British Gravestones (Nineteenth Century Or Earlier)
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A random capture in the churchyard , taken just before finding the Silent Tommy silhouette and it's shadow . . The path I thought made a good lead into the churchyard , at first I was dismayed to see the person walk into the shot but on second thoughts I think the person being there helps . The colours were not too bad but opted for mono in the end .
Gravity will finally pull these gravestones down. Memory may already have faded or gone completely. Living memory stretches back to the grandparents' generation and, if we are lucky, to that of the great-grandparents. Stone or not. Let them fall gently and, like memory itself, drift into oblivion. Helios 44M-7 at F2; churchyard of St Leonard's, Flamstead, Hertfordshire.
George W. Dowell
Dec. 26 1854 - Aug. 8 1931
Mattie E. Wilson
wife of
George W. Dowell
June 27, 1866 - Oct. 4, 1916
Thou shalt compass me about
with songs of deliverance.
Family gravestone at Kingsmills Presbyterian Church, Co Armagh.
The inscription reads:
"Erected by
James Meeke Adams of Lisadian
in memory of
his Father John Adams Died 14th July 1912
his Mother Mary Ann Died xx July 1942
Sister Jane Died 8th Oct 1934 at Auckland NZ
also his cousin Elizabeth
Died 7tg Sept 1937 at Crumlin
his sister Annie Died 17th Feb 1966
and the above
James Meeke Adams Died 22nd Feb 1986"
Whilst there was a graveyard within the church grounds, these two gravestones were alone in a secluded corner, unkempt. The inscriptions were too worn to be read.
Lots of old gravestones in the general cemetery in Nottingham. The markings on this one were feint almost like a tracing...
Fallen gravestones at the early Irish monastic site of Glendalough, with the 11th Century round tower in the background (round towers are unique to Ireland).
Skull and crossbone gravestone at Dunfermline Abbey, Scotland.
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this church was full of birdpoo. for some reason someone opened the ground and found a grave... but for another reason the interest disappeard and the church was left to rot with human bones on the gravestone.
Not many to be found like this, fewer still standing up. Our local cemetery is badly vandalized in many areas.
This is a game I saw today , four squirrels playing in the churchyard but could only get two in shot at one time . Sorry for quality as I am at full zoom plus crop and using a really old P&S pocket camera I have not used for a long time but could not let this image go .
These gravestones are in the graveyard at the church in Heptonstall in Yorkshire.Heptonstall's original church was dedicated to St Thomas a Becket. It was founded c.1260, and was altered and added to over several centuries. The church was damaged by a gale in 1847, and is now only a shell. A new church, St Thomas the Apostle, was built in the same churchyard.
Image captured using a Minolta MC ROKKOR-PG 50mm 1.4
St. Laurentii Church / Föhr, North Frisian Islands, North Sea
The Talking Gravestones (German: Sprechende Grabsteine) of Föhr, also known as the Story-telling Gravestones (Erzählende Grabsteine), are historic artifacts on the German island of Föhr. They can be found in the cemeteries of St. Laurentii church in Süderende (54.7163°N 8.4352°E), St. Johannes church in Nieblum (54.6934°N 8.4911°E), and St. Nikolai church in Boldixum (54.6958°N 8.5504°E), which is now a district of Wyk auf Föhr. Similar objects are known from the neighbour island of Amrum.[1] All such headstones made until 1870 are designated cultural heritage monuments.[2] Their inscriptions tell the biographies of the deceased including their private and professional lives, extraordinary events, and honorary appointments.