Gravestones / Tombstones !

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi

errrrr, ooopppps  - sorry had fallen asleep 

Over to me what;  what have I missed 

dooooohhhh

Chris in 1066Land

[Chris in 1066Land]

Murderer and Victim named on Tombstone

This Stone
Sacred to the memory of
Joseph Swain, Fisherman
was created at the expense of
the members of the friendly
Society of Hastings
in commiseration of his cruel and
untimely death and as a record of the
public indignation at the needless and
sanguinary violence of which he was the
unoffending Victim.  He ws shot by George
England, one of the Sailors employed in
the Coast Blockade service in open day
on the 13th March 1821 and almost
instantly expired in the 29th year
of his age, leaving a Widow and five
small children to lament his loss.

NB - George England, who had attempted to search Swains boat, was found guilty of murder but was later pardoned - to the fury of the Hastings Fishermen

Chris in 1066Land

[GRACELAND]

  Another from portland ,
 

                       JOHANN CARL
                     FREDERIC MAGDELINSKY                  What a name !
                   died nov 25 1872 age 49
                     Drowned near chesil beach
                                     Portland
                     From Royal Adelaide Where he
                              Bravely
                 SAGRIFICED HIS OWN LIFE WHILE
                        HELPING TO SAVE HIS FELLOW
                                  PASSENGERS .
 
                       Buried at Reforne portland 3 dec 1872 ,



         

[Darcy]

On a lighter note -
           
               Here lies my wife: here let her lie!
               Now she's at rest, and so am I.
                 
   J. Dryden, intended epitaph for his wife


Change of mood -

        To save your world you asked this man to die:
        Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?

    Epitaph for an unknown soldier.

Aaron

[GRACELAND]

                                     portland uk
 

                   HERE LIES THE BODY         
                                OF
                           JOSEPH
                        THE SON OF   
                 JERLIS      CREASEY
           MASTER GUNNER OF PORTLAND
                           CASTLE
             WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
                  5TH MAY J774 IN THE
                      9TH YEAR OF AGE..


 

[Bee]

Spring Bank cemetery - Hull
 verse on the headstone of a seaman

            water flow'd on every side
            no friend was there to save
            at last compelled I bow'd & died
            and found a watery grave             
                     .........................

on the stone of a man who died aged 44

            this languishing head is at rest
            it's thinking and aching are o'er
            this gentle immovable breast
            is heaved with affliction no more

[GRACELAND]

   Two more stone i seen this morn around the villages of cheltenham Glos ,
                    In loving memory
                            of
                      Robert and
                 Elizabeth Hitchins
                 
                      All is well..
 
   Robert Hitchins Jan 1915 -May 2001
   Ade Elizabeth Hitchins April 1916- July 1997
        Dearly beloved Grandparents ...
                          .............
         IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
                            of
                   Susan wife of
                   Fredrick Lea
                   Daughter of
             George and Mary Porter
     of Clifton on Tame Worcestershire
                 Departed this life
      Nov 12th 1861 aged 20 years
 Leaving an infant and her adopted
 
                       Mother ,
      Who deeply lament her loss
                   .......................                  what a great find this one is for a family historian ! full of info ....

[GRACELAND]

A small quote,on a stone i found ,,
       Then the ears of the deaf shall
                   be unstopped
              and the tongue of the dumb sing !!

[ryan]

When I was 13 I went on a school trip to Blaenavon, an old mining village near Pontypool in Wales. For some reason which I cannot recall, we had to walk through a cemetery, part of which had fallen into terrible disrepair, and was home to the graves of mostly cholera victims and poor miners. One large monument which was relatively intact due to it's close proximity to the church had a statue of either children, or child-like angels. I can't quite recall whiuch. Basically, the inscription on the monument read something like "all children who stand before this tomb shall drop dead". It was slightly more colurful than that, but I and all my friends were very freaked-out by a monument guaranteeing our swift death. Why did people create such horrifying messages on graves?