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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d134c115c", "title": "The Mysterious Amos Grave; City of London Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/10/amos-city-of-london-cemetery.html", "published_at": "2021-11-30T11:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d1448475b", "title": "Mama, Grandmoo, Visabuela; Dar Durnford Slater (1897-1982) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/11/mama-grandmoo-visabuela-dar-durnford.html", "published_at": "2021-11-12T18:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d15236748", "title": "\"I have no bone to pick with graveyards...\"; Kensal Green Cemetery, 02.11.2020", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/11/i-have-no-bone-to-pick-with-graveyards.html", "published_at": "2021-11-02T18:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d159a96ed", "title": "Buried with her baby in her arms and her coffin draped with the Spanish Republican flag: Conchita Supervia (1895-1936) Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/10/buried-with-her-baby-in-her-arms-and.html", "published_at": "2021-10-19T17:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d167a566b", "title": "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman; Hester Hammerton (1711-1746) All Saints, Kingston-Upon-Thames", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/10/an-unsuitable-job-for-woman-hester.html", "published_at": "2021-10-04T17:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d16a2dd92", "title": "A hidden gem; the headstone of Godfrey Mercer (1696-1730), St. Mary's & All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-hidden-gem-headstone-of-godfrey.html", "published_at": "2021-09-24T15:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d171d6af5", "title": "\"A first class eccentric\"; William Vincent Wallace (1812-1865) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/06/william-vincent-wallace-1812-1865.html", "published_at": "2021-09-14T12:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d17cb3666", "title": "Remembering 9 11", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/09/remembering-9-11.html", "published_at": "2021-09-12T14:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d184d62b4", "title": "A family fortune: Thomas Goss Shore (1795-1868), Abney Park Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/08/a-family-fortune-thomas-goss-shore-1795.html", "published_at": "2021-08-02T15:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d190d0339", "title": "The gate at number 6 Rua de São Jorge; Cemitério dos Ingleses, Lisbon", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-gate-at-number-6-rua-de-sao-jorge.html", "published_at": "2021-07-26T16:43:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d19d25e0a", "title": "\"A most awful tragedy\"; Medi Oliver Mehra (2003-2014) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/07/a-most-awful-tragedy-medi-oliver-mehra.html", "published_at": "2021-07-16T09:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d1a64ae51", "title": "The Death of the King of the Beggars; Andrew Whiston (1770-1826) St Saviour's churchyard, Southwark", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-death-of-king-of-beggars-andrew.html", "published_at": "2021-07-09T16:12:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d1b277455", "title": "The Elusive Satanists of Abney Park", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-elusive-satanists-of-abney-park.html", "published_at": "2021-07-03T16:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d1c2325ce", "title": "'Say what a Wife should be and She was that'; The Great Churchyard, Bury St. Edmunds", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/05/say-what-wife-should-be-and-she-was.html", "published_at": "2021-05-31T19:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d1c54ee3c", "title": "\"By flaming tortures tried\" ; Elizabeth Pickett (1758-1781) St Mary's, Stoke Newington", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/05/by-flaming-tortures-tried-elizabeth.html", "published_at": "2021-05-09T15:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d1c9776fb", "title": "Hung, drawn and quartered; the cruel fate of Colonel Francis Towneley (1709-1746) St. Pancras churchyard", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/04/hung-drawn-and-quartered-cruel-fate-of.html", "published_at": "2021-04-29T18:12:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d1d7f4e86", "title": "The Myth of the Hardy Tree; Old St. Pancras Churchyard", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-myth-of-hardy-tree-old-st-pancras.html", "published_at": "2021-04-25T16:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d1e2b8c7b", "title": "'His death was occasioned by puncturing his finger, while sewing up a dead body'; William Bingham (1793-1821) St Giles burial ground,", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/04/his-death-was-occasioned-by-puncturing.html", "published_at": "2021-04-21T17:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d1ecdd050", "title": "The End of the Road; A journey around Britain in search of the dead - Jack Cooke (Mudlark, £14.99)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-end-of-road-journey-around-britain.html", "published_at": "2021-04-11T15:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d1fc06692", "title": "The Man Who Was Pisanus Fraxi; the secret life of Henry Spencer Ashbee (1834-1900) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-man-who-was-pisanus-fraxi-secret.html", "published_at": "2021-03-29T16:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d204ff7fc", "title": "All die while I, a poor unprofitable worm, am still spared; \"A History of Death in 17th Century England\" by Ben Norman (Pen & Sword £12.99)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/03/all-die-while-i-poor-unprofitable-worm.html", "published_at": "2021-03-25T17:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d209c0da3", "title": "'Hanged by a Harlot'; Frantisek Kotzwara (1740-1791), St Lukes, Old Street, EC1", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/03/hanged-by-harlot-frantisek-kotzwara.html", "published_at": "2021-03-18T16:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d214bc5e1", "title": "More dead babies, a suicidal Frenchman, the one eyed widower and the scandal of pauper funerals; City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook, E12", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/03/more-dead-babies-suicidal-frenchman-one.html", "published_at": "2021-03-11T11:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d2246ab80", "title": "\"One of the two natives of Botany Bay is dead, his companion pines much...\"; Yemmerrawannie Kebbarah (1775-1794) St John the Baptist, Eltham", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/03/one-of-two-natives-of-botany-bay-is.html", "published_at": "2021-03-04T17:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df27-c99c-738e-9b1c-c04d22a5bb5f", "title": "If you see a hearse go by; the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, E12", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/02/if-you-see-hearse-go-by-city-of-london.html", "published_at": "2021-02-28T12:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d630bbded3b", "title": "To Hell with Habeas Corpus!; Dr Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905), Barkingside", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/02/to-hell-with-habeas-corpus-dr-thomas.html", "published_at": "2021-02-20T17:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d630c42216e", "title": "'The Resort of Thieves and Harlots'; Victoria Park Cemetery, Bethnal Green", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-resort-of-thieves-and-harlots.html", "published_at": "2021-02-09T17:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d630d2a74d5", "title": "These Silent Mansions; A life in graveyards - Jean Sprackland (Jonathan Cape £16.99)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/01/these-silent-mansions-life-in.html", "published_at": "2021-01-29T16:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d630e0d2dd9", "title": "A Journal of the Plague Year; Cemitério da Ajuda, Lisbon", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-journal-of-plague-year-cemiterio-da.html", "published_at": "2020-12-24T14:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d630ecd63c7", "title": "Pre-Raphaelite muses and premature death; the family life of George Waugh (1801-1873), Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/12/pre-raphaelite-muses-and-premature.html", "published_at": "2020-12-04T12:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d630f6436a1", "title": "Toast Of The Town; Thomas King (1694-1737) St Paul's churchyard, Covent Garden", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/04/toast-of-town-thomas-king-1694-1737-st.html", "published_at": "2020-11-26T15:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d630fe7bda9", "title": "A place of worship for the 'very destitute and degraded' people of Barkingside; Holy Trinity churchyard, Mossford Green", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-place-of-worship-for-very-destitute.html", "published_at": "2020-11-22T16:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d6310c22df2", "title": "Rhubarb & Arsenic, a cautionary tale; The unfortunate end of the Hickman family of Kensal New Town (St Lukes, Chelsea)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/11/rhubarb-arsenic-cautionary-tale.html", "published_at": "2020-11-13T17:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d6311afacb2", "title": "Premature burial of a baby at Abney Park Cemetery (1885)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/10/premature-burial-at-abney-park-cemetery.html", "published_at": "2020-10-29T18:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d631203376e", "title": "Reanimated! The shocking fate of George Foster (1769-1803)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2014/11/reanimated-shocking-fate-of-george.html", "published_at": "2020-10-23T15:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d6312622311", "title": "Peter Ross 'A Tomb With A View; The stories and glories of graveyards' (Headline £20)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/10/peter-ross-tomb-with-view-stories-and.html", "published_at": "2020-10-09T16:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d63132baa21", "title": "The