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56,966 blogs · [ { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbd96c5e34", "title": "Home of the brave - Manor Park Cemetery, London E12", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/07/home-of-brave-manor-park-cemetery.html", "published_at": "2026-07-03T15:04:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbd9caacd3", "title": "A tale of two coffins; James Moore (1849-1935) & Ivy May Hamilton (1922-1966) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-tale-of-two-coffins-james-moore-1949.html", "published_at": "2026-06-12T12:20:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbda7120b5", "title": "What heaps of unmeaning stone and marble! A visit to Westminster Abbey", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/06/what-heaps-of-unmeaning-stone-and.html", "published_at": "2026-06-05T13:41:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbdaf1263e", "title": "The Story of the Gnome Fly Part 3 - the final days of Hervio Nano; Harvey Leach (1801-1847)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-story-of-gnome-fly-part-3-final.html", "published_at": "2026-05-22T11:49:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbdbc66a60", "title": "The Story of the Gnome Fly Part 2 - Introducing Signor Hervio Nano; Harvey Leach (1801-1847)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-story-of-gnome-fly-part-2.html", "published_at": "2026-05-14T16:40:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbdc895755", "title": "The Story of the Gnome Fly Part 1 - The American Dwarf; Harvey Leach (1801-1847)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-story-of-gnome-fly-part-1-american.html", "published_at": "2026-05-08T10:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbdcef705e", "title": "What a way to go! 10 unusual causes of death at Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/03/what-way-to-go-10-unusual-causes-of.html", "published_at": "2026-03-25T17:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbddd1597c", "title": "A short history of Suicide in Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-short-history-of-suicide-in-kensal.html", "published_at": "2026-03-13T12:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbde62e066", "title": "In the dark, under the wires, I hear them call my name - two John Hardys and Jeffrey Lee Pierce", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/03/in-dark-under-wires-i-hear-them-call-my.html", "published_at": "2026-03-06T16:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbdf4b39d1", "title": "Sunset, Kensal Green Cemetery 28.01.2026", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/01/sunset-kensal-green-cemetery-28012026.html", "published_at": "2026-01-29T15:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbdf85c3bf", "title": "Central Cemetery Burges Assebroek, Belgium", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/01/central-cemetery-burges-assebroek.html", "published_at": "2026-01-23T15:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbdfdb5d8a", "title": "Thirty minutes from sundown; time travel in the Anglican Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2026/01/thirty-minutes-from-sundown-time-travel.html", "published_at": "2026-01-15T17:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe04e2e08", "title": "To the memory of the Maharani of the Punjab; Jind Kaur (1817-1863) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2025/12/to-memory-of-maharani-of-punjab-jind.html", "published_at": "2025-12-05T11:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe0f1d6bc", "title": "'I see the Four-fold man, Humanity in deadly sleep'; Ben Edge and the Children of Albion, Fitzrovia Chapel", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2025/11/i-see-four-fold-man-humanity-in-deadly.html", "published_at": "2025-11-21T14:12:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe0f41675", "title": "The Sewing Machine, the Umbrella and the Operating Table; a rainy afternoon in Buffalo", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-sewing-machine-umbrella-and.html", "published_at": "2025-11-07T11:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe1b42c81", "title": "The Lost Memorials of London; the shrine of St Erkenwald, Old St Pauls Cathedral", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-lost-memorials-of-london-shrine-of.html", "published_at": "2025-10-10T10:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe26f0863", "title": "Remembering the dead, post-mortem photography; the Rosi memorial, Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2025/09/remembering-dead-post-mortem.html", "published_at": "2025-09-23T10:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe2968cff", "title": "Friend of China, Enemy of Oppression; Augustus Frederick Lindley (1840-1871) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2025/09/friend-of-china-enemy-of-oppression.html", "published_at": "2025-09-19T11:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe37ad7fa", "title": "Whatever happened to the heroes? Monuments to the war dead in St Paul's