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Author: Betty Willsher Publisher: Woodstocker Books ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 118
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Graveyard epitaphs that capsulate the life and death of ordinary and extraordinary people and of curiosities of times past are of endless interest - the topics in this engaging book range from the standing stones and cairns of the Neolithic and Bronze ages and the early Christian graves to European traditions marking death.
Author: Betty Willsher Publisher: Woodstocker Books ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 118
Book Description
Graveyard epitaphs that capsulate the life and death of ordinary and extraordinary people and of curiosities of times past are of endless interest - the topics in this engaging book range from the standing stones and cairns of the Neolithic and Bronze ages and the early Christian graves to European traditions marking death.
Author: Betty Willsher Publisher: ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 112
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This study takes a historical and interpretive approach to Scotland's graveyards, examines their past and points out the features in them that reflect it. It guides the reader among the stones, discussing types of monument and relates each to its period. It also explains the earlier symbolic carvings, and analyzes the changing fashions in sculpture and inscription.
Author: Harold Mytum Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1441990380 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 308
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This practical volume focuses on the study of historic burial ground monuments but also covers some below ground archaeology, as some projects will involve the study of both. It will be an incomparable source for academic archaeologists, cultural resource and heritage management archaeologists, government heritage agencies, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students of archaeology focused on the historic or post-medieval period, as well as forensic researchers and anthropologists.
Author: Dwight A. Radford Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 144032428X Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 372
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Discover your roots! Everything you need to start your Irish ancestry is in this book. You'll learn how to investigate the various generation of your family, the events that shaped their lives, the details about how they lived, and the story of their emigration.Inside you'll find: • Guidelines for determining an Irish ancestor's place of origin • Advice for accessing Irish cemetery, land, church, estate, census, and military records • Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths as well as emigration lists • Sources and strategies for researching Irish ancestors that settled in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Wales, and the Caribbean Plus answers to common questions: How far back in time can you expect to trace your family; and how does Protestant Irish research differ from Catholic Irish research?
Author: Charlotte Golledge Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445694255 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 177
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The history of burial in Edinburgh and the city’s graveyards and cemeteries. This fascinating portrait of life and death in Edinburgh over the centuries will appeal to both residents and visitors to the Scottish capital.
Author: Peter Ross Publisher: Headline ISBN: 147226780X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 288
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A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to Kensal Green, to melancholy islands and surprisingly lively ossuaries . . . a considered and moving book on the timely subject of how the dead are remembered, and how they go on working below the surface of our lives.' - Hilary Mantel 'Ross is a wonderfully evocative writer, deftly capturing a sense of place and history, while bringing a deep humanity to his subject. He has written a delightful book.' - The Guardian 'The pages burst with life and anecdote while also examining our relationship with remembrance.' - Financial Times (best travel books of 2020) 'Among the year's most surprising "sleeper" successes is A Tomb with a View. In a year with so much death, it may have initially seemed a hard sell, but the author's humanity has instead acted as a beacon of light in the darkness.' -The Sunday Times 'Fascinating . . . Ross makes a likeably idiosyncratic guide and one finishes the book feeling strangely optimistic about the inevitable.' - The Observer 'Ross has written [a] lively elegy to Britain's best burial grounds.' - Evening Standard (*Best New Books of Autumn 2020*) 'One of the non-fiction books of the year.' - The i paper (*2020 Best Books for Christmas*) 'Brilliant.' - Stylist (*Best Christmas books for Christmas 2020*) 'Never has a book about death been so full of life. James Joyce and Charles Dickens would've loved it - a book that reveals much gravity in the humour and many stories in the graveyard. It also reveals Peter Ross to be among the best non-fiction writers in the country.' - Andrew O'Hagan For readers of The Salt Path, Mudlarking, Ghostland, Kathleen Jamie and Robert Macfarlane. Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning writer Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of graveyards. Who are London's outcast dead and why is David Bowie their guardian angel? What is the remarkable truth about Phoebe Hessel, who disguised herself as a man to fight alongside her sweetheart, and went on to live in the reigns of five monarchs? Why is a Bristol cemetery the perfect wedding venue for goths? All of these sorrowful mysteries - and many more - are answered in A Tomb With A View, a book for anyone who has ever wandered through a field of crooked headstones and wondered about the lives and deaths of those who lie beneath.
Author: Hamish M. Brown Publisher: Birlinn Publishers ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 180
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In A Scottish Graveyard Miscellany, Hamish Brown explores in words and extraordinary pictures the folk art of Scottish graveyards from the eighteenth century (when gravestones began to be widely used) to the present day. Each old kirkyard is a riotous celebration of folk art: there are skulls and skeletons, ships and lighthouses, angels galore, carved portraits of our forebears and even a gravestone decorated with a picture of Bart Simpson and his skateboard! More than mere memorials, the graves are a collection of pages in stone taken from the history of Scottish everyday life. Scotland's kirkyards are not gloomy places to be shunned, but places to find vivid stories from the lives of people, without distinction of class or creed. There is much humor in this book, and the photographs throughout taken by the author illustrate better than words why we should look after the unique treasuries in our midst.
Author: Betty Willsher
Author: Betty Willsher
Author: Betty Willsher
Author: Harold Mytum
Author: David Dobson
Author: Betty Willsher
Author: Dwight A. Radford
Author: Charlotte Golledge
Author: Collins
Author: Peter Ross
Author: Hamish M. Brown