Perils of Foreign Travel; Julia Slater (1834-1858) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/07/slater-memorial.html", "published_at": "2020-10-02T17:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d6313a7c954", "title": "Robbing the living for the sake of the dead; Barnes Common Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/09/robbing-living-for-sake-of-dead-barnes.html", "published_at": "2020-09-28T12:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d6314774d96", "title": "The poisoned parson & the travelling corpse; more tales of exhumation at Highgate Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-poisoned-parson-travelling-corpse.html", "published_at": "2020-09-17T17:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d63149a708e", "title": "The dead man's beard and other tales of exhumation at Highgate cemetery (Part One)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-dead-mans-beard-and-other-tales-of.html", "published_at": "2020-09-09T09:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d6315749f7f", "title": "The pious pelican and devoted mother of Highgate; Baroness Elizabeth de Munck (1767-1841) Highgate Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-pious-pelican-and-devoted-mother-of.html", "published_at": "2020-08-28T16:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d63157be30c", "title": "A true sense of their mortal condition; the City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook E12", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-true-sense-of-their-mortal-condition.html", "published_at": "2020-08-24T17:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d63160a8e71", "title": "\"The great work of diffusing Anglo-Saxon energy throughout the globe...\"; Captain Mayne Reid (1818-1883) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-great-work-of-diffusing-anglo-saxon.html", "published_at": "2020-08-12T13:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d63166ac589", "title": "Où fut inhumé Henri Forestier (1775-1806)?", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/08/ou-fut-inhume-henri-forestier-1775-1806.html", "published_at": "2020-08-08T16:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d6316815b07", "title": "\"History can recall the days of slavery\": Henry Adderley (1803-1875) Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/07/history-can-recall-days-of-slavery.html", "published_at": "2020-07-10T16:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d6316c58d7b", "title": "To hatch a crow, a black rainbow.... cemetery wildlife", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/06/to-hatch-crow-black-rainbow-cemetery.html", "published_at": "2020-06-30T11:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d6316d7ae53", "title": "'Earth to Earth: A Natural History of Churchyards' by Stefan Buczaki (Unicorn £15.00)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/06/earth-to-earth-natural-history-of.html", "published_at": "2020-06-25T16:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d6317ae9391", "title": "Gypsies, tramps and thieves; St Mary & All Saints Churchyard, Lambourne End", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/06/gypsies-tramps-and-thieves-st-mary-all.html", "published_at": "2020-06-19T12:47:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d6317dd9dd5", "title": "'So full of beauty, so empty of brains!'; the mummified head of Holy Trinity Minories", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/06/so-full-of-beauty-so-empty-of-brains.html", "published_at": "2020-06-04T14:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df3b-f1a5-72a6-a721-6d63182cc5bd", "title": "The crème de la crème; St Mary's Churchyard, Wimbledon", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-creme-de-la-creme-st-marys.html", "published_at": "2020-05-29T17:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a074-724c-9556-390827dc142a", "title": "The man who took the piss out of London; Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891), St. Mary's Churchyard, Wimbledon", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-man-who-took-piss-out-of-london-sir.html", "published_at": "2020-05-18T18:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a074-724c-9556-39082880609c", "title": "Hic! Hic! Hic! - the Martyrdom of St. Edmond and St. Andrew's Church, Greensted-juxta-Ongar", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/05/hic-hic-hic-martyrdom-of-st-edmond-and.html", "published_at": "2020-05-14T16:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a074-724c-9556-3908297c254b", "title": "Diocesan Graveyard Law; St Peter's Churchyard, Aldborough Hatch", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/05/diocesan-graveyard-law-st-peters.html", "published_at": "2020-05-07T20:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a074-724c-9556-39082a18767b", "title": "\"Design for Death\" Barbara Jones (Andre Deutsch 1967) Out of print", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/04/design-for-death-barbara-jones-andre.html", "published_at": "2020-04-30T17:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a074-724c-9556-39082a1a0749", "title": "It's not about the money!; Plumstead Cemetery, Wickham