Highgate Cemetery West, London, England

[visited 29 April 2014]

For more information see the Wikipedia site as well as the cemetery's official website. Note there is an entrance charge.

Rosilla Burt

Emma Wallace Gray

Sacred to the memory of

Emma Wallace Gray

second daughter of

George Hebden Gray,

of no. 4, Coleman St., city.

born the 20th of August 1827

Died the 20th of October 1845,

in the 19th year of her age

______

From the effects if fire, her dress having accidentally ignited ten days previously

______

In bloom of youth, when others fondly cling 

To life, I prayed, mod agonies, for death, 

And unappall’d his awful advent hail’d

The only pang my bleeding heart endur’d

Was, thus so early doom’d to leave behind on

Earth those whom I so dearly lov’d

John Maple, 1815-1900, and Emily Maple, his widow, 1819-1904

In Memory of

Isabella Jane Conolly,

of Hampstead Road,

died 15th February 1851,

aged 2 years.

“The Shortest life is long enough if it lead to a better, and the longest life is shortest if it do not.”

and of

Isabella Conolly,

mother of the above,

who died 17th March 1873

George Stoneman 1778-1854

Thomas Sayers

Hodgson

In memory of 

Joseph Hodgson, Esq., F.R.S.

formerly of Birmingham,

in the county of Warwick:

who died in London, February 7th 1869,

aged 80;

having survived his beloved wife

only one day

Nichols

In ever loving memory of 

Mary,

the darling wife of Arthur Nichols, and fondly loved mother of their only son Harold, who fell asleep [illegible]

Andrew Morton

To the memory of Andrew Morton, Esq.

an artist of no ordinary merit,

he was gradually rising to the summit of his profession, and upon the eve of being elected an associate of the Royal Academy he was suddenly removed by the rapid progress of disease, from his labours, and the honours that awaited him.He was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, July 25th 1802, and die din London, August 1st, 1845

Wombwell and Bramston

To the memory of

George Wombwell (menagerist)

Born 24th Dec. 1777

Died 16th Nov. 1850

In memory of Ann wombwell,

widow,

died 3rd September 1876

Also to the memory of

Mr. Edmund Bramston,

of North Street, Pentonville

and South Mims Middlesex

Born 18th april 1808

Died 9th June 1859

Also to the memory of

Amelia Anne,

widow of Edmund Bramston

Born December 22nd 1815

Died March 12th 1904

Highgate Cemetery East, London, England

[visited 29 April 2014]

Highgate Cemetery in London is one of the very first garden cemeteries in the United Kingdom and is divided into East and West sections. The former is open to the public generally while the latter, being the oldest and of a more fragile nature, is accessible by both guided and self-guided tour (booking in advance is required).

While there are some truly wonderful sculptures here, especially in the East section,  I have included a number of graves with remarkable epitaphs as well.

For more information see the Wikipedia site as well as the cemetery's official website. Note there is an entrance charge.

Caroline Tucker

Elma Stuart

Elma Stuart née Fraser of Ladhope, Foxboroughshire

Whom for 8 1/2 years George Eliot called by the sweet name of daughter. She was pioneer in England of the Salisbury system of prevention and cure of diseases and author of “What Must I Do to Get Well? and How Can I Keep So?”

What tho’ thy name by no sad lips be spoken and no fond heart shall keep thy memory green. Thou hast left thine own enduring token, for earth is no as tho’ thou ne’er hadst been.

Few leave behind them such a beautiful memory, to be cherished in the hearts of their friends, as long as life lasts.

George Jacob Holyoke

George Jacob Holyoke 1817-1906 co-operator and social reformer

“I have cared more for co-operation than for any other movement in which I have been engaged.”

“Without honesty to principle there can be no progress in public affairs.”

Faithful, consistent, unswerving

A true soldier of liberty he sought and fought for the truth.

Karl Marx

Mansoor Hekmat Zhoobin Razani 1951-2002

To a great man, the essence of our lives, the polestar of my existence, the love of my life. Mercede.

Tom Wakefield

Twigg

In Loving Memory of

Gordon John Twigg (Mummy’s Little Angel).

who died April 24th 1921, aged 3 1/2 years.

Perfect little body, without fault

or stain on thee.

With promise of strength and manhood

full and fair!

Though gold and stark and pare

The bloom and the charm of life doth awhile

remain on thee.

Thy mother’s treasure wert though

Alas! no longer

To visit her heart with wondrous joy,

to be

Thy father’s pride - ah he

Must gather his faith together, and his

strength make stronger.

Ann Jewson Crisp, 1794-1884 note the relief of "her faithful dog Emperor"

truer words were never spoken

Thornton

Sweet thou art sleeping

Cradled on my heart

Safe in God’s keeping

While I must weep apart.

