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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 8h

Lion at St Michael and All Angels Penkridge by J. A. Chatwin of Birmingham, 1880's.

#caturday

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 10h

St Anne, Moseley by Frederick Preedy 1874

#steeplesaturday

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 12h

Vertue’s embracer, Vice’s opposite,
Time’s chiefest ornament, true Valour’s Knight.
The all-just Heaven, regarding high desarts,
Bereav’d the earth of his diviner parts;
Leaving here nought of him but slimy dross,
And a continual grief for such a loss.

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 12h

#31daysofgraves

Day 11: Military

Sir Richard Leveson 1570-1605 at St Peter Wolverhampton.
By Hubert Le Sueur.

Here lyeth the bodye of Perfection’s glorie;
Fame’s owne worlde wonder, and the ocean’s story;
The right protector, rightful scourge of wrong,
In peace a dove, in war a lyon strong; 1/2

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

#fontsonfriday

12thc font and 15thc copy at St Anne Wyre Piddle.

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

#31daysofgraves

William Shenstone 1714-1763

Day 10: Urn

St John, Halesowen.

Ah me, my Friend! it will not, will not last,
This fairy scene, that cheats our youthful eyes;
The charm dissolves; th’ aerial music’s past;
The banquet ceases, and the vision flies..

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

St Thomas, Crown East.

Carved wooden door with iron dragon door knocker in the chancel. 1880's.

#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
#nocontextdoors

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

#31DaysOfGraves

Day 9: Hand

Richard Bayley Marsh of Lloyd House, Penn. Died in 1820 aged 36.
The memorial shows his grieving widow Sarah next to his portrait..

Sculpture by Francis Leggatt Chantrey at St Benedict Biscop church in Wombourne.

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 3d

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 3d

#31DaysOfGraves

Day 8: Glass

By T. W. Camm, The Studio Smethwick at Christ Church Coseley.

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

#31DaysOfGraves

Day 7: Angel

St James the Great, Shirley.

Arthur Hill died 1927 aged 27
Charles William Clifford Hill died 1936 aged 28
Valentine George Hill died 1959 aged 52

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 5d

St Mary the Virgin Hurst Hill.

Glass by Albert Edward Lemmon born in Ladywood Birmingham. Trained at the Birmingham School of Art and worked at the Bromsgrove Guild before establishing his own studio.

#owlishmonday

#bilston #sedgley #theblackcountry
#stainedglass

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 5d

Memorial to Lady Victoria Susan Talbot (1831-1856) by Ernesto Cali of Naples

#31daysofgraves

Day 6: Gender

#monumentsmonday

Beautiful carved recumbent figure, with loose long wavy hair. Wearing a long dress with wonderfully carved sleeves. She is holding a bunch of lilies.

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

St James, Norton Juxta Kempsey

Bath stone pulpit by the Bromsgrove Guild, 1929

#sundaysermons

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Prince Lazar, Bournville.
1968.

#ceilingsonsunday

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely agree ❤️

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

Two, sadly one has lost its beak!

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

#31DaysOfGraves

Day 5:Bird

Black swans on the 15thc Beauchamp Tomb at Worcester Cathedral.

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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 7d

Sorry for the late #ShakespeareSunday theme again everyone. This weekend's theme is inspired by the weather and a suggestion from @shakescenery: TAME & WILD!

a man wearing headphones with the words this are wild times written on his face

ALT: a man wearing headphones with the words this are wild times written on his face

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

Richard II - Act 2, scene 3

St Christopher Warden Hill, Gloucestershire.

Exquisite Glass by Thomas Denny.

The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

I am a stranger here in Gloucestershire.
These high wild hills and rough uneven ways
Draws out our miles and makes them wearisome.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.

#shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 7d

Saint Francis for his feast day at St James Church Blakedown by James Hogan of Powell and Sons.

#stfrancis #stainedglass

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 7d

#caturday

Glass by Florence & Walter Camm at St Mary & All Saints Hampton Lovett.

Fuzzy orange lion with a bemused look on his face, detail from a larger window.

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Anna Fairley Nielsson @annaandthedead.bsky.social · 26d

REPOST (error in first post!)
Get ready! October 1st is the start of a month of gravestone and burial ground pictures, with a different prompt for each day. Be creative, there are no rules, just tag with #31DaysOfGraves!
Background image is from King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.

An image of a burial ground in Boston with text overlaid which reads
#31 Days of Graves
Day 1: Flower
Day 2: Nautical
Day 3: Tomb
Day 4: Languages
Day 5: Bird
Day 6: Gender
Day 7: Angel
Day 8: Glass
Day 9: Hand
Day 10: Urn
Day 11: Military
Day 12: Notable woman
Day 13: Skeleton
Day 14: Inside
Day 15: Damaged
Day 16: Obelisk
Day 17: Relocated
Day 18: Mistake
Day 19: Social group
Day 20: Wreath
Day 21: Bronze
Day 22: Landscape
Day 23: Cross
Day 24: Unique animal
Day 25: Graveside ornament
Day 26: Figure
Day 27: Tree
Day 28: Column
Day 29: Occupation
Day 30: Colour
Day 31: Memento mori

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 7d

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