Gravestone Collection (page 5)

Church of All Hallows Staining, London, 1810. Artist: W Preston
Church of All Hallows Staining, London, 1810

All Hallows-by-the-Tower Church, London, 1803. Artist: C John M Whichelo
All Hallows-by-the-Tower Church, London, 1803. South-east view of All Hallows Barking (by the Tower), Great Tower Street

Monument to John Duprie at St Leonards, Bromley, c1800
Monument to John Duprie at St Leonard s, Bromley, c1800. Classical tomb with inscription and urn in the churchyard of St Leonard s, Bromley, now part of London

The Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr Pr-ty---ns Bisho-prick, 1787. Artist
The Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr Pr-ty---ns Bisho-prick, 1787. William Pitt holding up the dome of St Pauls Cathedral which he is about to place over the central tower of Lincoln Cathedral; Dr

St Bartholomews Priory, London, 1880. Artist: John Crowther
View of St Bartholomews Priory seen from the west, London, 1880

Tynemouth, 1845, Tyne & Wear. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Tynemouth, 1845, Tyne & Wear; view of a ruined church or abbey with two figures and a dog in the graveyard

The Church, Bettws-y-Coed, 1850; Bettws-y-Coed, Gywnedd, Wales. The church is shown within its grounds, with two figures among the gravestones

Melrose Abbey, 1845. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Melrose Abbey, 1845; view of the remains of the Scottish abbey

General view of Hampstead, London. 1822. Artist: Thomas Mann Baynes
General view of Hampstead, London, 1822; view from a Hampstead churchyard looking towards St Johns Wood, with figures in the foreground

John Wesley visiting his mothers grave in 1779, Bunhill Fields, Finsbury, London, (c1850). Wesley, wearing a tricorn hat, stands contemplating the poem on his mothers headstone

Cemetery at Bunhill Fields, Finsbury, London, 1866. Gloomy scene in a graveyard with tombs and headstones; the foreground looks untidy with undergrowth or branches blown down in a storm

View of the Church of St Anne, Soho, across the graveyard, London, 1810

St Marylebone Old Church, London, c1815. Artist: William Pearson
View of St Marylebone Old Church and graveyard, London, c1815

Reciting for their amusement all the Epitaphs on the Tombstones.. from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (1783 - 1859), pub. 1928 (colour lithograph)

Allied War Cemetery, El Alamein, Egypt. Fought in October and November 1942, the Battle of El Alamein saw the British and Commonwealth forces of the 8th Army under General Bernard Montgomery defeat

Priory Church of St Mary, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, 2010. St Marys Priory Church dates from the 10th century, making it one of the few remaining Anglo-Saxon monastic buildings in existence in

Altarnun, Cornwall, 2009. View showing the tower of St Nonnas Church. Dating from the 15th century, the church is the largest on Bodmin Moor, earning it the nickname The Cathedral of the Moor

St Andrews Cathedral and St Rules Tower, Fife, Scotland, 2009. Completed in 1318, St Andrews Cathedral was once the largest building in Scotland

John Peels gravestone, St Kentigerns parish churchyard, Caldbeck, Cumbria. Peel (c1776-1854) was an 18th century huntsman from northern Cumbria who was the subject of a song

Thriplow Church, Cambridgeshire

Graveyard of Karavados Church, Kefalonia, Greece

St Michaels Church, Hathersage, Peak District, Derbyshire. The churchyard is said to contain the grave of Robin Hoods lieutenant, Little John

Kildalton Cross, Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. This Celtic Cross in the churchyard of a now roofless medieval church is thought to date from the second half of the 8th century

Holy Trinity Church, York, North Yorkshire. A church stood on this site in Goodramgate at the time of the Domesday Book, but the present church dates from the 15th century

Lydford Church, Devon. The church in the village of Lydford is dedicated to St Petrock, a Welsh monk who travelled widely in the West Country in the 6th century

Ziggurat, Ashur, Iraq, 1977. Ziggurats were temple towers of terraced pyramid form built by the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia

All Saints Church, Fonthill Bishop, Wiltshire, 2005. This small Early English church dates from the 13th century

Church of St Lawrence, Castle Rising, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 2005. Originally a 12th century Norman church, St Lawrence Castle Rising was extensively restored in the 19th century

St Margarets Church, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 2005. View of the church founded by Herbert de Losinga, the first Bishop of Norwich, in 1101

St John the Baptists Church, Hindon, Wiltshire, 2005. The Church of St John the Baptist in Hindon was consecrated in 1871

The tomb of King Pakal from the Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, 615-683. Artist: Pre-Columbian art
The tomb of King Pakal from the Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, 615-683. Found in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico

Hursley Church and Rectory, 1904. From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

Quarantine Cemetery and Church with French Battery No. 50, 1856. Artist: Georges McCulloch
Quarantine Cemetery and Church with French Battery No. 50, 1856. The image depicts a church and a quarantine cemetery during the Crimean War (1853-1856)

Near Wolfram - Eschenbach, 1931. Artist: Kurt Hielscher
Near Wolfram - Eschenbach, 1931. From Deutschland by Kurt Hielscher. [F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1931]

Gravestone of Thomas Thetcher, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, early 20th century(?)
Gravestone of Thomas Thetcher, the Hampshire Grenadier, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, early 20th century(?). From Winchester. [L Newman, The Square, London, ]

Gillingham, Kent, c19th century. The parish church of St Mary Magdalene (The Church on the Green) dates back to the twefth century and is the oldest building in Gillingham

The Royal Chapel, Savoy Palace, 1902. Artist: Thomas Robert Way
The Royal Chapel, Savoy Palace, 1902. From Ancient Royal Palaces in and Near London. [John Lane, London and New York, 1902]

Grave of the poet William Wordsworth, Grasmere, Westmorland, 20th century. Wordsworth (1770-1850) is buried together with his wife Mary in the churchyard of St Oswalds Church

The Church of St, Bartholomew-the-Great, 1737. Engraving from Old and new London Volume 2 by Walter Thornbury.Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1737

Bodmin Church, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern Department
Bodmin Church, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. St Petrocs Church was built between 1469 and 1472. Until the construction of Truro Cathedral in the 19th century it was the largest church in

Where the fallen heroes lie, foot of Harts Hill, Colenso, South Africa, Boer War, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Where the fallen heroes lie, foot of Harts Hill, Colenso, South Africa, Boer War, 1901. On 23 February 1900, during the Battle of the Tugela Heights

Kirby Lonsdale Church Yard, 19th century. Artist: C Heath
Kirby Lonsdale Church Yard, 19th century. After an original painting of c1818 by JMW Turner

French graves smashed by German shell fire, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
French graves smashed by German shell fire, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

The old church, Chingford, Essex, 1924-1926. View across the churchyard of All Saints Church. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume II, Hutchinson and Co

Chideock Church, Dorset, 1924-1926. Artist: Herbert Felton
Chideock Church, Dorset, 1924-1926. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume II, 1924-1926

The Tombs of the Mameluks, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. A mamaluk (or mamluk) was a slave soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans during the Middle Ages

A Turkish burial ground at Sidon, Lebanon, 1841. Artist: J Redaway
A Turkish burial ground at Sidon, Lebanon, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume II, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

Two women standing before a headstone in a graveyard, c1800

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