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Silverton Cemetery is in the desert near the ghost town. Silverton was established in the 1880s after miners came to the region seeking silver. Lead and zinc was also found in the region. Most miners moved on to the larger centre of Broken Hill nearby and Silverton gradually dwindled towards becoming a ghost town. It has been maintained as a tourist destination. Located in far western New South Wales in Australia.
Greenwood Cemetery open in 1869 after being converted from a farm, and covers 43 acres. It is on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. Benjamin Rush (a signer of the Declaration of Independence) lived on the farm in the late 1700s. Over the years, Greenwood's fortunes declined. The cemetery became a target for vandalism and many headstones were toppled and broken. Maintenance became sporadic and vegetation began to consume the cemetery. Only the front third of the cemetery is cleared enough to walk through unimpeded. The rear of the cemetery has reverted to forest with trees springing up through the middle of graves. It is not an unusual sight to see a headstone pinioned between two trees. The Knights of Pythias, upset over conditions at Greenwood, tried unsuccessfully to have their name removed from the cemetery. The court has appointed Gloria Boyd & Kevin Lynch custodians of the cemetery on a temporary basis. They are in charge of getting the grounds in repair and arranging burials. The decision on a permanent owner will be at a later date.
Troodos Military Cemetery is located on a steep rocky hillside on the B9 Nicosia to Troodos road about 1ml before the top of Troodos
Description: Comb grave of Martha Smith in Cub Cemetery, Overton Co., Tenn.
Date: August 12, 2012
Creator: Dr. Richard Finch
Collection name: Richard C. Finch Folk Graves Digital Photograph Collection
Historical note: Comb graves are a type of covered grave that are often called "tent graves." The length of the grave was covered by rocks or other materials that look like the gabled roof or comb of a building. They were popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is conjectured that these graves were covered to protect them from either weather or animals, or perhaps both. While comb graves can be found in other southern states, the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee has the highest concentration of these types of graves.
Accession number: 2013-022
Owning Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#: Crawford Q - Cub Cem 1997 F.A.T.A.L
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Plot 55a: Elizabeth Gardiner Mack (21) 1908 – at Auckland Hospital
In
Loving
Memory
of
ELIZABETH GARDINER MACK
who died 6 Oct. 1908
aged 22 years.
Rest on dear child.
Erected by her loving mother.
DEATHS.
MACK. On October 6th, at the Auckland Hospital, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Thomas and Barbara Mack, of Helensville; aged 21 years.
Bonaventure Cemetery is a semi-rural cemetery located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, east of Savannah, Georgia.
The cemetery became famous when it was featured in the 1994 novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, and in the movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, based on the book. It is the largest of the city's municipal cemeteries, containing nearly 160 acres (0.65 km2).
The cemetery is located on the site of a plantation originally owned by John Mullryne. On March 10, 1846, Commodore Josiah Tattnall, Jr., sold the 600-acre (2.4 km2) Bonaventure Plantation and its private cemetery to Peter Wiltberger. Major William H. Wiltberger, the son of Peter, formed the Evergreen Cemetery Company on June 12, 1868. On July 7, 1907 the City of Savannah purchased the Evergreen Cemetery Company, making the cemetery public and changing the name to Bonaventure Cemetery.
My life closed twice before its close;
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me,
So huge, so hopeless to conceive,
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.
-Emily Dickinson
taken when on holidays in november. berrima cemetery.
Greenwood Cemetery is an old, 19th century burial ground just north of downtown Dallas.
A close-up of one of the older of those four headstones shows the lichens growing all over it.
Abbey Cemetery, officially the Cemetery of St. Peter and St Paul, was laid out by John Claudius London in 1843. The chapel at the top was designed by G.P. Manners in the then fashionable Norman Revival architectural style.
RICHARD HATT
HE BUILT THE FIRST MILLS
IN DUNDAS.
THIS STONE WAS RESCUED,
PLACED HERE, AND REDEDICATED
JULY 9, 1967, BY
THE DUNDAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
AND THE TOWN.
ORIGINAL BURIAL PLACE UNKNOWN.
This set is from a model shoot at the Evergreen Cemetery near downtown Riverside. It only lasted 4 hours but I was so exhausted afterwards. The models were fantastic and I managed to get some interesting shots.
A favourite haunt of mine in our locality, Thorpe Hamlet, is The Rosary, the first non-denominational cemetery in the country. Founded in 1821 it is not just a repository for the dead, but a haven for wildlife, too, and, of course, a place that encourages reflection. Amongst all the headstones, though, it is the scattering of war graves, the spare cleanness of their Portland stone that catches the eye, and gives most pause for thought, the simple inscriptions ... Radio Operator/Air Gunner Died 1940 Aged 21 years ... speaking a tragic waste.
The pastors plot section is off the main drive on the first road on the right half way down on the left. You can see the brick from the drive.
Fixing up the Cemetery at Fort Fillmore, south of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Early settlers of the Mesilla Valley, as well as soldiers from the Civil War are buried here.
The frost over the last couple of days has been pretty amazing. After popping in to D&A to get my glasses fixed popped into Lansdown Cemetery. The weeping angel always draws my attention. Would like to have stayed longer but had to get back to the office.
This is in Walker County, Alabama
PVT ALFRED L BROOKS
CO G
8 ALA INF
CSA
JUN 17 1832
APR 13 1914
(Private Alfred L Brooks, Company G, 8th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army).
The symbol at the top is the Southern Cross of Honor, meaning he served honorably in the Civil war as a Confederate soldier.
These simple stones are issued by the VA office, typically requested by the family of the vet and given for free, I believe.