Lane, SE2", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/04/its-not-about-money-plumstead-cemetery.html", "published_at": "2020-04-17T17:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328db4c1480", "title": "\"The Five; the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper\" - Halle Rubenhold (Penguin £9.99)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-five-untold-lives-of-women-killed.html", "published_at": "2020-04-13T14:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328dc055c4a", "title": "Joseph Wilton and the body snatchers of Wanstead - St Mary the Virgin, Wanstead", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/04/joseph-wilton-and-body-snatchers-of.html", "published_at": "2020-04-09T17:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328dca30f8d", "title": "'Dull anonymity prevails..'; Barkingside Cemetery, London Borough of Redbridge", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/04/dull-anonymity-prevails-barkingside.html", "published_at": "2020-04-01T18:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328dd6f42a9", "title": "A Journal of the Plague Year; Trinity Church, 75 Broadway, New York City", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-journal-of-plague-year-trinity-church.html", "published_at": "2020-03-28T18:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328de384b77", "title": "Here Lyes The Body; St Paul's Chapel of Trinity Church, 209 Broadway, New York City", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/03/here-lyes-body-st-pauls-chapel-of.html", "published_at": "2020-03-04T18:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328deb689b5", "title": "The Gardener Hath Plucked a Still Rarer Flower; Gladys Spencer (1837-1931) City of London Cemetery, Manor Park", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-gardener-hath-plucked-still-rarer.html", "published_at": "2020-01-20T18:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328df67831e", "title": "Another Christmas Eve at Kensal Green.....", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/01/another-christmas-eve-at-kensal-green.html", "published_at": "2020-01-14T17:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e02964a1", "title": "'Saving Graces' (W.W. Norton 1995) and 'Beautiful Death' (Penguin Books USA) by David Robinson (out of print)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2020/01/saving-graces-ww-norton-1995-and.html", "published_at": "2020-01-03T16:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e0e255df", "title": "\"Rhine Refused them, Thames would ruin them\" The Wreck of the Deutschland, St Patricks Catholic Cemetery, Leytonstone", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/12/rhine-refused-them-thames-would-ruin.html", "published_at": "2019-12-21T23:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e10577ba", "title": "The four dead sisters and the photographer; Alexander Julius Henry Friedmann (1836?-1904) burial place unknown", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-four-dead-sisters-and-photographer.html", "published_at": "2019-11-27T17:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e164233d", "title": "The Boy from Bagwash City; Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005) Highgate East Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-boy-from-bagwash-city-patrick.html", "published_at": "2019-11-17T22:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e1f3fe40", "title": "Birth, death and the dissection of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), St John's Wood Burial Ground", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/11/birth-death-and-dissection-of-joanna.html", "published_at": "2019-11-07T19:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e21ec944", "title": "The Stevedore who saved the crew of an Ironclad; Maurice Wagg (1840-1926), East London Cemetery, Plaistow", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-stevedore-who-saved-crew-of.html", "published_at": "2019-11-01T08:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e21f0646", "title": "Bricked up alive?; the boy mummy of St Botolph's Without Aldgate", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-boy-who-ate-himself-mummy-of-st.html", "published_at": "2019-08-04T19:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e2f6605a", "title": "The Death Posture - Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956) Buckingham Road Cemetery, Ilford", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-death-posture-austin-osman-spare.html", "published_at": "2019-07-29T17:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e3ed6f44", "title": "On Murder Mile - Buckingham Road Cemetery, Ilford", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/07/on-murder-mile-buckingham-road-cemetery.html", "published_at": "2019-07-19T19:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e426dcbe", "title": "'Highgate Cemetery; Victorian Valhalla' John Gay & Felix Barker (John Murray, London 1984 - out of print)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/07/highgate-cemetery-victorian-valhalla.html", "published_at": "2019-07-13T18:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e4d4bc81", "title": "Reasons To Be Cheerful? - Chiswick New