Yes, only 35 days to go before the inaugural Symbols of Mortality conference opens its online doors. Featuring the very best historians/archaeologists in their field, in my humble opinion, a full cornucopia of deathly related themes and discussions will be unleashed.

The full programme will be available next week. Feel free to drop me a line for further details.

#death #deathhistory #dark #gothic #archaeology #history #victorian

Big shout out to the wonderful Fran Hollinrake for sending me a piccy of my BBC History mag review, last night. I had no idea it had been published....👍 💀

#death #deathhistory #burial #graveyards #cemeteries

📢 New Post 📢

In my latest article, I have built upon previous research. It discusses the Coalport ferry disaster of 1799 and the many lives lost to the river. This one is personal to me, as it also includes my own families loss.

https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/03/loss-and-river-some-stories-of-jackfield.html

#History #Jackfield #deathhistory #ancestory #Industrialrevolution #Victorians

This stunning mosaic headstone sits in my local churchyard in Madeley, Shropshire. It commemorates the life of a young boy, who died in tragic circumstances. Handmade by his mother, it's a testament to her love.

Charles Arthur Turner deserves to be remembered 💚

https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-memorials-of-st-michaels-charles.html?m=1

#History #Shropshire #Localhistory #Socialhistory #graveyards
#Taphophile #deathhistory

**NEW BLOG POST** A chance discovery concerning not one but two Death Penny's found in situ in Tomnahurich Cemetery, Inverness. A Death Penny is a plaque commemorating those who had fallen in WWI. Has anyone come across similar in their cemetery wanderings?

(Please see link below)

http://mortephotography.co.uk/blog.asp

#cemeterychat #cemetery #graveyard #graves #gravemarker #archaeology #WorldWarOne #WW1 #death #deathhistory #history

St Bartholomew's, Orford, Suffolk.

In yovthfvll yeres, I was berefte of breth,
The devine power, of me did so devise,
That I in grave, shoulde lie a lingring sleepe,
Till sovnde of trvmp doo svmmon me to rise.

Memorial brass to Jone Wheatley, died 1603. There's a Suffolk accent in the way that 'doo summon me' has been written. It's a late brass, and to a woman too - Jone's mother, Bridget Smith, died 1605, is commemorated above.

#memorial #brass #church #deathhistory