Cathedral", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2025/06/whatever-happened-to-heroes-monuments.html", "published_at": "2025-06-19T16:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe4548637", "title": "Tempus fugit; Sally Mann 'What Remains' (Bulfinch Press, 2003, out of print) & 'Hold Still; A Memoir with Photographs' (Penguin Modern Classics, 2024 £14.99)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2025/06/tempus-fugit-sally-mann-what-remains.html", "published_at": "2025-06-05T16:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe45b3e20", "title": "The Tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) Riverside Drive, New York", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-tomb-of-general-ulysses-s-grant.html", "published_at": "2025-02-28T13:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe4c8982a", "title": "Scenes of Clerical Life; the remarkable story of the Rev. Basil Claude Hudson Andrews (1867-1963? final resting place unknown)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2025/02/scenes-of-clerical-life-uncommon-life.html", "published_at": "2025-02-03T16:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe5a4e693", "title": "Glasgow Necropolis", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2025/01/glasgow-necropolis.html", "published_at": "2025-01-17T12:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe5c57eae", "title": "The Messalina of the Suburbs; Edith Jessie Thompson (1893-1923) City of London Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-messalina-of-suburbs-edith-jessie.html", "published_at": "2024-12-13T15:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087ed-6582-7156-a247-c5bbe5e21b2a", "title": "More Die of Heartbreak; Baron Farkas Kemény. (1797–1852) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/12/death-from-broken-heart-baron-farkas.html", "published_at": "2024-12-05T17:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7f83550aa", "title": "The Headhunter in the the Haymarket; Horatio Gordon Robley (1840-1930) Streatham Park Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-headhunter-in-the-haymarket-horatio.html", "published_at": "2024-11-15T13:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7f8d32bc9", "title": "The three burials of Captain Elton; Erle Godfrey Elton (1869-1899) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-three-burials-of-captain-elton-erle.html", "published_at": "2024-10-18T14:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7f8e0c0ee", "title": "The Campo Santo of East London; St Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Leyton", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-campo-santo-of-east-london-st.html", "published_at": "2024-10-02T10:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7f9322c40", "title": "The woman in white; Caroline Graves ( c. 1830-1895) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-woman-in-white-caroline-graves-c.html", "published_at": "2024-04-29T08:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7fa133bee", "title": "'Who hath no wife, he is no cuckold'; George Hill (1802-1864) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/04/who-hath-no-wife-he-is-no-cuckold.html", "published_at": "2024-04-26T12:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7faee3279", "title": "Death at the Zoo; murder, suicide and drunken accidents in the first 75 years of London's Zoological Gardens", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/03/death-at-zoo-murder-suicide-and-drunken.html", "published_at": "2024-03-14T13:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7fbc8ad38", "title": "The Mysterious Barclay Grave; Elizabeth Anne Barclay (1834-1895) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-mysterious-barclay-grave-elizabeth.html", "published_at": "2024-03-08T12:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7fbf90947", "title": "When figures from the past stand tall; Ian Curtis (1956-1980) Macclesfield Cemetery & Crematorium", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/02/when-figures-from-past-stand-tall-ian.html", "published_at": "2024-02-29T11:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7fceec1a1", "title": "A Winter Afternoon in Brompton Cemetery; 10 January 2024", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-winter-afternoon-in-brompton-cemetery.html", "published_at": "2024-02-27T17:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7fd8d7448", "title": "Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way; Joseph Bonomi (1796-1878), Brompton Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/02/every-unhappy-family-is-unhappy-in-its.html", "published_at": "2024-02-22T16:34:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7fd903eb3", "title": "The sad abode of the dead; Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-sad-abode-of-dead-greyfriars.html", "published_at": "2024-02-07T16:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7fe219139", "title": "\"Shakespeare never went to Venice, Homer never went to Troy, Dante never went to Hell\"; Christopher Logue (1926-2011) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2016/04/shakespeare-never-went-to-venice-homer.html", "published_at": "2023-12-01T15:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7ff1c2676", "title": "Her grave is dug; Stéphane Mallarmé and Harriet Smyth (1838 -1859) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/11/her-grave-is-dug-stephane-mallarme-and.html", "published_at": "2023-11-23T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f7ffaaf5be", "title": "This extravagant journey: Steve Peregrin Took (1949-1980) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/11/this-extravagant-journey-steve-peregrin.html", "published_at": "2023-11-14T14:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f8000e4a8f", "title": "Not seeing 'Death' in Toronto; Mount Pleasant Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/11/not-seeing-death-in-toronto-mount.html", "published_at": "2023-11-09T16:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f8008b98cc", "title": "I am NOT dead! Thank God, I was never in better health; John Ternouth (1796-1848) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/10/i-am-not-dead-thank-god-i-was-never-in.html", "published_at": "2023-10-26T18:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f800d400b8", "title": "Père Lachaise without the visitors; Zadie Smith on Kensal Green Cemetery and the search for Eliza Touchet", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/10/pere-lachaise-without-visitors-zadie.html", "published_at": "2023-10-20T15:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f8016a081c", "title": "The Mysterious Thea Canonero Altieri (1910-2006) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-mysterious-thea-canonero-altieri.html", "published_at": "2023-10-11T12:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f8021e270c", "title": "The famous cemetery gates; Lavender Hill Cemetery, Enfield", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-famous-cemetery-gates-lavender-hill.html", "published_at": "2023-10-05T11:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f802f41323", "title": "A fine and private place; Edward Adolphus Seymour, 11th Duke of Somerset (1775-1855) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/09/a-fine-and-private-place-edward.html", "published_at": "2023-09-28T14:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f803631932", "title": "Dog day afternoon; Paddington Old Cemetery, Willesden Lane, NW6", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/09/dog-day-afternoon-paddington-old.html", "published_at": "2023-09-20T13:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f803e6b530", "title": "Respeito pelos mortos; Cemitério da Lapa, Porto", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/09/respeito-pelos-mortos-cemiterio-da-lapa.html", "published_at": "2023-09-14T15:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f803ed7e10", "title": "Churchill's personal tragedy; Marigold Churchill (1918-1921), Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/09/churchills-personal-tragedy-marigold.html", "published_at": "2023-09-06T15:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f8042f4889", "title": "A too early date with death; Richard Newton (1777-1798) St. Paul's churchyard, Covent Garden", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-too-early-date-with-death-richard.html", "published_at": "2023-07-19T16:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dee1-3269-731a-8774-00f804f58022", "title": "The enduring influence of Sir Thomas Browne; 'A Cabinet of Rarities' Erik Desmazières (Thames & Hudson 2012 £35)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-enduring-influence-of-sir-thomas.html", "published_at": "2023-06-23T12:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af742da2ef6a", "title": "The amputee army of angels; Putney Vale Cemetery, Stag Lane, SW15", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-amputee-army-of-angels-putney-vale.html", "published_at": "2023-06-13T14:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af742e0537db", "title": "An Ash from the Ashes of the Ash? The resurrection of the Hardy Tree, St Pancras Gardens", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/06/an-ash-from-ashes-of-ash-resurrection.html", "published_at": "2023-06-09T15:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af742ebfcacc", "title": "Felo de se, à la mode; Coq d'Argent, 1 Poultry, EC2", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/06/felo-de-se-la-mode-coq-dargent-1.html", "published_at": "2023-06-08T11:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af742f3857e5", "title": "Dust, dirt, and silence; the cadaver tomb, Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle, West Sussex", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/05/dust-dirt-and-silence-and-cadaver-tomb.html", "published_at": "2023-05-31T16:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af742fabc52e", "title": "The reopening of the Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-reopening-of-hunterian-museum-royal.html", "published_at": "2023-05-19T16:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af743007d026", "title": "In which of my cities will I die?; Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Le cimetière des Rois, Plainpalais, Geneva", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/05/in-which-of-my-cities-will-i-die-jorge.html", "published_at": "2023-05-12T19:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af7430f6e0ce", "title": "\"so frightful an object...