Puccini

a man with a clear grasp of reality

an Italian who fought for the Union during the American Civil War yet buried in London

Wainright

In loving Memory of 2nd Lieutenant Eric Lawrence Wainright, 15th Sikhs, I.A., and of Mussoone, India.

The adored husband of Alice Gertrude Wainright of New York, U.S.A., born 7th Aug. 1891, died 15th Sept. 1915, from gas poisoning contracted on active service.

_________

He died as he lived, a hero to the end and is sadly missed by those he loved.

He did his duty.

Gordon Bell (middle name Ernest though he placed no importance on it), 1942-1995

"Tomorrow do thy worst

for I have lived today."

Patrick Caulfield, 1936-2005 - dead indeed!

This vault and monument was prepared and erected by John Henderson Smith, R.N.R, who commanded the Thames Nautical Training College, H.M.S, Worcester for over twenty-five years, for himself and his beloved wife Jessie Henderson and her dear sister Mrs. James Ross.

George Willett

Anna Mahler

Philip Gould, 1950-2011

Bruce Reynolds, 1931-2013 

"This is it! C'est la vie!"

Saint Michael's Church Burial Ground, Saint Albans, England

[visited 23 April 2014]

The lovely churchyard of Saint Michael's in Saint Albans, England. 

Samuel Read

Sacred to the Memory of

Samuel Read

who departed this life

November 20th 1853,

aged 60 years

________

Affliction some long time I bore

Physicians were in vain

Till God did please to give ease

And rid me of my pain

Saint Albans Cathedral, England

[visited 23 April 2014]

I have included below the Maynard family plaque, a fine example of 17th century memorialization. Note that my transcription uses modern English.

You can learn more at Wikipedia and the cathedral's website.

photo by Diliff, Wikipedia

To the memory of Raffe Maynard (1613), Squire, son and heir to John Maynard Esquire 

The man thats buried in this tomb, In heavenly Canaan hath a room;
A gentleman of aunitent name,
Who had a wife a virtuous dame,
They lived together in Godly sort forty-five years with good report
When seventy and seven years he had spent
His soul to his redeemer went.
His body by will here lies,
Still harkening for the great assizes
When Christ the judge of quick and dead,
Shall raise him from this earthy bed,
And give him heavens eternal bliss,
To live and reign with saints of his. 

To the memory of Margery Rowlat (1547), wife of John Maynard, Esquire 

Here lies intomb’d a woman worthy fame,
Whose virtuous life gives honor to her name,
Few were her years she died in her prime,
Yet in the world fulfilled she much time,
Which virtuously she spent providing still
The hungry bellies of the poor to fill,
Unto the God of heaven thrice every day,
With great devotion Saint-like did she pray,
Her prayers were heard God knew her heart’s desire,
And gave her heaven for her eternal hier (?),
Where now she doth enjoy that endless bliss
Which her redeemer purchased for his.

To the memory of Margery Seale (1619), wife of Raffe Maynard, Esquire 

 Lo here intombed a widow worthy prayers
Who in the fear of God devoutly spent her days,
With charitable alms relieving still the poor,
For empty handed none departed from her door,
A mirror in her time for virtuous of her mind,
A matron for her years, the like is hard to find,
Beloved bewayld (?) of all in life and death was she,
An honor to her sex as any of her degree,
Her body into dust returned here doth sleep,
Her sanctified soul in heaven the angels keep.
Her worthy name still lives by fame, who sounds her prayers
With trumpet clear, till Christ appear her hence to raise. 

 Robert Maynard the sorrowful son pf his most dear and worthy parents in his duty to their memory erected this monument.

Vår Frelsers Gravelund, Oslo, Norway

[visited 20 May 2022]

One of the most notable burials in this lush, lovely cemetery in the hills above Oslo is that of painter Edvard Munch who also has his own rather incredible museum along the waterfront. 

it told you it was lush -- and a great place to sit and read or watch your baby

Munch

Hans Frederik Borgen, 1852-1907

the Hals family

Thor Hals, 1852-1924

Fanny Hals, 1859-1908

Karl Hals, 1822-1898

Olav Hals, 1853-1883

Louise Katharina No, 1830-1893

Rasmus Agerup Langaard, 1860-1908

Emil Stang, 1834-1910

Høyeraal family

Johan Sverdrup, 1816-1892

J. Løvland, 1848-1922

Rolf Wickstrøm, 1912-1941

August Martinius Oddvar, 1877-1964

Arnulf Øverland, 1889-1968

Axel Jensen, 1873-1955

Nielsen and Fabritius

Sigurd Hoel, 1890-1960

Herman Wildenvey, 1886-1959