Unusual graves.

[Indaloman]

Here is a sad and unusual one

[kerryb]

Here are two pictures of graves I like

Firstly the tomb of Mad Jack Fuller, 18th century entrepeneur and MP who got out of work locals to build lots of follies in East Sussex to provide them with work.  He was reputed to be buried at a table inside the tomb eating lunch but I think that was a myth. 

Secondly one my forebears Jonathan Harmer is locally known to have created rather nice terracottas that he put onto gravestones around East Sussex in the early to mid 1800s.  I am currently going around the churchyards building a collection of the photos.  See http://baldwin.rootschat.net/html/jonathan_harmer.html for the full story but basically when his son died in the 1880s the method died with him and has never been repeated.

Kerry

[Sarndra]

Here are two pictures of graves I like

Firstly the tomb of Mad Jack Fuller, 18th century entrepeneur and MP who got out of work locals to build lots of follies in East Sussex to provide them with work.  He was reputed to be buried at a table inside the tomb eating lunch but I think that was a myth. 

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Kerry

That's a very cool myth! :-)

Cheers
Sarndra
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[bevbee]

 Why is this on a grave?            
       

[bearkat]

Perhaps the person died of smallpox or plague

[bevbee]

Do you think so? She died in 1928 - I'm puzzled because I've never seen this before.   

[bearkat]

A bit late for smallpox, plague or even the spanish flu epidemic of 1918-20.

strange

[Sarndra]

 Why is this on a grave?            
       

Wow!  Very neat... a vampire maybe! :-)

Sarndra
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[Raphael]

Hello All,
I think it is possible that the person died of Tuberculosis often referred to colloquially as Consumption. It was a notifiable disease in late 1800's and my Aunt who was a novice Nun died two years after I was born and was buried in St Josephs Moston Cemetery M/cr.
She died in 1929, and my Gran always said that many were buried in sealed graves. However my Aunt's father, my Grandad, was  buried not long after in the same grave.. On her death certificate he was present at the time of her death, we have yet to obtain my Grandfathers Death Cert.

Just a Thought
Raphael
UK & D