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drtobydriver.bsky.social
#TombTuesday 🥳 At the majestic Coetan Arthur #Neolithic chambered tomb on St David's Head, #Pembrokeshire in October 2022, among springs & outcrops.

Looking forward to returning this week. 📷 October 2022
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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dredhenderson.bsky.social
Late sixteenth-century altar tomb with effigies of Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (1495–1568) and his two wives in the Wharton chapel of the Parish Church of Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria.
#TombTuesday
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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johnevigar.bsky.social
St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. Fantastic grave marker to someone called Silus, probably 6th century.
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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byekitty.bsky.social
should probably have used this to publicise the fact that I could really do with a bit of volunteer help on these (digitised) letters! collections.sal.org.uk/san.19.02

can promise you that 1. it's pretty straighforward and 2. one of them contains a very cute drawing. DMs are open
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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stitchingstephanie.bsky.social
Portrait of Victorian mourning for Jane P. Ard Wright (1877-1898). Her die-in-socket headstone was a prevalent style for the late 1800s. The bas-relief Lily of the Valley carving (also popular) symbolizes innocence, purity, & humility. To be memorialized as both dau. & wife suggests recent marriage.
The monument is a marble "die in socket" headstone, a very common style for the late 19th century. The stone has weathered significantly, showing the characteristic graying and biological growth (lichen and mold) that creates that high-contrast, darkened patina over the white marble. The base appears sturdy, supporting the upright tablet, which features a decorative, arched top (tympanum). The bas-relief carving at the top is a showstopper Lily of the Valley bouquet tied with a ribbon around the stems. Jane P. Daughter of J. T. & S. C. Ard Wife of W. W. Wright June 10, 1877 May 25, 1898 The dates tell the saddest part of the story. Jane was born in the Reconstruction Era South and died just two weeks before her 21st birthday. To be memorialized as both a daughter and a wife suggests she had likely married recently but passed before establishing a long matriarchy of her own. It’s a poignant snapshot of a life ending right on the cusp of adulthood. Peeking in the background, you can see the rusted iron fencing—likely a family plot enclosure—which frames the stone beautifully and adds to the atmospheric, historic cemetery aesthetic.
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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listerlanecem.bsky.social
Remembering former Halifax innkeeper John Robinson, who died on this day in 1865 at the age of 47. John was landlord of the Pine Apple Inn, North Bridge, Halifax.
The image shows a close-up of a weathered Victorian headstone at Lister Lane Cemetery. The headstone marks the burial place of members of the Robinson family. The inscription reads: In memory of Mary Hannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Robinson, of Halifax, who died 7th December, 1847, aged 14 weeks. Also, Hannah Elizabeth, their daugher who died 15th May, 1849, aged 9 weeks. Also, James Fletcher, their son, who died 5th March, 1863, aged 1 year and 11 months. Also, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of the above named John Robinson, who died 3rd February, 1864, aged 46 years. Also of the above named John Robinson, who died 8th December, 1865, aged 47 years. Also of John Henry, son of the above, who died 12th August 1877, aged 34 years.
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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chriswoodyard.bsky.social
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
Embossed mourning card for Ellen Butler, who died in 1900 framed in an elaborate mat of embossed angels, weeping willows, and a broken pillar, with silver highlights.
Found on Pinterest with no further attribution.
Black, silver, and white embossed image of a broken pillar flanked by two angels with silver wings and weeping willow trees. The angels frame a cream-paper embossed mourning card. The whole in a gold frame. Embossed paper mourning card for Ellen Butler, 1900, which includes a mournful poem.
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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medievalists.bsky.social
Medieval Cemetery Unearthed in Denmark Reveals Over 50 Skeletons www.medievalists.net/2025/12/medi... #archaeology #Denmark
Medieval Cemetery Unearthed in Denmark Reveals Over 50 Skeletons - Medievalists.net
Archaeologists in Aarhus, Denmark, have uncovered more than 50 skeletons in a medieval cemetery linked to St. Oluf’s Church, offering rare insight into the city’s transition from the Viking Age to…
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December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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barbdrummond.bsky.social
#MemorialMonday #Kemmerton
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social
St Michael, Ledbury.

John Hamilton, the beloved infant son of John Martin and Maria Henrietta, his wife.
Born April 23rd, 1850. Died March 18th, 1851.

Sculpture by John & Mary Thornycroft, featured at the Great Exhibition in 1851.