\" the monument of Princess Sophia (1777-1848), Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/05/so-frightful-object-monument-of.html", "published_at": "2023-05-04T17:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af74315ad869", "title": "Life on the Lam; Bruce Reynolds (1931-2013) Highgate East Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/04/life-on-lam-bruce-reynolds-1931-2013.html", "published_at": "2023-04-28T09:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af7431794647", "title": "Communing with the dead; Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Malet Place, WC1", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/04/communing-with-dead-petrie-museum-of.html", "published_at": "2023-04-18T17:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af74327570c8", "title": "'Mummified; The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums' - Angela Stienne (Manchester University Press, £20)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/04/mummified-stories-behind-egyptian.html", "published_at": "2023-04-14T16:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af7432b8d3e1", "title": "'She first deceased, he for a little tried, to live without her, liked it not, and died.' John and Margaret Whiting (died 1681 & 1680) St. Bartholomew the Great, EC1", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/03/she-first-deceased-he-for-little-tried.html", "published_at": "2023-03-24T18:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af74339c9aa7", "title": "A fortune lost and a fortune found; Hanwell and the great Westminster Cemetery Scandal of 1986.", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-fortune-lost-and-fortune-found.html", "published_at": "2023-03-15T16:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af74340eedad", "title": "Behold London Forever; Peter Jackson (1922-2003) Highgate West Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/03/behold-london-forever-peter-jackson.html", "published_at": "2023-03-07T16:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af7434e7fcfb", "title": "Gangsters, the most inebriated woman in the world, flatulent Lord Mayors and Olaudah Equiano; Chingford Mount Cemetery, Old Church Road, E4", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/02/gangsters-most-inebriated-woman-in.html", "published_at": "2023-02-28T17:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af7435cdbcba", "title": "The Shame of Being a Bastard, Folkestone's mysterious recluse; Captain George Anthony Lindsay Wilson (1832-1905) The catacombs, Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-shame-of-being-bastard-folkestones.html", "published_at": "2023-02-14T18:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af7436ba3f85", "title": "The man who buried himself - Vital Douat (1825-1875) St Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Leytonstone", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-man-who-buried-himself-vital-douat.html", "published_at": "2023-01-31T16:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af74378a813d", "title": "Sundown in the snow, Kensal Green Cemetery (December 2022)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/01/sundown-in-snow-kensal-green-cemetery.html", "published_at": "2023-01-24T17:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af7437dc70f4", "title": "Kensal Green in the snow (December 2022)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/01/kensal-green-in-snow-december-2022.html", "published_at": "2023-01-17T17:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af7438ac5cce", "title": "The death of the Hardy tree in St Pancras Old Churchyard", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-death-of-hardy-tree-in-st-pancras.html", "published_at": "2023-01-13T12:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af7438bda83c", "title": "Old St Pancras churchyard in the snow", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/12/old-st-pancras-churchyard-in-snow.html", "published_at": "2022-12-16T11:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af74390edb42", "title": "A Hebrew Family Romance; Sir Edward Sassoon, Bart. M.P. (1856-1912) Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Pound Lane, Willesden", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-hewbrew-family-romance-sir-edward.html", "published_at": "2022-11-22T16:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af743a05c8ee", "title": "Que horas são, meu coração? The unusual journey of Dom Pedro's heart", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/11/que-horas-sao-meu-coracao-unusual.html", "published_at": "2022-11-15T18:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af743adfec88", "title": "As I wend my way to heaven I'll be full of Cherry Pie; David Jersey (1687-1755), St. Mary Magdalene, East