'Went the day well?
We died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.'

~ John Maxwell Edmonds

Lest We Forget 🥀

⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK.

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Remember! Remember?

In the NOVEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.

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'Him who is dead and gone, honour with remembrance, not with tears' ~ Saint John Chrysostom.

Framed by infant ferns and vibrant autumnal leaf - a partially buried gravestone protects the long forgotten at rest.

⚰ Parish Churchyard of Holy Trinity Micklegate. York. UK.

#StillSleuthing 🔍

'This Star for a Moment Given'

Peppered with moss and standing tall among falling leaves underneath a greying October sky - the monument to one John Fisher who died at the age of three months in the year 1851.

🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Olave. York. UK.

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A broken wing, a halo and with one tiny perfect foot peeking out from under an elaborate stone gown while protected by a delicate cobweb are all that remains of an angel perched upon an tombstone.

⚰ York Cemetery. UK.

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As summer shadows dance across verdant grass, iconic familiar old stones are bathed in a low evening sun.

⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK.

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Nestled in a bed of lush grass against a sky of cerulean blue - a restored grave of the palest stone celebrates the life of one SIDNEY REYNOLDS who drowned at sea at the age of 16 in the April of 1876.

⚰️ The Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Parnell. Auckland. New Zealand.

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Lichen topped and standing tall amid cotton clouds - a monument to recollect the life of one MARGARET DEWAR (1860-1939) and that of her family in Queenstown.

⚰ Queenstown Cemetery. New Zealand.

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"Left love behind many years ago. Now it rests under a cross in the cemetery in Tombstone." ~ Franco NERO.

Against a cerulean sky with slivers of summer cloud - an intricate cross atop a stone plinth stands within a quintessential churchyard.

⚰ Parish Churchyard of Selby. UK.

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Within a peaceful churchyard, a mottled and worn gravestone adorned with beautiful script tells of the life of JOHN HOLMES of Acomb and his family.

John who died in February 1841, would later be reunited with his wife JANE in 1856.

⚰ Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. UK.

#StillSleuthing 🔍

I LOVE graveyards!

If I'm not sleuthing for a missing ancestor, unearthing another life lost to history, or haunting the archives as @teebylo.bsky.social - I will probably be wandering among some tombstones somewhere!

See YOU on the other side?

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I. Within a picturesque churchyard near York and framed by long grass is the tomb of EDWARD TENNYSON (1813-1890)

Edward was the younger brother of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet laureate (1809-1892) and had been institutionalized since his teenage years.

A garland of leaves and an inverted flame of everlasting light denotes the resting place of one Mary Horton (1728-1795) in a quiet churchyard of Acomb in York.

⚰ Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. York. UK.

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A mossy tombstone rich in symbolism of faith and eternity - the monument to one Mary Noble (1836-1903) within a tranquil churchyard in Acomb.

⚰ Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. York. UK.

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🪦 Framed by garlands of ivy - the simple grave of Sir Ian Frederick Cheney Bolton Bt. K.B.E. (1889-1982) awaits the curious taphophile at The Necropolis in the City of Glasgow.

A old stone cross against a backdrop of coloured leaf.

The view from my world today.

🪦 The Parish Cemetery. Selby. North Yorkshire.

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Morning shadow, lush grass and the palest of stone.

The view from my world today @teebylo.bsky.social

🪦 Bunhills Field Cemetery. City Road. London. UK.

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In Remembrance Of?

Alas, their name may now be lost to history but their beautifully weathered memorial still remains.

The view from my world today.

🪦 Parish Church of St Denys. York. UK.

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