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"Nunhead Cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London, England. It is perhaps the least famous and celebrated of them. The cemetery is located in the Nunhead area of southern London and was originally known as All Saints' Cemetery. Nunhead Cemetery was consecrated in 1840 and opened by the London Necropolis Company. It is a Local Nature Reserve.
"Consecrated in 1840, with an Anglican chapel designed by Thomas Little, it is one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian cemeteries established in a ring around what were then the outskirts of London. The first burial was of Charles Abbott, a 101-year-old Ipswich grocer; the last burial was of a volunteer soldier who became a canon of Lahore Cathedral. The first grave in Nunhead was dug in October 1840. The average annual number of burials there over the last ten years, has been 1685: 1350 in the consecrated, and 335 in the unconsecrated ground.
"In the cemetery were reinterred remains removed, in 1867 and 1933, from the site of the demolished St Christopher le Stocks church in the City of London.
"The cemetery contains examples of the imposing monuments to the most eminent citizens of the day, which contrast sharply with the small, simple headstones marking common or public burials. By the middle of the 20th century the cemetery was nearly full, and so was abandoned by the United Cemetery Company. With the ensuing neglect, the cemetery gradually changed from lawn to meadow and eventually to woodland. It is now a Local Nature Reserve and Site of Metropolitan Importance for wildlife, populated with songbirds, woodpeckers and tawny owls. A lack of care and cash surrendered the graves to the ravages of nature and vandalism, but in the early 1980s the Friends of Nunhead Cemetery were formed to renovate and protect the cemetery.
"The cemetery was reopened in May 2001 after an extensive restoration project funded by Southwark Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Fifty memorials were restored along with the Anglican Chapel."
Source: Wikipedia
"Nunhead Cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London, England. It is perhaps the least famous and celebrated of them. The cemetery is located in the Nunhead area of southern London and was originally known as All Saints' Cemetery. Nunhead Cemetery was consecrated in 1840 and opened by the London Necropolis Company. It is a Local Nature Reserve.
"Consecrated in 1840, with an Anglican chapel designed by Thomas Little, it is one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian cemeteries established in a ring around what were then the outskirts of London. The first burial was of Charles Abbott, a 101-year-old Ipswich grocer; the last burial was of a volunteer soldier who became a canon of Lahore Cathedral. The first grave in Nunhead was dug in October 1840. The average annual number of burials there over the last ten years, has been 1685: 1350 in the consecrated, and 335 in the unconsecrated ground.
"In the cemetery were reinterred remains removed, in 1867 and 1933, from the site of the demolished St Christopher le Stocks church in the City of London.
"The cemetery contains examples of the imposing monuments to the most eminent citizens of the day, which contrast sharply with the small, simple headstones marking common or public burials. By the middle of the 20th century the cemetery was nearly full, and so was abandoned by the United Cemetery Company. With the ensuing neglect, the cemetery gradually changed from lawn to meadow and eventually to woodland. It is now a Local Nature Reserve and Site of Metropolitan Importance for wildlife, populated with songbirds, woodpeckers and tawny owls. A lack of care and cash surrendered the graves to the ravages of nature and vandalism, but in the early 1980s the Friends of Nunhead Cemetery were formed to renovate and protect the cemetery.
"The cemetery was reopened in May 2001 after an extensive restoration project funded by Southwark Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Fifty memorials were restored along with the Anglican Chapel."
Source: Wikipedia
After the walk up Solihull Lane and Streetsbrook Road in Shirley, came back via Olton Road and back into Hall Green along the Stratford Road.
It is the VE Day 75 Bank Holiday Weekend on lockdown.
Plenty of Union Jack flags and bunting out and about.
Union Jack bunting at Gracewell Court
Taken yesterday (with the wide angle lens) on the way home, we made a slight detour to the Upper Terrace Road car park
06.05.2013
...the next layer of this chap. I've already printed a first layer of orange, the next one will be a darker orangey-red.
Saturday/Sunday, 4th/5th June 2011. Murphys and CXSW Cork X Southwest music and arts festival in Liss Ard Estate, Skibbereen, West Cork. Picture: aidanoliver photography
A tradtional May Day street fair, held annually in the village of Downton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire
03.05.2014
A lockdown daily walk around part of Shirley. Headed down Solihull Lane, Hall Green onto Streetsbrook Road then down Olton Road back to Stratford Road.