Cemetery, Staveley Gardens, W4", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/07/reasons-to-be-cheerful-chiswick-new.html", "published_at": "2019-07-05T10:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e57ec643", "title": "There's a Home for Little Children - West Ham Cemetery, Cemetery Road, E7", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/06/theres-home-for-little-children-west.html", "published_at": "2019-06-27T21:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df57-a075-71f5-a400-3328e606d1b7", "title": "Only doing their duty; Henry Vickers (1868-1917) & Frederick Charles Sell (1872-1917), West Ham Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/06/only-doing-their-duty-henry-vickers.html", "published_at": "2019-06-21T17:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a1d4b22a2", "title": "Crumbling into Anonymity - Highgate Cemetery (West)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/06/crumbling-into-anonymity-highgate.html", "published_at": "2019-06-03T17:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a1de0b851", "title": "216 coffins and 279 cases of bones; the St Olave Jewry & St Martin Pomeroy memorial, City of London Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/03/216-coffins-and-279-cases-of-bones-st.html", "published_at": "2019-03-26T18:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a1ed4b9f5", "title": "Career Opportunities; the Attorney General & the Brazilian Slavers; Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Lord Monkswell (1817-1886), Brompton Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/03/lord-monkswell-brazilian-slavers-robert.html", "published_at": "2019-03-18T18:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a1f0ae93c", "title": "Dead babies, the wrong grave, a costermongers funeral, parakeets and an oddly faithful cat; Hammersmith Cemetery, Margravine Road, W6", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/02/dead-babies-wrong-grave-costermongers.html", "published_at": "2019-02-28T18:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a1f43770f", "title": "The Lord Mayor of London and the Crook from Lisbon; Sir William Waterlow (1871-1931) All Saints, Harrow Weald", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-lord-mayor-of-london-and-crook-from.html", "published_at": "2019-02-18T18:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a1fe0f6f7", "title": "Whales in the Thames - the grim fate of London's cetacean visitors", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/02/whales-in-thames-grim-fate-of-londons.html", "published_at": "2019-02-08T23:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a206469c9", "title": "\"..it grows late boys, let us dismiss....\"; Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), St James burial ground, Hampstead Road", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/01/it-grows-late-boys-let-us-dissmiss.html", "published_at": "2019-01-25T18:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a20e225b8", "title": "The Convergence of the Twain; J. Bruce Ismay (1862-1937) Putney Vale Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-convergence-of-twain-j-bruce-ismay.html", "published_at": "2019-01-23T22:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a2163914c", "title": "Anna's Ashes; Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), Golders Green Crematorium", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/01/annas-ashes-anna-pavlova-1881-1931.html", "published_at": "2019-01-11T16:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a21b33572", "title": "A Christmas Eve visit to Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2019/01/a-christmas-eve-visit-to-kensal-green.html", "published_at": "2019-01-02T18:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a2235d7fc", "title": "The Anna Karenina of Kilburn; Basil Edwin Lawrence (1853-1929) Golders Green Crematorium", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-anna-karenina-of-kilburn-basil.html", "published_at": "2018-12-21T17:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a22521024", "title": "The Undertaking; Life Studies from the Dismal Trade - Thomas Lynch (Vintage £9.99)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-undertaking-life-studies-from.html", "published_at": "2018-12-14T17:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a2276c611", "title": "They Say Animals Don't Worry - PDSA Pet Cemetery, Ilford", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/12/they-say-animals-dont-worry-pdsa-pet.html", "published_at": "2018-12-07T22:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a23214181", "title": "The Ninon Michaelis Memorial, Kensal Green Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-ninon-michaelis-memorial-kensal.html", "published_at": "2018-11-30T21:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a240f5cd3", "title": "A unusual morning out: Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, NW11", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-unusual-morning-out-golders-green.html", "published_at": "2018-11-23T22:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a24fcf1dd", "title": "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; Shrouds of the Somme by Rob Heard, Queen Elizabeth