Radnor Street Cemetery

Looking down the nave of St Mary’s, Kempley in the remote Gloucestershire village of Kempley. Here we see the chancel arch built around 1130 - dogtooth moulding indicative of the period.

Glorious!

🚨 Table Top and Car Boot Sale 🚨 Come along to the Central Community Centre this Saturday, 10am-1pm, to peruse what's on offer and grab yourself a bargain!

Click for the font, folks! Here's the lovely simple baptistry of the Wisdom of God, Lower Kingswood, #Surrey, by Sidney Barnsley, 1890-2, in cool, calm Byzantine style. Look at the patterning on the marble bowl. Simplicity itself for #FontsOnFriday

On the evening of July 25th 1944, Joan donned her glad rags and headed for the pub to meet friends, it was here she got chatting to a smart and attractive aircraft mechanic. . . #grave #murder #history #cemetery #Blackpool

❗️Cricketers Update❗️ Achieving the right balance between restoration and conservation is a tricky process, but we are pleased to be able to retain the cellar wall in its as-found condition - a feature of the Cricketers' past ready to serve its future #restoration #conservation

Visiting the Thipeval Memorial this summer? Be sure to say hello to our amazing Guides working at this majestic memorial! Get to know them a little better here: foundation.cwgc.org/blog/introduci…

“Unveil thy bos­om, faith­ful tomb, Take this new trea­sure to thy trust, And give these sac­red rel­ics room To seek a slum­ber in the dust.” — epitaph by Isaac Watts. Eliza Pinney died on Feb. 29, 1828 at age 27. St. John’s Episcopal Church Cemetery, Worthington, Ohio.

Our Cemetery Volunteers continue to carry out restoration works on the Cemeteries notable graves.

I am ecstatic to have been included in BBC History's '30 Under 30' - the next generation of history makers 📚 It is brilliant to know that my work is valued by so many people! historyextra.com/period/general… #Wales #History @HistoryExtra @history_alice

#OnThisDay in #Swindon history - 1902 - William Hooper leaves the GWR after a serious leg injury, eventually going on to be one of Swindon's most successful commercial photographers. The man himself, working on prints in, possibly, the same year flic.kr/p/9bfFoN

#stdionysius in #marketharborough which is a glorious church in the heart of the town. Sitting on the busy bench I saw so many people come and go. Definitely different as I'm so used to being in silent churchyard on my own! Mind you, no-one took any notice of me!

‘How wonderful it must be to find love twice in a lifetime.’ Another chance to read ‘Love’s Story to You’ and to hear the song sung by wartime crooner Al Bowlly. radnorstreetcemetery.blog/2024/07/26/lov…

When you find a church that's so lovely that you almost don't want to leave! The perfect weather, company and all the time in the world.. this was number 81 of 310. #standrewschurch #Prestwold #Leicestershire #leiccofe #leicesterdiocese #village church #hayleydrawschurches

Lavender thriving on a grave at the lower old cemetery: Summer 2024 #Teignmouth #Devon #cemetery #summer

Doves and lichen on two headstones at the Old Cemetery #Teignmouth #Devon #cemetery #symbolism

Are you ready to unearth hidden history at Sherwood Pines? ⛏️ Time Team and Forestry England are digging up stories from the past in a special episode ‘From Forest to Front Line’ 🔗 Tune into Time Team’s YouTube this Sunday 28 July 2024 at 7:00pm @TimeTeamOfficial" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@TimeTeamOffic…

#mementomorimonday Tamizian Penney, wife of John Penney, died in 1710. I don’t know her age. Her stone is thought to have been carved by Joseph Lamson. She is buried with her husband at Phipps Street Burying Ground in Charlestown, Mass.

The interior walls of All Saints’, Ballidon are presently composed of rough exposed Derbyshire stone. However, this wasn’t always the case.

St John the Baptist church, Whitwick, near Coalville. Butterflies, the sound of trickling water, the smell of greenness and some gorgeous, chunky old architecture~a little crumbly and alive with moss and wildflowers 🙏#churchdrawing #village church #leicscofe