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These photos were from a visit to Highgate Cemetery a few years ago with a fellow Flickrite - P2wy
Don't think I ever even shared these with anyone!
Armley Hill Top Cemetery taken in the early 1900s. The cemetery on Green Hill Road was opened by Ephraim Barnsbee Esq., Chairman of Armley Burial Board, on 30th August 1887. The cost of the land was ÂŁ2,963 and the buildings ÂŁ2,780. The Chapel was built in 1886 and is Grade II listed, It was designed by J.P. Pritchett in the Gothic Revival Style.
Alviso Children's Gravestone (1852)
Cemetery
Mission San José
43300 Mission Blvd.
Fremont, Alameda
© Matthew X. Kiernan
NYBAI19-2859
Metairie Cemetery in the New Orleans area (it's about a minute off I-10 and about ten minutes from downtown) is a large cemetery where many notable folks are buried.
Among the people who chose this cemetery to be their final resting place are jazz musician Louis Prima, Civil War generals P.G.T. Beauregard (and his daughter) and John Bell Hood, Jim Garrison (the only lawyer to bring a case to trial in the assassination of President Kennedy; Kevin Costner played him in the movie JFK), Hall of Fame baseball player Mel Ott, local politician deLesseps (Chep) Morrison, and others.
Jefferson Davis was also originally interred here (where the Louisiana soldier monument now stands), though he was later moved to Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
Huston Cemetery
West Des Moines, Iowa.
Not to far from Jordan Creek mall.
James Huston was the 1st attorney in Dallas county. Him and his family were some of the 1st settlers in what is now Dallas county.
Most of the people buried here are members of the Huston family. 2 of the girls buried here died where slave girls who died on the underground railroad.
Francis J.
Wife of
E.W. Bolton
Born Aug. 11, 1837
Died June 1, 1884
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Infant Dau. of
E.W. & F.J. Bolton
Born & Died
June 1, 1884
Race/Catlett Cemetery, Richrdson, Collin Co., TX
Greenwood Cemetery
Canon City, Colorado
Listed 9/4/2013
Reference Number: 13000661
Greenwood Cemetery is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its association with Canon City's Exploration/Settlement and early Social History. The cemetery is also eligible for listing under Criterion C for its representative collection of funerary Art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Criteria Consideration D applies as the resource derives its primary significance from its association with settlement, social history, and funerary art as defined by Criteria A and C since the founding of the community. Greenwood Cemetery is the final resting place for some of Canon City's earliest and most influential settlers, including those involved in shaping the local economy, politics and culture. With miners, politicians, prisoners, religious leaders, socialites, fraternal members, veterans and business people interred within the grounds, the individuals and families buried in Greenwood represent a cross-section of early of Canon City development and society. Greenwood cemetery also contains significant examples of funerary art that embody the prevalent aesthetic characteristics of traditional funerary design during the period of significance, which often also reflect each individuals' fraternal associations, spiritual beliefs, military service and social position. Documentation and interpretation of these important aspects of Greenwood Cemetery can provide further contextual understanding of the early development of Canon City.
National Register of Historic Places Homepage
Chewton Cemetery, a small old gold mining town located just outside Castlemaine, a large country cemetry in a bush setting.
Jewish Cemetery Nordlingen
Gravestones.
Nordlingen, Germany
Bayern (Bavaria)
N48 50.917
E10 28.631
JCEAA ID: C080336
25 December 2008
Juedischer Friedhof Nordlingen
Emigrants from these villages were some of the founders and earliest attendees of Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Catholic Russian Orthodox Church, in South Philadelphia.
I took photos of many gravestones in each cemetery but did not upload them; please inquire if you're looking for a photo of a particular stone.
Contact robwanenchak@gmail.com for licensing or use.
The Burying Point Cemetery, also known as Charter Street Cemetery, is the oldest cemetery in Salem and the second oldest recorded cemetery in the United States. The Salem Witch Trials Memorial is located right next to the cemetery.
Nearly didn't spot this one and couldn't get any closer as shooting through railings, but I suspect it would have legged it I had.
Grave of Jennie M. Cornwell, d. 1962 and Herbert I. Cornwell, d. 1900, Miner Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut
Grave of Daniel Richter, d. 1911, Catharine Smith Richter, d. 1888 and Charlotte E. Hunter Richter, d. 1888, Miner Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut
This cemetery angel standing alone is missing a hand. I don't know why so many angels in Victorian cemeteries today are missing hands.