefully with this view.
Here, all our days are dominated by #PendleHill rising majestically from the #Landscape.
It inspires and dominates, affects our weather, relieves our woes.
And it's been here long before and will be here long after all of us.
I'd rest very peacefully with this view.
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
#31DaysOfGraves Day22 Landscape
Here, all our days are dominated by #PendleHill rising majestically from the #Landscape.
It inspires and dominates, affects our weather, relieves our woes.
And it's been here long before and will be here long after all of us.
I'd rest very peacefully with this view.
Here, all our days are dominated by #PendleHill rising majestically from the #Landscape.
It inspires and dominates, affects our weather, relieves our woes.
And it's been here long before and will be here long after all of us.
I'd rest very peacefully with this view.