The Diary of Nathaniel Bryceson (Part 5)

[karenlee]

What I meant was... there may not have been a headstone prior to this one... so when they did this one for whomever they did it for, then they added the names of the others buried in the same grave previous to this interrment.

Make sense 

Not sure if there is any kind of right order to put such things... but one would assume it was chronological.

[Dinkydidy]

It's usually chronological on old graves here in Oz.

I wonder if other photographs when the stone is wet (sprayed with water?) and lit from different angles (possibly by torch) would help show remains of other letters?

It's a great shot anyway, Mongibello, and adds a little "closure" to Nat's life story.

Didy

[Dinkydidy]

p.s. I'd be very careful about any "cleaning", or clearing. Any rubbing, particularly with cleaning products or abrasives, could damage the stone.

And perhaps it has only survived as well as it has because of being sheltered by bushes or trees.

Didy

[Siamese Girl]

What's on the other stone right behind it? It's very strange to find two headstones so close together as that 

Carole

[Ruskie]

Oh dear! Hello everyone. I've just been catching up on all the work you've been doing since I was last on.

As you know, I hate weekends as I have little quiet time to myself. As it is I have to help child with Shakespeare homework in a few minutes so have no time to concentrate on Nathaniel mores the pity.  I'm just itching to get stuck in, but I can't! 

I'm just SO glad that Nathaniel's much anticipated Sunday the 9th of August diary entry is on a Monday. 

PS. With the headstone, I think if they plan several burials, the stone is erected with the first burial and the first name is engraved with space below for the next, then the next, and so on. I'm not sure if the additonal names are engraved with the stone in situ or if it's taken away, carved and re-erected. Steven will probably know.

[deb usa]

Hi

This is what Mongibello had posted along with the photo;

If anyone wants to find it, get a general plan from the cemetery office; find block V2; walk up Straight Path passing Junction Path; a little further on is the prominent grave of John Marshall on the right.  Just beyond and further in is the grave of Merrifield; follow this line in until you come to Spear's grave.   Nathaniel is back to back with this one

I wonder if the Marshall grave has anything to do with the Marshalls of Richmond buildings?

deb


red post ,,,Hi Ruskie ....you've been missed

[Ruskie]

Hi Deb. I've really got to go, but am a bit hooked here. I'll regret it when I'm still reading Shakespeare at 2am. 

I don't have a lot of experience in the grave department but I've seen them head to head like that before. I thought they were usually buried facing um... east/west? So I'm not sure what head to head means. Steven will know. 

[MaryA]

I recently visited a cemetery where there were rows all facing west and then turned back to back like that and the remainder of the area faced east.  So it doesn't seem so very unusual.

[Mongibello]

I took a photo of the Marshall grave to indicate the spot.  The inscription is much clearer than Nathaniel's.    John Marshall was born in Crail, Fifeshire, N[orth] B[ritain], June 13th 1843 and died January 2nd 1916 in Highbury, London.