Park, Stratford, 8-18 November, 2018", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/11/dulce-et-decorum-est-pro-patria-mori.html", "published_at": "2018-11-14T18:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a25f971e9", "title": "Death on the Highway, 1914 - the Melesi Mausoleum, St Pancras & Islington Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-melesi-mausoleum-st-pancras.html", "published_at": "2018-11-06T21:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a26736dcf", "title": "Madness in their Methodism; Robert Tilling (1737-1760) Bunhill Fields", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/10/madness-in-their-methodism-robert.html", "published_at": "2018-10-28T00:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a26ec0af3", "title": "From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death - Caitlin Doughty (Orion Books £8.99)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/10/from-here-to-eternity-travelling-world.html", "published_at": "2018-10-24T22:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a278d68f4", "title": "\"Good old Bunhill! Almost every sod a song!\"; Bunhill Fields, City Road EC1", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/10/good-old-bunhill-almost-every-sod-song.html", "published_at": "2018-10-21T21:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a27abf902", "title": "Mussulman Rites in an English Churchyard; The Lost Memorials of London, Khwāja Shāhsuwār (1582-1626), St Botolphs, Bishopsgate", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/10/mussulman-rites-in-english-churchyard.html", "published_at": "2018-10-12T16:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a27e8c0dd", "title": "Hung, flayed and crucified; the gruesome fate of James Legg (1731-1801)", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/09/hung-flayed-and-crucified-gruesome-fate.html", "published_at": "2018-09-28T17:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a2819b14c", "title": "Deer stalking at Brookwood Cemetery", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/09/deer-stalking-at-brookwood-cemetery.html", "published_at": "2018-09-21T17:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a28fb671c", "title": "Charity Begins at Home; Miriam Levy (1800-1850), Jewish Cemetery, Brady Street", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/09/charity-begins-at-home-miliam-levy-1800.html", "published_at": "2018-09-17T17:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df83-5464-725d-a041-c83a2948eeb9", "title": "The Jewish Cemetery, Brady Street, E1", "url": "https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-jewish-cemetery-brady-street-e1.html", "published_at": "2018-09-14T17:35:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2021

The Mysterious Amos Grave; City of London Cemeteryoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2021
Mama, Grandmoo, Visabuela; Dar Durnford Slater (1897-1982) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2021
"I have no bone to pick with graveyards..."; Kensal Green Cemetery, 02.11.2020original ↗
2 Nov 2021
Buried with her baby in her arms and her coffin draped with the Spanish Republican flag: Conchita Supervia (1895-1936) Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesdenoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2021
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman; Hester Hammerton (1711-1746) All Saints, Kingston-Upon-Thamesoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2021
A hidden gem; the headstone of Godfrey Mercer (1696-1730), St. Mary's & All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshireoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2021
"A first class eccentric"; William Vincent Wallace (1812-1865) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2021
Remembering 9 11original ↗
12 Sept 2021
A family fortune: Thomas Goss Shore (1795-1868), Abney Park Cemeteryoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2021
The gate at number 6 Rua de São Jorge; Cemitério dos Ingleses, Lisbonoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2021
"A most awful tragedy"; Medi Oliver Mehra (2003-2014) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2021
The Death of the King of the Beggars; Andrew Whiston (1770-1826) St Saviour's churchyard, Southwarkoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2021
The Elusive Satanists of Abney Parkoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2021
'Say what a Wife should be and She was that'; The Great Churchyard, Bury St. Edmundsoriginal ↗
31 May 2021
"By flaming tortures tried" ; Elizabeth Pickett (1758-1781) St Mary's, Stoke Newingtonoriginal ↗
9 May 2021
Hung, drawn and quartered; the cruel fate of Colonel Francis Towneley (1709-1746) St. Pancras churchyardoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2021
The Myth of the Hardy Tree; Old St. Pancras Churchyardoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2021
'His death was occasioned by puncturing his finger, while sewing up a dead body'; William Bingham (1793-1821) St Giles burial ground,original ↗
21 Apr 2021
The End of the Road; A journey around Britain in search of the dead - Jack Cooke (Mudlark, £14.99)original ↗
11 Apr 2021