Ham", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2014/11/as-i-wend-my-way-to-heaven-ill-be-full.html", "published_at": "2022-11-08T14:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af743b8a181e", "title": "'All The Living And The Dead' Hayley Campbell, Raven Books (£18.99)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/11/all-living-and-dead-hayley-campbell.html", "published_at": "2022-11-01T17:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0def7-21ef-72e4-8ffa-af743c7d8a6e", "title": "Tales from the crypt; St Mary the Virgin, Wanstead", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/10/tales-from-crypt-st-mary-virgin-wanstead.html", "published_at": "2022-10-18T17:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f5412812", "title": "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie; Highgate East Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-discreet-charm-of-bourgeoisie.html", "published_at": "2022-10-07T14:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f559202f", "title": "Drive your cart and plow over the bones of the dead; the display of human remains in museums", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/09/drive-your-cart-and-plow-over-bones-of.html", "published_at": "2022-09-23T14:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f590fe60", "title": "'The temptations of a passion contrary to reason....'; John Child, 2nd Earl Tylney (1712-1784), St Mary the Virgin, Wanstead", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-man-who-could-not-resist-temptations.html", "published_at": "2022-09-16T13:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f591e143", "title": "The ghosts of St Mary's churchyard, Wanstead E11", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-ghosts-of-st-marys-churchyard.html", "published_at": "2022-09-09T16:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f665775c", "title": "A morning stroll amongst the tombs; Cemitério de Agramonte, Porto, Portugal", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-morning-stroll-amongst-tombs.html", "published_at": "2022-09-02T11:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f66dd844", "title": "The Lost Andean Mummy of The Royal College of Surgeons", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-lost-andean-mummy-of-royal-college.html", "published_at": "2022-08-02T12:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f6c76806", "title": "The Corn Cutter of Broadway; Dr. Issachar Zacharie (1826-1900) Highgate East Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-corn-cutter-of-broadway-dr-issachar.html", "published_at": "2022-07-22T18:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f7a88534", "title": "Master Masons and Rear Admirals, Indian Chiefs and Housebreakers, Armed Robbers and Odd Fellows, All Welcome at St John's Burial Ground, Horseferry Road, SW1", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/07/master-masons-and-rear-admirals-indian.html", "published_at": "2022-07-15T15:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f7c6eb75", "title": "Let me clip your dirty wings; William Henry Harding (1843-1878), Brompton Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/07/let-me-clip-your-dirty-wings-polly.html", "published_at": "2022-07-12T17:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f8085bbd", "title": "\"Firmly in the second division\"; Wimbledon Cemetery, Gap Road SW19", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/07/firmly-in-second-division-wimbledon.html", "published_at": "2022-07-05T10:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f8ad8ae2", "title": "Roving Eyes & Sticky Fingers; Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Chelsea Old Church", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/06/roving-eyes-sticky-fingers-sir-hans.html", "published_at": "2022-06-30T14:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f8dded74", "title": "Buried Garden; Lockdown with the Lost Poets of Abney Park Cemetery - Chris McCabe (Penned in the Margins £9.99)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/06/buried-garden-lockdown-with-lost-poets.html", "published_at": "2022-06-24T17:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839f9d89ace", "title": "Seeing Wonderful Things; Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907) St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/06/seeing-wonderful-things-edmonia-lewis.html", "published_at": "2022-06-17T10:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839fa0bc615", "title": "Side by side for eternity; Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (1821-1890) & Lady Isabel Burton (1831-1896) St Mary Magdalen, Mortlake", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/06/side-by-side-for-eternity-sir-richard.html", "published_at": "2022-06-10T14:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839fa569bd6", "title": "There is a corner of a foreign field, that is forever Deutschland; Carl Hans Lody (1877-1914) East London Cemetery, Plaistow", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/05/there-is-corner-of-foreign-field-that.html", "published_at": "2022-05-31T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839fab8d8ec", "title": "The Garden of Earthly Delights; Cemitério dos Prazeres, Lisbon", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-garden-of-earthly-delights.html", "published_at": "2022-05-20T11:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839fb1d5496", "title": "No time to be making enemies; Alexander Litvinenko (1962-2006) Highgate West Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/04/no-time-to-be-making-enemies-alexander.html", "published_at": "2022-04-19T15:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839fc09929b", "title": "All hail the monstrous regiment of women....", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/03/all-hail-monstrous-regiment-of-women.html", "published_at": "2022-03-08T17:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839fcd41c16", "title": "The arrival of spring?: St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-arrival-of-spring-st-marys-catholic.html", "published_at": "2022-03-04T17:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839fcff7cb0", "title": "‘Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller; St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/02/is-there-anybody-there-said-traveller.html", "published_at": "2022-02-27T19:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839fd62d999", "title": "The recluse of Welbeck; William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (1800-1879) the 5th Duke of Portland, Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-recluse-of-welbeck-william-john.html", "published_at": "2022-02-20T17:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839fdc44610", "title": "180 years of Kensal Green Cemetery - 1841 & 2022", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/01/180-years-of-kensal-green-cemetery-1841.html", "published_at": "2022-01-31T17:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839fea4d22b", "title": "The lost gasometers of Kensal Green and some miscellaneous photos of the cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-lost-gasometers-of-kensal-green-and.html", "published_at": "2022-01-10T17:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-8839ff6f3d36", "title": "I Am Every Dead Thing; St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2022/01/i-am-every-dead-thing-st-marys-catholic.html", "published_at": "2022-01-03T17:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df0f-7ee5-715e-84fc-883a005c7149", "title": "\"Stuffed to the gills with Cockney Mums and Dads\": Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Southern Grove, E3", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/12/stuffed-to-gills-with-cockney-mums-and.html", "published_at": "2021-12-23T17:59:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Home of the brave - Manor Park Cemetery, London E12original ↗
3 Jul 2026
A tale of two coffins; James Moore (1849-1935) & Ivy May Hamilton (1922-1966) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2026
What heaps of unmeaning stone and marble! A visit to Westminster Abbeyoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2026
The Story of the Gnome Fly Part 3 - the final days of Hervio Nano; Harvey Leach (1801-1847)original ↗
22 May 2026
The Story of the Gnome Fly Part 2 - Introducing Signor Hervio Nano; Harvey Leach (1801-1847)original ↗
14 May 2026
The Story of the Gnome Fly Part 1 - The American Dwarf; Harvey Leach (1801-1847)original ↗
8 May 2026
What a way to go! 10 unusual causes of death at Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2026
A short history of Suicide in Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2026
In the dark, under the wires, I hear them call my name - two John Hardys and Jeffrey Lee Pierceoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2026
Sunset, Kensal Green Cemetery 28.01.2026original ↗
29 Jan 2026
Central Cemetery Burges Assebroek, Belgiumoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2026
Thirty minutes from sundown; time travel in the Anglican Chapel, Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2026

2025

To the memory of the Maharani of the Punjab; Jind Kaur (1817-1863) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2025
'I see the Four-fold man, Humanity in deadly sleep'; Ben Edge and the Children of Albion, Fitzrovia Chapeloriginal ↗
21 Nov 2025
The Sewing Machine, the Umbrella and the Operating Table; a rainy afternoon in Buffalooriginal ↗
7 Nov 2025
The Lost Memorials of London; the shrine of St Erkenwald, Old St Pauls Cathedraloriginal ↗
10 Oct 2025
Remembering the dead, post-mortem photography; the Rosi memorial, Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2025
Friend of China, Enemy of Oppression; Augustus Frederick Lindley (1840-1871) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2025
Whatever happened to the heroes? Monuments to the war dead in St Paul's Cathedraloriginal ↗
19 Jun 2025
Tempus fugit; Sally Mann 'What Remains' (Bulfinch Press, 2003, out of print) & 'Hold Still; A Memoir with Photographs' (Penguin Modern Classics, 2024 £14.99)original ↗
5 Jun 2025
The Tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) Riverside Drive, New Yorkoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2025
