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Karen @songthrush83.bsky.social · 7h

Day 13 of #31daysofgraves - skeleton. Here’s a view of the wall that divides the churchyard from the cemetery, taken in 2019. Many of the bones in both places share DNA with my own, and I always feel connected to my ancestors when I’m up here.

A photograph taken in Codnor cemetery, close to the wall that divides the cemetery from the churchyard. The wall runs through the centre of the picture, rising slightly diagonally to the right. On the left, in front of the wall, is a Victorian gravestone which is leaning forward slightly. Beyond the wall is Codnor church with a large yew tree standing in front of it. The ground in front of the wall is covered with ivy and fallen leaves.

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Professional Secret Keeper @secretkeepingpro.bsky.social · 1d

Day 12 of #31DaysofGraves - Notable Woman

Historically notable (Eliza Hamilton)
Notable to me (my mom)
Notable in that I wish I knew her (Diane) - everybody dies but she lived

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 1d

Since it's Sunday, one more for #31DaysOfGraves, notable women
- a picture of Haworth Churchyard, resting place of Charlotte and Emily Brontë. It's a beautiful spot, but the photo gives an idea of how crowded it is - apparently somewhere in the region of 40,000 souls lie here, in quite a small plot

Haworth graveyard, Yorkshire. Ranks of gravestones among trees.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 7h

So who gets it?

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 7h

These truly are the most notable of women.

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 19h

#31daysofgraves day 12 notable woman. My gg grandmother Maria Elizabeth Tavendale (nee Coveny), Waimangaroa, West Coast, #nz. She came here from #Liverpool as an assisted immigrant in 1878, age 19. She had 11 children, the youngest born 1900 (age 41). William died in 1901, so she raised them alone.

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Remember It - Recuérdalo @recuerdalo.bsky.social · 12h

Remains of a #grave in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Brindisi. #31daysofgraves 13. Skeleton (not quite, but the closest I could get) #funeraryart #memorial #photography #taphophile.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 7h

Doesn't that make it a Momento Mori (Day 31)?

I soo wanted skull and crossbones to mean it's a pirate grave, but I'm just a silly swashbuckler at heart!

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 7h

With a bonus wasp!

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Friends of Wombwell Cemetery @fowcemetery.bsky.social · 8h

Day 13: Skeleton. #31DaysOfGraves

No skeletons on headstones that we know of, so we present some skeleton trees.

A tall, thin tree without its leaves against the blue sky, with some of the cemetery towards the bottom.

The large, thick trunked cherry blossom without its leaves. It sits on a corner with paths at either side.

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Eine rosa Rose @einerosarose.bsky.social · 11h

#31DaysofGraves
Tag 13: Skelett / Skeleton
Grabmalmuseum.
Friedhof Ohlsdorf, Hamburg.

Blick auf ein historischen Grabmal mit einem moosbewachsenem Schädel. Der Schädel liegt oben auf einem runden Stein-Gefäß. Dieses ist beschriftet. Die Schrift ist anber nicht mehr lesbar. Ebenfalls in dem Moos ein Schädel eines kleinen Vogels.

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Donna Martina @donnamartina.bsky.social · 8h

#31DaysOfGraves Tag / Day 13: Skelett / Skeleton

Abbildung von Skeletten finden sich selten in der deutschen Sepulkralkultur.

Das ist das einzige Beispiel, das ich gefunden habe: Ein halber Totenkopf.

Ein in eine Rasenfläche eingelassenes Grab, nur markiert durch den grauen Grabstein aus Granit und am Fußende des Grabes durch eine Steinplatte mit zwei erhabenen Fußabdrücken aus dem gleichen Stein.
Der Grabstein selbst ist wie ein Kopf aus einer mesoamerikanischen Kultur gestaltet. Es ist eine kurze, Säule, oben flach, in der ein Gesicht hineingehauen wurde. Hier allerdings ist die Hälfte des Gesichtes ein Totenkopf, die andere Hälfte lebendig.
Auf der kurzen Säule steht eine kleine Tonlaterne und eine Flasche Bier.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 8h

I love that he is (his bones are) sitting on Death like he's on a space hopper!

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 9h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 13 Skeleton

Right order! Nothing to see here!

All our skeletons are in their appropriate place, underground, and no amount of trick or treating is going to bring them out.

Here's a lovely shot of the long avenue instead.

St John's #Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire.

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Vikki @vikki-emma.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 12 - notable women.

OK, so mine is only notable to a handful of people, but she is to me, so in my book it counts! My Granny. The woman that had more impact on my formative years than anyone else. Sometimes in ways she didn't intend...

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

Remembering a few buried in unmarked public graves, who died on this day in:

Edward MacClea, died 1845, aged 36 years, tailor
Mary Ann Moor, died 1857, aged 11 days
Frederick Mitchell Sykes, died 1862, aged 8 months
Elizabeth Boyle, died 1868, aged 7 years
Joseph Aitken, died 1868, aged 5 years

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 1d

I saw that :)

These women are the cornerstones of our communities, we get our quirks, resolution and strength from what they pass on and the diversity they bring.

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Zazaa @zazaa.bsky.social · 1d

Day 12: Notable woman. #31DaysOfGraves
My daughter Sonia, of course.
Some of her creations: www.sonia-piotelat.vip

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves where grandma was born was not the most #Notable thing about her. It was her close ties to her family. When she died, a niece sent irises & I thought they were beautiful so nearly a year later when I married, I chose irises as the centrepiece of the bridesmaid bouquets. A memorial.

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Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves
Day 12 - Notable Woman

Nanette Stocker (first name spelled wrong on the stone) was a Little Person who became a music hall legend known for playing the piano forte. She performed annually at Birmingham's Onion Fair and is buried in the city at St Philip's Cathedral churchyard.

A small gravestone in the churchyard of St Philip's Cathedral In Birmingham, UK. The inscription is mostly obscured by lichen but with some effort it can be read:

In Memory of
Nanetta Stocker
Who departed this Life
May 4th, 1819
Aged 39 Years.
The smallest Woman ever in
This Kingdom possessed
With every accomplishment
Only 33 inches high.
Native of Austria.

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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 12 - Notable Woman

Peig Sayers, Dún Chaoin, #Dingle Peninsula

#Speirgorm #SeamusMurphy

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Notable Woman

There is no specific grave for the Notable Woman post today.

St John's Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire.

#MillTown

#IrishTraveller, #UnmarkedGrave

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