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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.
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.
Holt Cemetery is one of a number of potter's fields in New Orleans that serve the poor/indigent community. (Sadly, that means the majority buried in these cemeteries are Black.). Of the potter's cemeteries, most are defunct or closed to new burials.
Holt Cemetery was officially founded in 1879. As those interred here were from poor backgrounds, very few (almost none) have above ground tombs, many don't have markers, and almost all are in a state of disrepair. The burials tend not to be deep, so during heavy rains and flooding, it's possible to even see human remains afterward.
There are reports that Voodoo and Santeria are performed at this cemetery. Ghost hunters are also known to come haunt the cemetery (though I can't say the same for ghosts), and there are frequent reports of grave robbing.
Of the headstones, you'll find a few who are actually former soldiers and have a standard headstone that you'd find in any national cemetery. You'll also see graves marked and delineated by families with PVC pipe or wood. Some of the grave markers are simple stones that look like they've been inscribed with a nail or something similar.
There are a handful of early (pre-Louis Armstrong) blues and jazz musicians who were buried in unmarked graves here, the most notable of whom is Buddy Bolden, whose marker is pictured here. Robert Charles, the center of a 1900 race riot was once interred here, though was subsequently dug up and incinerated. Four of the thirty-two victims of the 1973 Upstairs Lounge (a gay bar) arson attack were buried in a mass grave here.
This cemetery, located on City Park Avenue (directly behind Delgado Community College) is definitely worth a visit simply because it presents a different side of burial culture in New Orleans. It's visually arresting and sad, amplified by the neglect of the graves of those buried here.
A huge cemetery in the middle of the city, ranging from modern graves to ivy-covered long-forgotten tombstones. None of it is older than the mid 1800s, and although the more recent areas are well tended the neglected, overgrown sections seem to be a wonderful wildlife haven - I've never heard so much birdsong in Edinburgh!
The cemetery has been created in 1673, following a part of the land's purchase at the border of the Letzbach.
This land has been sold in the 9th of January 1673 to Achille of Barenfels, Hégenheim's lord.
The israelit community spent 77 pounds and 10 schillings for this land. The lord of Hégenheim also put a tax on the interment, which was one florin per adults, half a florin per teen and a quarter of florin per child.
This cemetery then took a big place in the city, with the israelit community's members of the neighboor cities wanting to be buried there.
Source : www.lieux-insolites.fr/alsace/hegenheim/hegenheim.htm ©
Mausoleum door (detail).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Montmartre Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Montmartre) is a famous cemetery located at 37 Avenue Samson, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the shutting down of the Cimetière des Innocents in 1786, as they presented health hazards. Several new cemeteries replaced all the Parisian ones, outside the precincts of the capital, in the early 19th century: Montmartre in the north, Père Lachaise Cemetery in the east, Passy Cemetery in the west and Montparnasse Cemetery in the south.
Located west of the Butte, near the beginning of Rue Caulaincourt in Place Clichy, the cemetery in the Montmartre quarter of Paris is built below street level in the hollow of an old quarry with its entrance on Avenue Rachel under Rue Caulaincourt. The cemetery epitomizes the artsy, quixotic, gentle, almost whimsical Paris that every romantic visitor secretly cherishes.
A popular tourist destination, it is the final resting place for many famous artists who lived and worked in the Montmartre area.
The largest Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War in France containing over 4000 war burials.
My friends and I visited the cemetery to show our respects to the brave soldiers killed in the Second World War. Without their sacrifice we would not enjoy the life we lead today.
A very humbling experience.
"Here lyes Mrs. Dorcas wife of ye Rev.nd Mr. Joseph Moss age 30 years
Dec.d Sept:r 2d 1715"
The second Mrs. Moss?
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.
Brompton Cemetery is located near Earl's Court in West London, England (postal districts SW5 and SW10), in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is managed by The Royal Parks, and is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries. Established by Act of Parliament, it opened in 1840 and was originally known as the West of London and Westminster Cemetery.
The most beautiful cemetery I have ever been in. NOTE - This image is not public domain, it belong to me and is not to be used in any way without my permission.
EVANS, Evan. (M.M.) Lance Corporal 3419 Post Office Rifles, London Regiment died of wounds in France 24th September 1916 aged 21. He was the son of Evan and Lucy Ann of 7, Owen Road, Wolverhampton. He is commemorated on his parents memorial at Merridale Cemetery, Wolverhampton, and is at rest in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
St Marys Cemetery Brussels IL. Tombstone for the deceased children of M. andE. Gleeson: Dennis,Martin,Marvin and Michael.
Visit to Emmanuel Church Cemetery, near Sutton, Nebraska
4 August 2010
Photographs by Michael M. Miller
Located to the south of Regent Road in Edinburgh, to the east of the Canongate kirkyard, is the New Calton Burial Ground. Opened in 1820, this cemetery was created in part to re-inter the remains which had been excavated from Old Calton Burial Ground to permit the building of Waterloo Place. It includes some early 18th Century monuments which had been brought from lost sections of the old cemetery and a watch-tower to guard against the theft of bodies for anatomical classes, a popular practice at the time. Notable residents include architect David Bryce (1803-76).