#adventangels #monumentsmonday
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
churchmonuments.bsky.social
Also Wayne Hart's fascinating exploration of the craft of handcutting inscriptions www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-4E...
Hands holding mallet and chisel and cutting lettering into stone
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
churchmonuments.bsky.social
It's Advent, we should be thinking about the Four Last Things - and now you can revisit Cóilín Ó Drisceoil's All Hallows lecture from 2024 on excavating the chantry chapels at St Mary's Kilkenny www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1D4...
Archaeological excavation with effigy tomb in foreground
December 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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slipperyjack.bsky.social
Just a smashing wormed corpse on this 16th century grave I spotted the other day in the cemetery of St. Peter in Salzburg's old town. Check out the toad detail...
December 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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wardsendcemetery.bsky.social
10 year plan for Wardsend Cemetery Heritage Park!
December 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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time-is-hungry.bsky.social
In Memory of Mʳ Samuel
Connable jun.who died A
pril 29ᵗʰ 1794.in the 31ˢᵗ
Year of his Age.
A grey-black gravestone depicting an ornate winged figured and inscribed with a lengthy text. Dry grass, autumnal trees, other graves, and blue sky are visible beyond the gravestone.
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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northages.bsky.social
The Govan Sarcophagus was discovered by the sexton while digging a grave in the grounds of the old church #OTD in 1855. Dating from around AD 900, it is the only sarcophagus carved from solid stone known from pre-Norman northern Britain. 📸The Govan Stones / Sketchfab #medievalsky
One face of the Govan Sarcophagus featuring interlace decoration and a hunting scene.
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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archaeohawke.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
On Friday I shook hands with a gravestone
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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listerlanecem.bsky.social
Remembering 4-year-old Ely and his 2-year-old brother George, who died on the 7th and 8th December 1850, respectively. The brothers were the sons of painter George (d. 1875) and Susan Wadsworth (d. 1892).
The image shows a close-up of the headstone of the Wadsworth family buried at Lister Lane Cemetery. The inscription on the headstone reads: In memory of Ely, son of George and Susan Wadsworth, of Halifax, who died December 7th 1850, aged 4 years and 7 months. Also of George their son, who died December 8th 1850, aged 2 years and 4 months. Also an infant son of the above. Also of the above named George Wadsworth, who died November 1st 1875, aged 69 years. "His end was peace." Also of the above named Susan Wadsworth, who died January 5th 1892, aged 85 years. "Thy will be done." Also Mary Jane, daughter of the above George and Susan Wadsworth, who died December 3rd 1913, aged 69 years. "At Rest." Also Elizabeth, daughter of the above George and Susan Wadsworth, who died June 1st 1921, aged 81 years.
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
When I saw these skele geezer, my eyes nearly escaped their sockets
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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gardensofthesilent.bsky.social
A solemn marble sentinel.

Milang Cemetery, Milang, South Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽.

#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #taphophile #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography #cemeterylovers
Milang Cemetery, South Australia. A photograph centred on a tall, white marble monument enclosed by a low, whitewashed wrought iron fence with decorative arches and finials. The monument rests on a low stone base and features a sculpted urn draped with fabric at its top. The inscription on the column is difficult to read in full. The cemetery ground behind the fence is overgrown with grass and yellow wildflowers, and dense green bushland with tall eucalyptus and pine trees forms the backdrop. Black and white photo of the sign for Milang Cemetery. The white sign is mounted on two wooden posts and features the text "MILANG CEMETERY" on a banner graphic, with "GRAVESITES DATING FROM 1860" below. The sign also includes a small central graphic of a cross flanked by a rose and a palm branch. In the bottom right corner, a smaller white sign reads "CAUTION SNAKES OCCUR NATURALLY WITHIN AREA". The background is blurred foliage and a bright sky.
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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tudorhistetc.bsky.social
He passed away traditionally on December 6th, 343 in Myra, Diocese of Asia, Roman Empire (Modern Turkey). He would have been aged seventy-three. 5/5
Desecrated sarcophagus in the St. Nicholas Church, Demre, where Saint Nicholas’s bones were kept until 1087.
December 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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fotc.au
🙏🏼 Thank you to everyone who came along to the Friends of Toowong Cemetery guided tour today and throughout 2025.

That was our last tour for 2025.

Our next tour is on Sunday 1 February 2026. Hope to see you there.

www.fotc.au/guided-tours/
Young boy standing beside a headstone at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, ca. 1902. Eversley Hull standing beside the headstone of Joseph Postlethwaite, Toowong Cemetery. The location of this grave at the Toowong Cemetery is Portion 11, Section 26, Grave 14. Eversley Hull was born in 1895 and Joseph Postlethwaite died on 23rd May 1901. (Description supplied with photograph.) Source: State Library of Queensland - https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/1dejkfd/alma99183507007602061
December 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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The Anglo-Saxon crypt of St. Wystan’s Church at Repton in Derbyshire. Dating to the 8th century, the crypt served as a royal mausoleum for two Mercian kings, as well as the resting place of St. Wystan. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #Repton #Derbyshire
December 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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listerlanecem.bsky.social
Good day all.
A frosty morning at Lister Lane Cemetery. Taken on this day two years ago.
Image taken at Lister Lane Cemetery on this day in December 2023 shows frost covered gravestones and grass, bare trees and buildings in the background.
December 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM