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Headstones
« on: 01 December, 2011, 10:41:40 pm »
We recently visited a graveyard in Sussex which included this cheerful number.  I wonder who was the afflicted one out of the couple.

grave by PaulRide, on Flickr

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #1 on: 02 December, 2011, 09:51:18 am »
Nice one Peewiters. I often find myself drawn to graveyards on rides, for the contemplation. Gazing at the memories of those who have passed on. You begin to wonder at the lives they led. Some leave you sad at the short time they had on this earth. Some had incredible names too. Others may find it maudlin, but I find it enervating.

Here's my Uncle Stan's grave, which I found by happenchance when trying to locate my Granny's in a graveyard near to Piddinghoe. He was only 44.

Certainly never seen cycling south of Sussex

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #2 on: 02 December, 2011, 10:04:11 am »
Taken a couple of years ago, but in Piddinghoe cemetery.

Says: (though I can't read the very top bit which may have given his rank. Doh! Memory! Where art thou?)

John Trevor Collingwood
of his Majesty's Royal Navy
who departed this late
29th September 1796
Aged 58 Years

Also of Mrs Sarah Collingwood
who departed this late
24th october 1823
Aged 71 Years

Certainly never seen cycling south of Sussex

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #3 on: 02 December, 2011, 10:12:28 am »
Sometimes, they can make you so sad.

'To the memory of their beloved children' from George and Mary Tate of Pope's farm in Herstmonceaux

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #4 on: 02 December, 2011, 10:15:18 am »
From the Oxford photoday

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #5 on: 02 December, 2011, 10:32:49 am »
Paris catacombs:



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Re: Headstones
« Reply #6 on: 02 December, 2011, 10:37:00 am »
American military cemetery, near Cambridge:


(love that first one of yours, Ms C)

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #7 on: 03 December, 2011, 07:20:12 pm »
At Monreith, SW Scotland.

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et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur

Re: Headstones
« Reply #8 on: 03 December, 2011, 11:33:55 pm »
Lyndhurst, pretty much exactly this time last year;


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Re: Headstones
« Reply #9 on: 04 December, 2011, 09:52:10 am »
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #10 on: 04 December, 2011, 09:55:14 am »
Taken a couple of years ago, but in Piddinghoe cemetery.

Says: (though I can't read the very top bit which may have given his rank. Doh! Memory! Where art thou?)

John Trevor Collingwood
of his Majesty's Royal Navy
Not the famous one; he was Cuthbert and he's buried under St Paul's.
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Re: Headstones
« Reply #11 on: 05 December, 2011, 08:11:56 am »
Nice moody atmospheric pic Zillers.
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Re: Headstones
« Reply #12 on: 05 December, 2011, 08:55:29 am »
Frank Wootton headstone in Berwick graveyard. Who's FranK?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wootton

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #13 on: 08 December, 2011, 02:19:34 pm »
Well-kent by some up here:

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #14 on: 27 January, 2012, 08:33:04 am »
Another one of Berwick, and yes, I have 'played' with it.

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #15 on: 27 January, 2012, 09:19:08 am »
Here lies the body of Ezra Pound
Lost at sea
And never found
It's a bit weird, but actually quite wonderful.

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #16 on: 30 January, 2012, 08:39:17 am »
Barcombe Sunday 29th January

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #17 on: 30 January, 2012, 09:14:10 am »
"By creating we think. By living we learn" - Patrick Geddes

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Re: Headstones
« Reply #18 on: 30 January, 2012, 09:17:20 am »
Oooooooohhhh, spooky! And yours is more atmospherically spookier than mine too.

My little chap did have his right arm raised, but I got rid of that because it interfered with the pic (looked odd).
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Re: Headstones
« Reply #19 on: 30 January, 2012, 11:31:17 am »
It was a foggy day. That was the only decent pic I ever took on a Blackberry..
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Re: Headstones
« Reply #20 on: 13 January, 2013, 11:19:13 pm »
This phone photo hasn't come out too well, but you might be able to see what I see.



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Re: Headstones
« Reply #21 on: 14 January, 2013, 01:07:30 pm »
Some from the local historic graveyard.. The light was great and I had some time to kill, but only the phone with me.

Somewhere here is the grave of the inventor of the self-adhesive postage stamp.


howff by davidmamartin, on Flickr

howff by davidmamartin, on Flickr

howff by davidmamartin, on Flickr

howff by davidmamartin, on Flickr
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Re: Headstones
« Reply #22 on: 14 January, 2013, 03:18:21 pm »
Bit of a rubbish picture, but the Gravestone is from 1501.

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Here lies intered dorathy tomson wife of Richard Tomson.


Very old gravestone by hulver_uk, on Flickr

Re: Headstones
« Reply #23 on: 16 February, 2013, 02:08:58 pm »
Cast iron or steel headstones in Barling Magna.








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Re: Headstones
« Reply #24 on: 18 May, 2013, 05:25:34 pm »
It is simpler than it looks.