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Category: Victorians

The Hardy Tree

June 26, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

The Hardy Tree is a centuries-old ash tree surrounded by a radiating circle of densely-packed headstones. But why was it created?

Ye Olde Eco-Burial: The Trapdoor Coffin

November 4, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

In the 16th and 17th centuries, plenty of rural parishes in Scotland utilised a communal coffin of sorts called a ‘common mortkist’, ‘bier’ or ‘parish coffin’.

Big Surprises and Bigger Vaults at Laceby Cemetery

September 26, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

A village on the outskirts of Grimsby isn’t exactly the typical location for an enormous Norwegian funerary monument.

The Fertile Grave of Victor Noir

September 20, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

The frankly massive bulge in Noir’s trousers made his memorial a popular destination for women visiting Père Lachaise for over a century...

Nanette Stocker, the Smallest Woman in the Kingdom

August 29, 2021August 29, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Nanette (incorrectly recorded as ‘Nanetta’ on her stone) is a forgotten music hall star and little person who died with a huge following.

William Mackenzie’s Liverpool Pyramid

July 25, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

The idea of a hunched poker-playing corpse inside a pyramid has a undeniable more public appeal.

Window Shopping with Queen Victoria

March 20, 2021March 18, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Some of Queen Victoria’s mourning jewellery is going up for Auction on March 24th 2021 and if you can’t treat the catalogue as the ultimate window-shopping history lesson, then you’re missing a trick.

Louth Cemetery: Thinking Local

January 21, 2021February 5, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Louth Cemetery, servicing a small market town, holds as much awe and history as any city burial ground.

Legsby St Thomas: Beef Rolls and Busy Farmers

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Legsby St Thomas: A place for worship, farmers, locked chest mysteries and grave stories waiting to be told.

A Trip to Brompton Cemetery

December 26, 2020December 24, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 2 Comments

Brompton Cemetery is a sprawling necropolis, nestled in the busy – and terribly posh – London Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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