Scenes of Clerical Life; the remarkable story of the Rev. Basil Claude Hudson Andrews (1867-1963? final resting place unknown)original ↗
3 Feb 2025
Glasgow Necropolisoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2025

2024

The Messalina of the Suburbs; Edith Jessie Thompson (1893-1923) City of London Cemeteryoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2024
More Die of Heartbreak; Baron Farkas Kemény. (1797–1852) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2024
The Headhunter in the the Haymarket; Horatio Gordon Robley (1840-1930) Streatham Park Cemeteryoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2024
The three burials of Captain Elton; Erle Godfrey Elton (1869-1899) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2024
The Campo Santo of East London; St Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Leytonoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2024
The woman in white; Caroline Graves ( c. 1830-1895) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2024
'Who hath no wife, he is no cuckold'; George Hill (1802-1864) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2024
Death at the Zoo; murder, suicide and drunken accidents in the first 75 years of London's Zoological Gardensoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2024
The Mysterious Barclay Grave; Elizabeth Anne Barclay (1834-1895) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2024
When figures from the past stand tall; Ian Curtis (1956-1980) Macclesfield Cemetery & Crematoriumoriginal ↗
29 Feb 2024
A Winter Afternoon in Brompton Cemetery; 10 January 2024original ↗
27 Feb 2024
Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way; Joseph Bonomi (1796-1878), Brompton Cemeteryoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2024
The sad abode of the dead; Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburghoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2024

2023

"Shakespeare never went to Venice, Homer never went to Troy, Dante never went to Hell"; Christopher Logue (1926-2011) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2023
Her grave is dug; Stéphane Mallarmé and Harriet Smyth (1838 -1859) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2023
This extravagant journey: Steve Peregrin Took (1949-1980) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2023
Not seeing 'Death' in Toronto; Mount Pleasant Cemeteryoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2023
I am NOT dead! Thank God, I was never in better health; John Ternouth (1796-1848) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2023
Père Lachaise without the visitors; Zadie Smith on Kensal Green Cemetery and the search for Eliza Touchetoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2023
The Mysterious Thea Canonero Altieri (1910-2006) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2023
The famous cemetery gates; Lavender Hill Cemetery, Enfieldoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2023
A fine and private place; Edward Adolphus Seymour, 11th Duke of Somerset (1775-1855) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2023
Dog day afternoon; Paddington Old Cemetery, Willesden Lane, NW6original ↗
20 Sept 2023
Respeito pelos mortos; Cemitério da Lapa, Portooriginal ↗
14 Sept 2023
Churchill's personal tragedy; Marigold Churchill (1918-1921), Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2023
A too early date with death; Richard Newton (1777-1798) St. Paul's churchyard, Covent Gardenoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2023
The enduring influence of Sir Thomas Browne; 'A Cabinet of Rarities' Erik Desmazières (Thames & Hudson 2012 £35)original ↗
23 Jun 2023
The amputee army of angels; Putney Vale Cemetery, Stag Lane, SW15original ↗
13 Jun 2023
An Ash from the Ashes of the Ash? The resurrection of the Hardy Tree, St Pancras Gardensoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2023
Felo de se, à la mode; Coq d'Argent, 1 Poultry, EC2original ↗
8 Jun 2023
Dust, dirt, and silence; the cadaver tomb, Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle, West Sussexoriginal ↗
31 May 2023
The reopening of the Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeonsoriginal ↗
19 May 2023
In which of my cities will I die?; Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Le cimetière des Rois, Plainpalais, Genevaoriginal ↗
12 May 2023
"so frightful an object..." the monument of Princess Sophia (1777-1848), Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
4 May 2023
Life on the Lam; Bruce Reynolds (1931-2013) Highgate East Cemeteryoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2023
Communing with the dead; Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Malet Place, WC1original ↗
18 Apr 2023
'Mummified; The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums' - Angela Stienne (Manchester University Press, £20)original ↗
14 Apr 2023
'She first deceased, he for a little tried, to live without her, liked it not, and died.' John and Margaret Whiting (died 1681 & 1680) St. Bartholomew the Great, EC1original ↗
24 Mar 2023
A fortune lost and a fortune found; Hanwell and the great Westminster Cemetery Scandal of 1986.original ↗
