In loving memory of the children...

The Morrisons

In loving memory of the children of J.R and E.A Morrison. 

Henry, 14 days, 1878

Alexander, 3 weeks, 1879

Mabel Stuart, 6 weeks, 1883

The children were then followed by James, their father, in 1886 and his wife Annie in 1913.

General Cemetery, Nottingham, England.

Rest among the rocks

Rest among the rocks

Church Cemetery Nottingham, also known as Rock Cemetery and with good reason. The cemetery utilized an old sandstone quarry. As you walk around, the burials are on many levels, there are twists and turns, places to hide, places to be seen. A fantastic piece of landscaping.

Little Angels

Little Angels

A modern grave marking for a 2010 burial, found in the graveyard of St James' church, in Shardlow, Derbyshire. 

Foggy Cemetery

Foggy Cemetery

More fun in the fog, from Loughborough Cemetery, this area had a few more occupants!

Celtic cross

A Celtic style cross from the General Cemetery In Nottingham, England.

The inscription IHS was popular on 19th century stones and is a contraction of the Greek work for Jesus.

The Taylor's

Alfred Claude Taylor MD and his wife Emma share this Celtic style cross in Church Cemetery, Nottingham, England. Alfred died in 1888 and Emma in 1939.

Church Cemetery is also known as Rock Cemetery and is Grade II listed. It was designed by Edwin Patchitt and took several years to build and was still not complete when it opened in 1856. It covers approximately 13 acres.

The cemetery is built on old sand pits and contains burial plots on several terraces, with sandstone caves forming part of the landscape, hence being known as Rock Cemetery locally.This makes for an unusual and very interesting layout and unlike anything I have seen previously.

Praying for the soul of Eliza Ann

"Of your charity pray for the soul of Eliza Ann"

Today I explored two of the closed cemeteries in Nottingham, England. The General Cemetery and Church Cemetery, also known as Rock Cemetery.

This grave marker was found in the General Cemetery and dates from 1900.

The General opened in the 1830's and covers 18 acres, with 150,000 burials. The cemetery was closed to further burials in the 1920's due to health concerns as the corporation running it buried as many people as closely together as they could. Close relatives could still be buried into family plots as there was also an area reserved for war dead, which during WWII filled up quickly also as Nottingham suffered considerable losses.