Celebrated Cemeteries

Walter said "And that at around 6 o'clock local time in the morning, about one hour before sunrise"


Early riser, I'm afraid.........but I ignored it and came down to make a cup of coffee.

littlek's mention of Salem made me think of this:



Rebecca Nurse Family Cemetery and House, 1678, Danvers (formerly Salem Village), MA

On a March day in 1692 friends came to the Nurse house to tell Rebecca
she had been accused of witchcraft. Seventy-one year old, bedridden with
illness, Nurse dumbfoundly responsed, "As to this thing I am Innocent as
the child unborne." Even a reprieve from Governor Phips and a petition
from influential neighbors could not save her from execution on Gallows
Hill, July 19. Her body was retrieved by family members and secretly
returned to this farm and buried in an unmarked grave.

ooooh, spooky.

Ellpus, do get back..... we don't really have catacombs here. I've never been in one.

Now there's a place you'll never find me - a catacomb...

because it's unnerground?

Somewhat re underground but more because it's underground And generally dark, and I am a total fool in dim light. I've been to a mithras temple under a church under a church, and didn't freak, but I've read descriptions of various catacombs and know I would be in big stress.

Did you ever read Birdsong? There's a description in there about fellows in wwI in underground tunnels that just about curled my hair.

mmmm. What if you had someone's hand to hold on to?

Well, I did in the mithras temple..

but I don't think I'm catacomb girl..

Do you do caves?

Shiver....

well, I haven't been in all that many caves, I'm such an urban lass. But I don't have a particular fear of them, except the ones I've read about that you have to crawl into for a long way. I've been into a couple of caves in boats and haven't freaked, but those were on some guided tour.

Really, it's fine, I'll just watch you all for vicarious thrills.

okiedokie

A wall in the Catacombs of Paris.

I am still searching for a website with some pics of the catacombs, but the links will not only take you to the Kensal Cemetery, they will also contain info and pics regarding several other "old" cemeteries of London.

I will carry on searching.


Kensal Green Cemetery, Notting Hill, London.




http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A413911


snippet......."However, the cemetery is also the resting place for several eccentrics peculiar to the British Isles.

The first of these is Dr James Barry (1795 - 1865) who was a surgeon in the army and, upon his demise, it was discovered that he was actually a she. Barry worked for the army in South Africa and was, to all intents and purposes, a child prodigy, having gained her diploma at 13. Her work and surgical skills even earned the praise of Admiral Nelson. Barry's career took her to Malta and Corfu where she died and her secret was revealed. Basically...

... it stands as an indisputable fact, that a woman was for 40 years an officer in the British service, and fought one duel and had sought many more, had pursued a legitimate medical education, and received a regular diploma, and had acquired almost a celebrity for skill as a surgical operator.
- The Manchester Guardian, 21 August, 1865."




Lots more Gothic treaures are here.......

http://www.theadamsresidence.co.uk/vault.html

Some really good London cementaries are at derelictlondon.com

Catacombs Kensal Green Cemetery
London for Earls of Clare

Well done, Walter........you're obviously much better at this than me!


Oooh, I've just been looking through one of my links on the previous post.

Putney Vale (London) Cemetery looks pretty interesting.......I feel another Sunday jaunt coming on. I think I'll wait until a nice October day when the mist is hanging around.....that'll scare the missus.


Putney......





She'll love it!

Spectacular photos, Ellpus & Walter. Wow!

Hmm, quite nice - I forgot to give this link: London Cemetaries.

(I suppose, the "List of cementaries" was already mentioned. If not: it's here.)

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