The Man Who Was Pisanus Fraxi; the secret life of Henry Spencer Ashbee (1834-1900) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2021
All die while I, a poor unprofitable worm, am still spared; "A History of Death in 17th Century England" by Ben Norman (Pen & Sword £12.99)original ↗
25 Mar 2021
'Hanged by a Harlot'; Frantisek Kotzwara (1740-1791), St Lukes, Old Street, EC1original ↗
18 Mar 2021
More dead babies, a suicidal Frenchman, the one eyed widower and the scandal of pauper funerals; City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook, E12original ↗
11 Mar 2021
"One of the two natives of Botany Bay is dead, his companion pines much..."; Yemmerrawannie Kebbarah (1775-1794) St John the Baptist, Elthamoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2021
If you see a hearse go by; the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, E12original ↗
28 Feb 2021
To Hell with Habeas Corpus!; Dr Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905), Barkingsideoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2021
'The Resort of Thieves and Harlots'; Victoria Park Cemetery, Bethnal Greenoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2021
These Silent Mansions; A life in graveyards - Jean Sprackland (Jonathan Cape £16.99)original ↗
29 Jan 2021

2020

A Journal of the Plague Year; Cemitério da Ajuda, Lisbonoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2020
Pre-Raphaelite muses and premature death; the family life of George Waugh (1801-1873), Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2020
Toast Of The Town; Thomas King (1694-1737) St Paul's churchyard, Covent Gardenoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2020
A place of worship for the 'very destitute and degraded' people of Barkingside; Holy Trinity churchyard, Mossford Greenoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2020
Rhubarb & Arsenic, a cautionary tale; The unfortunate end of the Hickman family of Kensal New Town (St Lukes, Chelsea)original ↗
13 Nov 2020
Premature burial of a baby at Abney Park Cemetery (1885)original ↗
29 Oct 2020
Reanimated! The shocking fate of George Foster (1769-1803)original ↗
23 Oct 2020
Peter Ross 'A Tomb With A View; The stories and glories of graveyards' (Headline £20)original ↗
9 Oct 2020
The Perils of Foreign Travel; Julia Slater (1834-1858) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2020
Robbing the living for the sake of the dead; Barnes Common Cemeteryoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2020
The poisoned parson & the travelling corpse; more tales of exhumation at Highgate Cemeteryoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2020
The dead man's beard and other tales of exhumation at Highgate cemetery (Part One)original ↗
9 Sept 2020
The pious pelican and devoted mother of Highgate; Baroness Elizabeth de Munck (1767-1841) Highgate Cemeteryoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2020
A true sense of their mortal condition; the City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook E12original ↗
24 Aug 2020
"The great work of diffusing Anglo-Saxon energy throughout the globe..."; Captain Mayne Reid (1818-1883) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2020
Où fut inhumé Henri Forestier (1775-1806)?original ↗
8 Aug 2020
"History can recall the days of slavery": Henry Adderley (1803-1875) Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2020
To hatch a crow, a black rainbow.... cemetery wildlifeoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2020
'Earth to Earth: A Natural History of Churchyards' by Stefan Buczaki (Unicorn £15.00)original ↗
25 Jun 2020
Gypsies, tramps and thieves; St Mary & All Saints Churchyard, Lambourne Endoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2020
'So full of beauty, so empty of brains!'; the mummified head of Holy Trinity Minoriesoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2020
The crème de la crème; St Mary's Churchyard, Wimbledonoriginal ↗
29 May 2020
The man who took the piss out of London; Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891), St. Mary's Churchyard, Wimbledonoriginal ↗
18 May 2020
Hic! Hic! Hic! - the Martyrdom of St. Edmond and St. Andrew's Church, Greensted-juxta-Ongaroriginal ↗
14 May 2020
Diocesan Graveyard Law; St Peter's Churchyard, Aldborough Hatchoriginal ↗
7 May 2020
"Design for Death" Barbara Jones (Andre Deutsch 1967) Out of printoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2020
It's not about the money!; Plumstead Cemetery, Wickham Lane, SE2original ↗
17 Apr 2020
"The Five; the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper" - Halle Rubenhold (Penguin £9.99)original ↗
13 Apr 2020
Joseph Wilton and the body snatchers of Wanstead - St Mary the Virgin, Wansteadoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2020
'Dull anonymity prevails..'; Barkingside Cemetery, London Borough of Redbridgeoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2020
A Journal of the Plague Year; Trinity Church, 75 Broadway, New York Cityoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2020
Here Lyes The Body; St Paul's Chapel of Trinity Church, 209 Broadway, New York Cityoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2020
The Gardener Hath Plucked a Still Rarer Flower; Gladys Spencer (1837-1931) City of London Cemetery, Manor Parkoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2020
