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Jane Harris Janealogy @janejanealogy.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves - 12 Notable woman. The lonely grave of Betty Corrigall on the border of the parishes of Walls and Hoy #Orkney in my #OnePlaceStudy #NorthWallsAndBrims Notable now for the sadness and poignancy of her story Read more here: www.scottish-places.info/features/fea...

A white gravestone (fibreglass actually) surrounded by a white picket fence tiny against a backdrop of brown heather and hills.

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 5h

What a fantastic and unusual low relief on the lower section of the stone!

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 5h

Day 13 of #31daysofgraves: skeleton. Believe it or not we don't have any (visible) skeletons at Warriston. So I return to where it all started for me, with a poster from a 1992 V&A exhibition that I attended as an art student in London. I later wrote my undergrad dissertation on Victorians & Death.

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 1d

#31daysofgraves #12 Notable Woman
The tomb of Maria Skłodowska-Curie, The Panthéon, Paris. When she died in 1934, her body was so radioactive that her coffin was lined with 2.5 millimeters of lead. The bodies of Skłodowska-Curie and her husband, Pierre Curie, were moved to the Panthéon in 1995.

light beige stone classical tombs, one, higher than the other in a niche, a green wreath and multicolor flower nosegay are on the lid of the lower tomb

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 1d

Day 12 of #31DaysOfGraves - Notable Woman

An unassuming slab of stone off the Fife coast at Torryburn covers the mortal remains of Lilias Adie, the only known grave of an accused witch in Scotland

Buried beneath the tidal line by superstitious villagers in 1704, her grave was rediscovered in 2014

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely. ❤️

Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 1d

LOL. Simples. You're welcome.

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How to pronounce χαῖρε in Greek | Classical Greek, Attic Greek, Koine Greek, Modern Greek

YouTube video by polýMATHY

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Water of Leith Conservation Trust @wolct.bsky.social · 1d

A Sunday session down in Leith keeping the paths leaf free

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Rosie Rowley @thehistoryspy.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves 12: Notable woman - Florence Wallace-Watson, emigrated to Canada, sailed on the ill-fated Lusitania and drowned when it was sunk by a #WWI German submarine on 7 May 1915. She was going to #Macclesfield for her parents golden wedding. Buried Sutton St James near #Macclesfield

Old flat gravestone with lichen around the edges

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 1d

I spotted this yesterday, so here's a return to #31DaysOfGraves Day 4: Languages. Xaipe is ancient Greek and can be translated into 'goodbye' or 'farewell', ‘rejoice’ or 'Godspeed' for dangerous missions. Fittingly broad meanings for a tomb’s inscription. #Xaipe #AncientGreek #Edinburgh #Language

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 12: Notable woman.Dr Elsie Inglis. Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh.

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 1d

Our Notable Woman post today is also a common, or unmarked grave. ❤️

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 1d

Jean Payton Reid, architect and town planner (1917-97). Liberton Kirkyard, Edinburgh. Thought to have been Scotland's first female town planner. Family monument - pink granite obelisk.
#31DaysOfGraves day 12 notable women. #herstory
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Greek-style tall pointed obelisk in polished pink granite standing in a kirkyard. Most of the other gravestones are smaller and grey. The tower of the Kirk is prominent in the background. There are green shrubs and several bare-branched trees in the background.

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Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 12: Notable woman
The final resting place of Emmeline Pankhurst, who died 14th June 1928. Brompton Cemetery, London.

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 1d

Hall, a Newhaven Fishwife, was photographed by pioneering photographers David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson c.1843-47. We have an ongoing project to mark her burial place more appropriately. #Edinburgh #PhotoHistory #HillAndAdamson #NewhavenFishwives #Newhaven #31daysofgraves 2/2

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 1d

#31daysofgraves Day 12 notable women. A famous face in an unmarked grave. Portraits of Elizabeth Johnston(e) Hall (1822-1901) hang in every major photographic collection in the world, but she is buried in a common grave in Warriston. #Edinburgh #PhotoHistory #HillAndAdamson #NewhavenFishwives 1/2

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 1d

I need to add to 'plonky on top' to my technical lexicon. 🤣🤣🤣

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 11: military. Sadly, we have so many military graves it's impossible to limit our post to just one. So many lives cut short, including our youngest at just 17. We will remember them. @cwgc.bsky.social #Edinburgh #CommonwealthWarGraves Post 3/3

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 11: military Sadly, we have so many military graves it's impossible to limit our post to just one. So many lives cut short, including our youngest at just 17. We will remember them. @cwgc.bsky.social #Edinburgh #CommonwealthWarGraves Post 2/3

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 11: military Sadly, we have so many military graves it's impossible to limit our post to just one. So many lives cut short, including our youngest at just 17. We will remember them. @cwgc.bsky.social #Edinburgh #CommonwealthWarGraves Post 1/3

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 3d

What a beautiful design!

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 3d

The grave of my great great grandparents Charles & Annie (Raymer) Keer, in my #OnePlaceStudy of #Sudbourne
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 9: hands

A hand reaching down from the top of a gravestone, holding flowers

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Andrea♻️ @riesenschritte.bsky.social · 3d

#31DaysOfGraves

Day10: Urn / Urne
Kolumbarium im Friedhof Wilmersdorf

Wände mit Fächern, die Urnen enthalten, von der Miite des Gangs aus gesehen.

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 3d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 10 - Urn: We have so many great examples at Warriston that I'm going to do a double post. Sadly, due to historic vandalism, many have been toppled to the ground. #Edinburgh #taphophile #WarristonCemetery 2/2

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