Plenty of bunting and Union Jack's out for the VE Day 75 Bank Holiday Weekend.
This was on Olton Road.
VE Day 75 Bank Holiday Weekend - Union Jack bunting and flags.
Seen on a daily walk on lockdown down Streetsbrook Road in Shirley (before going up Olton Road to the Stratford Road).
Most people who celebrated VE Day's 75th Anniversary had to do it at home.
VE Day 75 Bank Holiday Weekend.
Daily walk on a warm Saturday afternoon.
Shirley Road, Hall Green.
Union Jack hanging out of a window.
Tully Church lies in Laughanstown (variously spelled Lehaunestown, Lehaunstown); it is located in South Dublin, 500 m south-southeast of Laughanston Luas stop (Green Line).
The original church structure dates to the 6th–9th centuries AD. One ancient name is Telach-na-nun ecspop (Tullow of the bishops) and it must have been an important venue if bishops met there. There is a legend that seven bishops started out from there to visit St Brigid at Kildare. Elsewhere these bishops are mentioned as the "Seven Bishops of Cabinteely" (Alice Curtayne, Saint Brigid of Ireland)
In 1179 the Church was granted to the Priory of The Holy Spirit.
The chancel, which is wider than the nave, was added in the late 12th or early 13th century by the Normans. The unusually larger chancel was added to the nave during the early 13th century and has a rounded arch and two rounded headed east windows. The nave dates to the 13th century.
The church was in use up to about 1615. It came under the authority of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin who supplied clergy to keep it going. It was reported to be in good condition when inspected in 1615, but according to a report in 1630 had been badly damaged in recent storms. After that it was abandoned and fell into ruin.
The cross by the roadside is set upon a plinth and is dedicated to James Crehan (Grehan) who apparently saved the Cross from being discarded when the level of the road was being adjusted in the late 1800s. The plinth replicates the soil removed leaving the Cross standing at its original height. There are a set of worn steps on one side of the plinth which allows one to climb up and view the Cross closely.
There is a second cross in the field opposite Tully Church and this can be accessed via a low wooden fence [has been blocked]. This cross dates from the 12th century and is also reputed to be dedicated to St Brigit.
Saturday/Sunday, 4th/5th June 2011. Murphys and CXSW Cork X Southwest music and arts festival in Liss Ard Estate, Skibbereen, West Cork. Picture: aidanoliver photography
I am having issues switching to a MBP for my work.
The MBP has a crap keyboard. The mouse is equally poor. No nipple. No 2nd or 3rd mouse buttons which are required for a real Unix user. :)
The MBP is not as quiet and cool as the X40. Basically it's not a LAP-top IMO.
Saturday/Sunday, 4th/5th June 2011. Murphys and CXSW Cork X Southwest music and arts festival in Liss Ard Estate, Skibbereen, West Cork. Picture: aidanoliver photography
Inspired by Nicolas Valentin's wonderful 'Priceless' shot. Unfortunately taking a photo left handed while keeping the line tight from snagging on a multitude of roots meant that it is far from the quality of his stunning shot.
This is a picture of the churchyard in St Nicholas' Church in Bradfield where William Horsfield is buried. He was the man who discovered the crack in the embankment of the Dale Dike Reservoir at the time of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864. (Not to be confused with the floods that have been sweeping the UK - Sheffield included - in 2007!). You can find more details about the 1864 flood by following the links on Mick Armitage's website.
william horsfield
of thompson house bradfield dale
who departed this life jany 1st 1881
aged 65 years
the hour of my departure's come
i hear the voice that calls me home
at last o lord let troubles cease
and let thy servant die in peace
Heritage steam ship moored at Poole Quay... in the area ready for the Air Festival later on this week
Poole 25.08.2014
VE Day 75 Bank Holiday Weekend - Union Jack bunting and flags.
Seen on a daily walk on lockdown down Streetsbrook Road in Shirley (before going up Olton Road to the Stratford Road).
Most people who celebrated VE Day's 75th Anniversary had to do it at home.
Tully Church lies in Laughanstown (variously spelled Lehaunestown, Lehaunstown); it is located in South Dublin, 500 m south-southeast of Laughanston Luas stop (Green Line).
