Decisions. Decisions!

In honour of #InternationalPencilDay - should I opt for blush pink, sky blue, sunshine yellow or go au naturel?

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If Tuesday was captured in an expression, then carved in stone and topped with moss?

⛪ Parish Church of St Oswald. Fulford. York. UK.

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"How should haberdashers & that sort of folk be judges of the qualifications of a tutor!!”

Alas, the answer is NOT to be found within this irreverent missive from the pen of one William Gray in 1837 and the scion of Grays Solicitors of York.

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Amid slivers of cloud and as mossy gravestones stand proud under a dappled warm afternoon sky - the aged trees cast no shadow over an iconic church spire.

⛪ Parish Church of St Olave. York. UK.

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Framed by doric pilasters and decorated columns as elaborate cornicing, cherubs and extravagant swags hover protectively - a gorgeous window awaits the curious visitor.

⛪ Parish Church of Holy Trinity. Leeds. Yorkshire. UK.

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From Churchyard to Spa Town?

Within the pages of the MARCH publication of The Dalesman Magazine I unearth the poignant story of a Yorkshire lass from Harrogate.

⚰ Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. Yorkshire. UK.

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One beautiful March afternoon I introduced my fellow sleuth @yorkfhs.bsky.social to the occupant of a favourite grave in Acomb YORK whose poignant story can now be discovered within the pages of the MARCH publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman Magazine.

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Heigh Ho! 'Tis to the archives I have come today as I sleuth the life of one man of the cloth and his priestly tenure.

If you would like The Dead Sleuth to haunt an archive on your behalf within Yorkshire or beyond - drop me a line at tee@deadsleuth.com.

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Under the palest of blue skies and wrapped up against a biting wind - I've managed to squeeze in a moment or three for a little church crawling and tombstone sleuthing before lunch en famille.

💒 The Parish Church of St Mary Bishophill Junior. York. UK.

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"Though women are angels, yet wedlock's the devil." ~ Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Within the pages of the FEBRUARY publication of The Dalesman Magazine - I muse upon memories of my love of weddings, and the fall-out of a matrimonial scandal from the year 1874.

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Captured under an insipid winter sky and wet grass - the beautifully decorated memorial to one Gertrude Agnes Ware, her youngest son Kenneth and her infant daughter Aileen Teresa.

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

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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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A headstone decorated with an urn draped in extravagant stone fabric tells of the fate of the teenaged Albert Cregson who was drowned at sea in the year 1860.

⚰ Wakefield Cemetery. Sugar Lane. Wakefield. West Yorkshire. UK.

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Heigh ho. Heigh ho. It's off to the archives I now go!

Monday. The view from my perch as I grab a quick lunch before those archives beckon once more.

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As if in mid air and captured by the @deadsleuth.com - this cloaked angel with eyes downcast adorns the monument to eight year old Thomas Clarkson who entered into spirit in the year 1872.

⚰ Wakefield Cemetery. Sugar Lane. Wakefield. West Yorkshire. UK.

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Hidden from view behind an old buttress and framed by a unique stone door frame - a charming and beautifully adorned chancel door beckons to the curious.

⛪ The Parish Church of St Oswald. Fulford. York. UK.

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Shielded by tangled ivy and dried ferns - a weeping angel adorns a small pale monument to one Agnes Jane Allison who entered into spirit in the year 1871.

⚰ Symonds Street Cemetery. Auckland. New Zealand.

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Aged stone in hues of a soft grey palette captured against the dying of a January day.

⛪ The Parish of All Saints. Rudston. Driffield. UK.

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A memorial now lost to the ravages of time tells us of the heartbreaking story of infants Christopher and Henry Perkins who died a day apart and were buried together one July day in the year 1810.

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

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A tombstone now decorated in beautifully worn stone perched under a bright winter sky one winter afternoon.

⚰ Parish Church of St Mary. Whitby. North Yorkshire. UK.

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II) Admired by Byron and Wellington while ignored by her feckless spouse 'Bold Webster' - the 'fair, fickle and false' Lady F was also a victim of assault, libel AND kidnap!

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"My birthday. And I go to my bed with a heaviness of heart at having lived so long, and to so little purpose." ~ Lord Byron

To SO little purpose Lord B?

Me thinks not as I'm celebrating your birthday some 238 years later.

At regencyrecondite.com - the celebrations continue!

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Shielded by imposing wrought iron bars under a blanket of palm leaves and foliage - the WHITSON family monument hides from the curious.

⚰ Symonds Street Cemetery. Auckland. New Zealand.

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Before the morning had ended on this day in the year 1815 - the poet Lord Byron had been joined in matrimony to one Anne Isabella Milbanke at her family home at Seaham Hall in Seaham County Durham.

* SPOILER ALERT *

Alas, they were NOT to live happily ever after!

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Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄

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Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄

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Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄

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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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"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." ~ Edna Ferber.

In the delightfully seasonal DECEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN - I muse upon the final month of the year, an ancestor unveiled and the untold tale of a ghost of Christmas past.

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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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