Another Christmas Eve at Kensal Green.....original ↗
14 Jan 2020
'Saving Graces' (W.W. Norton 1995) and 'Beautiful Death' (Penguin Books USA) by David Robinson (out of print)original ↗
3 Jan 2020

2019

"Rhine Refused them, Thames would ruin them" The Wreck of the Deutschland, St Patricks Catholic Cemetery, Leytonstoneoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2019
The four dead sisters and the photographer; Alexander Julius Henry Friedmann (1836?-1904) burial place unknownoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2019
The Boy from Bagwash City; Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005) Highgate East Cemeteryoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2019
Birth, death and the dissection of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), St John's Wood Burial Groundoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2019
The Stevedore who saved the crew of an Ironclad; Maurice Wagg (1840-1926), East London Cemetery, Plaistoworiginal ↗
1 Nov 2019
Bricked up alive?; the boy mummy of St Botolph's Without Aldgateoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2019
The Death Posture - Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956) Buckingham Road Cemetery, Ilfordoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2019
On Murder Mile - Buckingham Road Cemetery, Ilfordoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2019
'Highgate Cemetery; Victorian Valhalla' John Gay & Felix Barker (John Murray, London 1984 - out of print)original ↗
13 Jul 2019
Reasons To Be Cheerful? - Chiswick New Cemetery, Staveley Gardens, W4original ↗
5 Jul 2019
There's a Home for Little Children - West Ham Cemetery, Cemetery Road, E7original ↗
27 Jun 2019
Only doing their duty; Henry Vickers (1868-1917) & Frederick Charles Sell (1872-1917), West Ham Cemeteryoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2019
Crumbling into Anonymity - Highgate Cemetery (West)original ↗
3 Jun 2019
216 coffins and 279 cases of bones; the St Olave Jewry & St Martin Pomeroy memorial, City of London Cemeteryoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2019
Career Opportunities; the Attorney General & the Brazilian Slavers; Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Lord Monkswell (1817-1886), Brompton Cemeteryoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2019
Dead babies, the wrong grave, a costermongers funeral, parakeets and an oddly faithful cat; Hammersmith Cemetery, Margravine Road, W6original ↗
28 Feb 2019
The Lord Mayor of London and the Crook from Lisbon; Sir William Waterlow (1871-1931) All Saints, Harrow Wealdoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2019
Whales in the Thames - the grim fate of London's cetacean visitorsoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2019
"..it grows late boys, let us dismiss...."; Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), St James burial ground, Hampstead Roadoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2019
The Convergence of the Twain; J. Bruce Ismay (1862-1937) Putney Vale Cemeteryoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2019
Anna's Ashes; Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), Golders Green Crematoriumoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2019
A Christmas Eve visit to Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2019

2018

The Anna Karenina of Kilburn; Basil Edwin Lawrence (1853-1929) Golders Green Crematoriumoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2018
The Undertaking; Life Studies from the Dismal Trade - Thomas Lynch (Vintage £9.99)original ↗
14 Dec 2018
They Say Animals Don't Worry - PDSA Pet Cemetery, Ilfordoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2018
The Ninon Michaelis Memorial, Kensal Green Cemeteryoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2018
A unusual morning out: Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, NW11original ↗
23 Nov 2018
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; Shrouds of the Somme by Rob Heard, Queen Elizabeth Park, Stratford, 8-18 November, 2018original ↗
14 Nov 2018
Death on the Highway, 1914 - the Melesi Mausoleum, St Pancras & Islington Cemeteryoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2018
Madness in their Methodism; Robert Tilling (1737-1760) Bunhill Fieldsoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2018
From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death - Caitlin Doughty (Orion Books £8.99)original ↗
24 Oct 2018
"Good old Bunhill! Almost every sod a song!"; Bunhill Fields, City Road EC1original ↗
21 Oct 2018
Mussulman Rites in an English Churchyard; The Lost Memorials of London, Khwāja Shāhsuwār (1582-1626), St Botolphs, Bishopsgateoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2018
Hung, flayed and crucified; the gruesome fate of James Legg (1731-1801)original ↗
28 Sept 2018
Deer stalking at Brookwood Cemeteryoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2018
Charity Begins at Home; Miriam Levy (1800-1850), Jewish Cemetery, Brady Streetoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2018
The Jewish Cemetery, Brady Street, E1original ↗
14 Sept 2018
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