life, death, and the weird bits in-between
The dead are everywhere. You can’t avoid them. Under city buildings and railway lines, gardens and churches. As centuries pass, memorials are removed, with the land re-used for new purposes, the graves rarely rediscovered, let alone re-marked. However, what of those too poor to ever have their own headstone, or even their own grave? Pits... Continue Reading →
According to local legend, the Tom Thumb of Tattershall measured just over 18 inches tall and had reached the grand old age of 101 upon his death in 1620.
I don’t know about you, but when I think about Methodism, the first thing that springs to mind is a horse skeleton.
In 1971, two young boys were digging in the back garden of their family home in Hexham. Deep in the soil, they unearthed two small stone, carved heads which they immediately brought into the house...
Heard the one about the boy who skipped church and summoned the Devil?
Fire Constable Arthur Wale lost his life aged 46 in the Derham Boot Factory fire of 1906...
Annie Fairlamb Mellon was one of the UK’s greatest materialisation mediums and is so rarely celebrated for her weird and wonderful claims.
"Killed by a Coffin at Kensal Green Cemetery..."
Greenbank is a large Victorian Garden cemetery, but like so many others, has suffered from years of neglect.
As we adapt to our new, restricted lifestyles, we find ourselves altering the way we connect with our wider community.
Burials & Beyond 