The graves of the famous are of abiding interest, both for their often unexpected and unusual locations, and for the light they throw on individual lives. This book gives fascinating details of nearly 1000 graves of famous Britains at home and abroad (and also a few foreigners buried on British soil).
In highly readable form, it conveys not only the 'where' but the 'why' of graves, using crucial biographical information to provide an insight into famous lives and their endings. The text helps the reader to locate specific graves, no easy task in some cemeteries and graveyards. The book also features a comprehensive and easy-to-use index, an introduction to the history of burial and cremation practices, and a glossary explaining obscure funeral terms.
Over eighty photographs of gravestones, mausolea, cemeteries and churches illustrate the amazing history of funeral art and the delightfl craftsmanship of individual memorials.
This book will be an invaluable source of reference and enjoyment for researchers, travellers and all those simply interested in the final resting places of the famous.
Contents:
Introduction
Glossary of Terms
England
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Durham
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- London (inc all place with a London Postal District Number)
- Middlesex
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
-Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Sussex, East
- Sussex, West
- Warwickshire and West Midlands
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
- Yorkshire, East
- Yorkshire, North
- Yorkshire, South
- Yorkshire, West
Channel Islands
Scotland
- Borders
- Central
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Fife
- Grampian
- Highland
- Lothian
- Orkney
- Strathclyde
- Tayside
- Western Isles
Wales
- Clywyd
- Dyfed
- Glamorgan, West
- Gwent
- Gwynedd
- Powys
Ireland
- Cork
- Dublin
- Galway
- Kildare
- Sligo
Some Famous Graves Abroad
Further Reading
Societies
Index of Persons