15 Mar 2023
Behold London Forever; Peter Jackson (1922-2003) Highgate West Cemeteryoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2023
Gangsters, the most inebriated woman in the world, flatulent Lord Mayors and Olaudah Equiano; Chingford Mount Cemetery, Old Church Road, E4original ↗
28 Feb 2023
The Shame of Being a Bastard, Folkestone's mysterious recluse; Captain George Anthony Lindsay Wilson (1832-1905) The catacombs, Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2023
The man who buried himself - Vital Douat (1825-1875) St Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Leytonstoneoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2023
Sundown in the snow, Kensal Green Cemetery (December 2022)original ↗
24 Jan 2023
Kensal Green in the snow (December 2022)original ↗
17 Jan 2023
The death of the Hardy tree in St Pancras Old Churchyardoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2023

2022

Old St Pancras churchyard in the snoworiginal ↗
16 Dec 2022
A Hebrew Family Romance; Sir Edward Sassoon, Bart. M.P. (1856-1912) Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Pound Lane, Willesdenoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2022
Que horas são, meu coração? The unusual journey of Dom Pedro's heartoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2022
As I wend my way to heaven I'll be full of Cherry Pie; David Jersey (1687-1755), St. Mary Magdalene, East Hamoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2022
'All The Living And The Dead' Hayley Campbell, Raven Books (£18.99)original ↗
1 Nov 2022
Tales from the crypt; St Mary the Virgin, Wansteadoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2022
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie; Highgate East Cemeteryoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2022
Drive your cart and plow over the bones of the dead; the display of human remains in museumsoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2022
'The temptations of a passion contrary to reason....'; John Child, 2nd Earl Tylney (1712-1784), St Mary the Virgin, Wansteadoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2022
The ghosts of St Mary's churchyard, Wanstead E11original ↗
9 Sept 2022
A morning stroll amongst the tombs; Cemitério de Agramonte, Porto, Portugaloriginal ↗
2 Sept 2022
The Lost Andean Mummy of The Royal College of Surgeonsoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2022
The Corn Cutter of Broadway; Dr. Issachar Zacharie (1826-1900) Highgate East Cemeteryoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2022
Master Masons and Rear Admirals, Indian Chiefs and Housebreakers, Armed Robbers and Odd Fellows, All Welcome at St John's Burial Ground, Horseferry Road, SW1original ↗
15 Jul 2022
Let me clip your dirty wings; William Henry Harding (1843-1878), Brompton Cemeteryoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2022
"Firmly in the second division"; Wimbledon Cemetery, Gap Road SW19original ↗
5 Jul 2022
Roving Eyes & Sticky Fingers; Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Chelsea Old Churchoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2022
Buried Garden; Lockdown with the Lost Poets of Abney Park Cemetery - Chris McCabe (Penned in the Margins £9.99)original ↗
24 Jun 2022
Seeing Wonderful Things; Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907) St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Greenoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2022
Side by side for eternity; Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (1821-1890) & Lady Isabel Burton (1831-1896) St Mary Magdalen, Mortlakeoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2022
There is a corner of a foreign field, that is forever Deutschland; Carl Hans Lody (1877-1914) East London Cemetery, Plaistoworiginal ↗
31 May 2022
The Garden of Earthly Delights; Cemitério dos Prazeres, Lisbonoriginal ↗
20 May 2022
No time to be making enemies; Alexander Litvinenko (1962-2006) Highgate West Cemeteryoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2022
All hail the monstrous regiment of women....original ↗
8 Mar 2022
The arrival of spring?: St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Greenoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2022
‘Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller; St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Greenoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2022
The recluse of Welbeck; William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (1800-1879) the 5th Duke of Portland, Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2022
180 years of Kensal Green Cemetery - 1841 & 2022original ↗
31 Jan 2022
The lost gasometers of Kensal Green and some miscellaneous photos of the cemeteryoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2022
I Am Every Dead Thing; St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Greenoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2022

2021

"Stuffed to the gills with Cockney Mums and Dads": Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Southern Grove, E3original ↗
23 Dec 2021
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