#GraveyardSquirrel hashtag - Bluesky

1 month ago

Cemeteries? Graveyards? I LOVE them!

If I'm not sleuthing an elusive ancestor, unearthing another life lost to history, or haunting the archives as @deadsleuth.com - I could be wandering among the tombstones somewhere.

See YOU in the other side?

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3 months ago

Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄

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3 months ago

Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄

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3 months ago

Monday afternoon. The view from my world.

From my garden to their forever home. A little ancestral grave festive gift and tidy up for my maternal 2 x Greats.

🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.

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3 months ago

II. For this bed of concrete to be ‘well rammed’ was composed of ‘5 parts of broken bricks and 1 part of the best stone lime freshly burned’.

Be still my beating heart!

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4 months ago

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.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com

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5 months ago

'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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5 months ago

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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6 months ago

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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6 months ago

III. Although it would take a few years before the doors of the York Penitentiary in Bishophill would open, and Gray died shortly after - it all began with a letter.

HAPPY LETTER WRITING DAY!

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7 months ago

Thursday. The view from my world as I find myself lost among the long forgotten dead of the Parish of Micklegate in York.

What a day to be alive!

Still Sleuthing 🔍 @yorkfhs.bsky.social

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7 months ago

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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8 months ago

II. And, if you interested in hearing me chat about sleuthing the dead - you'll discover a rich menu of TEE TALKS buried not so deep within my on-line portal at deadsleuth.com.

And, now to lunch!

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8 months ago

II. Edward Tennyson died at the Lime Tree House Asylum in Acomb and his monument inscribed with the words of 'Mercy Jesus Mercy' speaks of a plea for the perfect peace which had eluded him in life.

⚰ Parish Churchard of St Stephen. Acomb. Yorkshire. UK.

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10 months ago

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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10 months ago

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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10 months ago

🪦 Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire, Freeman of Stirling and snonymous with Scouting in Scotland, the philanthropist, and injured war veteran was laid to rest at the age of 92 with members of his family.

⚰ The Necropolis. Glasgow. Scotland. UK.

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10 months ago

And, not a cloud in sight.

Saturday afternoon. The world from my world.

🔔 The Abbey. Selby. North Yorkshire. UK.

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10 months ago

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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10 months ago

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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10 months ago

Elegant pilasters, cornicing and one iconic window.

The view from my perch as I enjoy a late lunch and a brief respite from the archive transcribing more death and despair.

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11 months ago

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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11 months ago

A little lych gate loitering.

The view from my world at noon.

🔔 Old St Oswald Church. Fulford. York. UK.

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11 months ago

Enjoying a moment or three away from the genealogy desk to sleuth awhile among the tombstones.

The view from my world today.

🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #YorkyHistoryLass #TeeAndTombstones #FamilyHistorySleuth #Genealogist #GraveAndBeautiful #StillSleuthing 🔍

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11 months ago

A story etched in stone. So many thoughts. The view from my world today.

🪦 Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. York. UK.

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11 months ago

The graveyard beckons!

Before I attend to the business of the day with some grave hunting - a little housekeeping first with a grave tidy and a gift of daffodils for my grandparents, much missed and never forgotten.

🪦 Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. York. UK.

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11 months ago

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn" ~ Hal BORLAND

The whitest of blossom against a cloudless backdrop of sky blue. The view from my world today.

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