August 2025 – Burials & Beyond
1 post published by Kate Cherrell during August 2025| Burials & Beyond
1 post published by Kate Cherrell during August 2025| Burials & Beyond
Alien base rumours aside, there has been a church on this site at Corsham since the 12th century. Although little of this original church remains, a few notable pieces of masonry have remained as o…| Burials & Beyond
In the middle of a field, surrounded by enormous cows, sits a tiny white grave encircled in black fencing. This is the grave marker of Robert Snooks, the last Englishman to be hanged for highway ro…| Burials & Beyond
Thomas Thetcher, also known as the Hampshire Grenadier, died in 1764 and has become something of a local celebrity and historical curio thanks to both his epitaph and the nature of his death.| Burials & Beyond
Postman’s Park holds a series of beautiful memorials to Londoners who lost their lives committing heroic acts.| Burials & Beyond
The real problem with tales of local witches and evil graves is that you can never truly enjoy them.| Burials & Beyond
While I didn’t grow up associating seafood with death omens, or positive lucky ones for that matter, many communities did.| Burials & Beyond
Walter ‘Snowy’ Farr was a busker unlike any other and has been memorialised in a suitably wild statue.| Burials & Beyond
St Peters is a stunning little church built by public donations, boasting a real ‘record breaker’ in its graveyard.| Burials & Beyond
Few sports pundits boasted four hooves and psychic abilities, but Larry was one of a kind.| Burials & Beyond
Portobello Cemetery is a relatively modern burial ground on the outskirts of Edinburgh, opened in 1877 and in continual use to modern day.| Burials & Beyond
Fans of The Doors created an unofficial - and sometimes unsettling - interactive shrine to their deceased vocalist, Jim Morrison.| Burials & Beyond
St Laurence is a grade II listed church with Saxon origins and is jam-packed with different architectural styles and treasures.| Burials & Beyond
Opened in 1837, York Cemetery was one of the UK’s earliest Victorian garden cemeteries.| Burials & Beyond
The plaque found on Platform 1 at Derby Station is dedicated to the staff of the Midland Railway St Mary’s Goods Depot who lost their lives in WWI.| Burials & Beyond
Used across Scotland and northern England, A ‘Deid Bell’ (Scots) went by many names, including a death, mort, skillet, passing or mort bell and was used as a part of death ritual and community mour…| Burials & Beyond
In 1885, Sarah Ann Henley was 22 years old and working as a barmaid at the Rising Sun pub in Ashton.| Burials & Beyond
Normanby means ‘The Norsemen’s Village’, first recorded in the Domesday book as ‘Normanesbi’.| Burials & Beyond
In the late 19th century, two fields really took off – personal merchandising and token collecting.| Burials & Beyond
You know the song ‘its raining men’? Well, you just wait until you hear ‘Quickly, get indoors, its raining fish.’| Burials & Beyond
Thatch the way, a-ha a-ha, I like it... There are very few thatched churches remaining in England, and only one remaining in the whole of Lincolnshire.| Burials & Beyond
