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Tag: Headstones

A Trip to Avebury Church: Henge Not Included

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Sitting in the metaphorical shadow of Avebury’s mystical stone circle is the little modest structure of St James' Church.

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.

Cleethorpes Cemetery: Seafarers and Odd Fellows

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Sitting in 31 acres, just off Beacon Avenue, Cleethorpes Cemetery opened in 1877 and is one of four cemeteries serving the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area.

Collection Feature: Rev. Timothy Carey

May 1, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

This week, with the help of some wonderful WWI archive websites, I hope to share a little of the life of the Reverend Timothy Carey.

Stacked Headstones and Forgotten Burials : St Mary’s Old Cemetery, Louth

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 2 Comments

Nestled between a small car park and a bridge over the river Lud, sits an old, sparse burial ground, dating back to the 13th Century.

Poppyland – Churchyard Treats in the Heart of Norfolk

July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

When travelling through the Norfolk countryside, if you were to stop at every church you passed, you’d be forced to invest in property and inform your family of your permeant change of residence. In short, it would take an age.

Quaker Burial Grounds and City Centre Hermits

June 1, 2019 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 2 Comments

Beside the towering shadow of Bristol’s St Mary Redcliffe church, sits an unassuming patch of grass, surrounded by trees and overlooked by an impressively unchanged 1980s bar.

Warstone Lane – Birmingham’s Hidden Catacombs

March 16, 2018May 7, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 5 Comments

Hidden catacombs, purifying businessmen, sinking graves and a stone family tree... must be Birmingham!

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