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TOMBSTONES & SYMBOLS Website
« on: Thursday 18 February 10 10:57 GMT (UK) »
Hi All

Following some 16 years spent in the churchyards of Lewes and Hastings (but mostly Lewes) I have of late been constructing a web site to illustrate the kind of Motifs / Symbols to be found on Headstones and Memorials.
Although some pages are still in course of preparation; I think there is still  sufficient published to make it interesting:

http://Tombstones.webs.com

Please take a look and let me know what you think, and is there anything more that could be included

Chris in 1066
One of Rootschats Founder Members RIP 1942-2021
Living at the Heart of English History in 1066Land. 
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Swarbrooke Family Heritage
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Own Ancestral Website:    http://maythornemill.webs.com                                          
Monumental Sculptures Website:    http://Tombstones.webs.com

 Local History Site: http://zouch.webs.com
Baldslow Local History site
http://web.archive.org/web/20140626153455/http://www

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Re: TOMBSTONES & SYMBOLS Website
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 20 April 10 15:25 BST (UK) »
Don't mean to be nitpicky but it's "Categories"

Great site
Stevens, Pye  East London

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Re: TOMBSTONES & SYMBOLS Website
« Reply #2 on: Friday 18 June 10 13:16 BST (UK) »
Hi Ptdrifter

No you are not pickicky - Have at long last changed it

Chris in 1066
One of Rootschats Founder Members RIP 1942-2021
Living at the Heart of English History in 1066Land. 
www.Rootschat.com/history/hastings

Swarbrooke Family Heritage
https://swarbrooke.co.uk

Own Ancestral Website:    http://maythornemill.webs.com                                          
Monumental Sculptures Website:    http://Tombstones.webs.com

 Local History Site: http://zouch.webs.com
Baldslow Local History site
http://web.archive.org/web/20140626153455/http://www

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Re: TOMBSTONES & SYMBOLS Website
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 22 June 11 07:12 BST (UK) »
Its really a great site and quite interesting too.. I think that there is no need of including anything. Thanks for sharing with us.



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Re: TOMBSTONES & SYMBOLS Website
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 24 July 11 16:52 BST (UK) »
I am trying to find out what "AE" means when it is placed after the age of the deceased on a tombstone. For example: 92 years AE. Would you be able to tell me? I would really appreciate it.

Thank you,
LWR

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Re: TOMBSTONES & SYMBOLS Website
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 24 July 11 17:43 BST (UK) »
I think it means age. 
Seen to remember it is abbreviation of "aetatis"

Definition of ANNO AETATIS SUAE
: in the (specified) year of his (or her) age
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Re: TOMBSTONES & SYMBOLS Website
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 13 June 20 00:19 BST (UK) »
Great idea for website. Spotted a few more typos for you off Symbols and Meanings link: Morman is misspelled twice, needs to end with an 'n', and there should be a space between "Bibleand" for the explanation of "A pair of Holy Books".

Did you really mean to list "Breasts" as a symbol?  If a human breast is meant to be implied by a gourd or pomegranate, wouldn't the symbol fall under "Fruit" or "Fruit and Veg"?  And how would we know a gourd is supposed to connote a human breast?

I'm fascinated by the possibility of seeing an Imp on a tombstone or headstone.  I've seen impish cherubs in paintings before, but never an imp carved in stone for someone who's dead. What do imps on headstones look like?

I thought flowers in bud also meant young life that never reached full flower.  Have you ever encountered that meaning?

Thanks - 
Ellyette, Eleyett, Ellyett, etc.
Wood (Ottiwell)
Jackson (Ephraim)
Browne, James, William, Richard
Pusey
Fries
Fishpaw
Williams, James
Smith Adam

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Re: TOMBSTONES & SYMBOLS Website
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 13 June 20 18:33 BST (UK) »
Welcome to rootschat

Chris has not been on here for 3 years so it is possible that no change to his typo's will be made.  He has however posted lots of information for the area which hopefully you will find useful, I know it has been to me.

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