The original church structure dates to the 6th–9th centuries AD. One ancient name is Telach-na-nun ecspop (Tullow of the bishops) and it must have been an important venue if bishops met there. There is a legend that seven bishops started out from there to visit St Brigid at Kildare. Elsewhere these bishops are mentioned as the "Seven Bishops of Cabinteely" (Alice Curtayne, Saint Brigid of Ireland)
In 1179 the Church was granted to the Priory of The Holy Spirit.
The chancel, which is wider than the nave, was added in the late 12th or early 13th century by the Normans. The unusually larger chancel was added to the nave during the early 13th century and has a rounded arch and two rounded headed east windows. The nave dates to the 13th century.
The church was in use up to about 1615. It came under the authority of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin who supplied clergy to keep it going. It was reported to be in good condition when inspected in 1615, but according to a report in 1630 had been badly damaged in recent storms. After that it was abandoned and fell into ruin.
The cross by the roadside is set upon a plinth and is dedicated to James Crehan (Grehan) who apparently saved the Cross from being discarded when the level of the road was being adjusted in the late 1800s. The plinth replicates the soil removed leaving the Cross standing at its original height. There are a set of worn steps on one side of the plinth which allows one to climb up and view the Cross closely.
There is a second cross in the field opposite Tully Church and this can be accessed via a low wooden fence [has been blocked]. This cross dates from the 12th century and is also reputed to be dedicated to St Brigit.
This one had been standing in his little puddle since the tide was last in that morning. It didn't take him long to get in the sea.
"Nunhead Cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London, England. It is perhaps the least famous and celebrated of them. The cemetery is located in the Nunhead area of southern London and was originally known as All Saints' Cemetery. Nunhead Cemetery was consecrated in 1840 and opened by the London Necropolis Company. It is a Local Nature Reserve.
"Consecrated in 1840, with an Anglican chapel designed by Thomas Little, it is one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian cemeteries established in a ring around what were then the outskirts of London. The first burial was of Charles Abbott, a 101-year-old Ipswich grocer; the last burial was of a volunteer soldier who became a canon of Lahore Cathedral. The first grave in Nunhead was dug in October 1840. The average annual number of burials there over the last ten years, has been 1685: 1350 in the consecrated, and 335 in the unconsecrated ground.
"In the cemetery were reinterred remains removed, in 1867 and 1933, from the site of the demolished St Christopher le Stocks church in the City of London.
"The cemetery contains examples of the imposing monuments to the most eminent citizens of the day, which contrast sharply with the small, simple headstones marking common or public burials. By the middle of the 20th century the cemetery was nearly full, and so was abandoned by the United Cemetery Company. With the ensuing neglect, the cemetery gradually changed from lawn to meadow and eventually to woodland. It is now a Local Nature Reserve and Site of Metropolitan Importance for wildlife, populated with songbirds, woodpeckers and tawny owls. A lack of care and cash surrendered the graves to the ravages of nature and vandalism, but in the early 1980s the Friends of Nunhead Cemetery were formed to renovate and protect the cemetery.
"The cemetery was reopened in May 2001 after an extensive restoration project funded by Southwark Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Fifty memorials were restored along with the Anglican Chapel."
Source: Wikipedia
Saturday/Sunday, 4th/5th June 2011. Murphys and CXSW Cork X Southwest music and arts festival in Liss Ard Estate, Skibbereen, West Cork. Picture: aidanoliver photography
Lovely and sunny today for the bank holiday weekend. Quite a few people about but not overcrowded and plenty of fresh air.
30.05.2021
Happy Bank Holiday Weekend everyone (and happy weekend to my overseas friends). Marley wants to wish all my contacts a fabulous time.
Please note: No cat was harmed in the making of this image - Marley was just caught in a yawn!
Saturday/Sunday, 4th/5th June 2011. Murphys and CXSW Cork X Southwest music and arts festival in Liss Ard Estate, Skibbereen, West Cork. Picture: aidanoliver photography
The sound of hoofbeats cross the glade,
Good folk, lock up your son and daughter!
Beware the deadly flashing blade,
Unless you want to end up slaughtered!
Blackadder! Blackadder!
He rides a pitch black steed!
Blackadder! Blackadder!
He's very bad indeed!
Black! His gloves of finest mole!
Black! His codpiece made of metal!
His horse is blacker than a vole!
His pot is blacker than his kettle!
Blackadder! Blackadder!
With many a cunning plan!
Blackadder! Blackadder!
You Horrid little man!