Actually July 1963, not June.

Karen@songthrush83.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Vintage shenanigans for #Caturday - mysterious happenings in Barnet, June 1963. Also a priceless quote from a policeman. #newspaperarchives

Vintage shenanigans for #Caturday - mysterious happenings in Barnet, June 1963. Also a priceless quote from a policeman. #newspaperarchives

Remembering staymaker Joseph Gledhill, who died #OTD 1856, aged 94. The oldest man interred at the cemetery. Burial was in a public grave. In 2015, the Friends erected a monument over the grave in memory of Adrian Smith, commemorating Waterloo veteran Daniel Milton & the 29 others, including Joseph.

a grocery list written by Michelangelo March 18, 1518, Illustrated for Illiterate Servants: he sketched the items alongside the text because his servants were probably illiterate Menu Items: The list includes bread, wine, herring, fennel soup, and anchovies! Tasty! Full list in alt txt

The Rev. James Mockler was born in Ireland in 1810 and was vicar of Denby in Derbyshire from 1845 until his death in 1900. He asked to be buried near his wife Elizabeth and son James who died in 1870 and 1863 respectively. His grave is marked by this beautiful Celtic cross.

Found this gem in the British Newspaper Archives this week - the Hayfield Resurrection. The writer of the article suggests that it probably began as a parable and over time evolved into local folklore. #PhantomsFriday

'I miss you because I love you. You were dearer than silver or gold.' 'In loving memory of Joseph, the beloved husband of Elizabeth Cresswell' Joseph died on 6th March 1949. He was 63 .

Love where you live, and honour your ancestors

Treated myself to a birthday book from @foxlanebooks.bsky.social Really good selection of natural history and nature writing, took me a while to choose. #booksky

Forever young, sisters Mabel and Emma are host to an ever increasing cover of wildflowers They fell asleep days apart, comforted by their eternal bond, embraced by their closeness to nature’s finest

On Christmas Eve 1944, my great-grandparents Tom and Elsie Hubball hosted a party to raise money for the local Red Cross branch. My grandad’s brother dressed as Santa. My grandparents had been married around 14 months. #familyhistory #localhistory #Derbyshire

Made a tiny Christmas tree out of fossils: the stars are crinoid ossicles, the trunk dinosaur bone & the branches are sharks’ teeth 🎄🦴

On this day in 1848, Emily Brontë was interred in the family vault in Haworth church. Here’s a photo I took of a copy of the burial record on display in the church in 2018. It’s signed by the Curate, Arthur Nicholls, Charlotte’s future husband.

Saw this in Ripley Cemetery today. At some point in time the headstone has fallen backwards and now the tree is growing around it, holding it fast. #cemetery #gravestone #cemeterywandering

You can often find snippets of oral history to add to your research by searching newspaper archives for terms like nonagenarian, golden/diamond wedding, grand old lady/man. Older residents were often asked what their town/village was like when they were young. #oneplacewednesday

The problem is that juuuuust as the light is about to be perfect, the sun goes behind a decorative peak on the church next door. This is the shot a minute before the block - might be the best I can do.

PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE. Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.

On Monday (10th November) there’s a new episode of Weird in the Wade about a poltergeist that rattled Biggleswade in the 1990s. I’m joined by a very special guest (I’ll announce who this weekend) and there’s an update from Andy about his “haunted house.” 👻 👇🏼Sketch from 1825.

One of my favourite ghost story books, including tales of headless phantoms, ghostly footsteps and screaming skulls. It also has a wonderfully creepy illustration in the introduction 👻 : Ghosts of Derbyshire, published in the 1970s. #phantomsfriday

Fabulous Visigothic bronze belt buckles inlaid with cloisonné glass. AD 500s. Which is your favourite? From the Visigothic Necropolis of Duratón, near Segovia, Spain. Casa del Sol Museum, Segovia 📷 by me #Archaeology

Guy Fawkes was born around Aprill in 1570 in Stonegate, York. He was baptised at St Michael le Belfrey (below) on the 15th of that month. His father, a Church of England lawyer, died when Guy was eight. His mother later married a Catholic, which, along with Guy’s schooling at St Peter’s

The village of Ambergate in Derbyshire is named for being the place where the river Amber meets the Derwent. Here’s the view from Halfpenny Bridge.

Gravestone of Elizabeth Work, 1743, in Eastford, Connecticut. Carved by an unidentified local carver who is known as the “Eastford Dot Carver.”

In the unassuming but atmospheric graveyard of Whitechapel Church in the former textile town of Cleckheaton where I am now living, lies this fascinating mid 19th century gravestone, I had not heard of New Grenada. Bogota was at that time the capital of the Spanish Viceroyalty

Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student

Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student

Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place An A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter, revealing a story of love and solidarity in 18th-century rural England. Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author and campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller. Continue reading...

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As we approach All Souls Day when in many countries, people remember their loved ones who have died, the lovely story of a small Yorkshire community who many years ago came together to ensure that everyone could be buried with dignity. The story of the Farndale Hearse. Please enlarge the image.

Another for #PhantomsFriday and #Halloween. A woman stumbles upon a church full of dead worshippers--including her late husband and child. It proves a dire omen. thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/a...

Before today’s post I just want to say a little thank you to @annaandthedead.bsky.social and @orsa-marga.bsky.social for curating this little community for those of us who appreciate the value and beauty of graveyards and churches. I’ve really enjoyed seeing everyone’s posts.

Day 30 #31daysofgraves - colour. A red, blue, gold and white Christogram inlaid on the headstone of William Righton who died aged 31 in 1867. I’m impressed at the durability of this decoration, considering it’s over a hundred and fifty years old.

Don’t forget to look at the county information in the front pages of Kelly’s, White’s & Pigot's directories. They can contain useful information about ancient history, geography & agriculture, as these images of pages from the 1855 White´s Directory show #OnePlaceWednesday