Erected on the site of the older Kirkmadrine Church, is a mortuary chapel in memory of the MacTaggart Stewarts of Ardwell. A 19th Century, Romanesque … [Read more...]
Wellington Pit memorial
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July 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A memorial is erected a hundred years after a fatal explosion at Wellington Pit in Whitehaven. High on the cliff tops overlooking Whitehaven town stood … [Read more...]
Thomas Addison M.D.
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April 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Thomas Addison M.D. was one of the great medical physicians of the 19th Century. His grave lies sheltered beneath the great yew tree at Lanercost Priory. Born … [Read more...]
Li Yuan Chia, Artist
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April 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Lanercost priory is the resting place of Li Yuan Chia, a modern artist from China who made his home in the Village of Bankside on Hadrian's Wall in Cumbria. One … [Read more...]
Poets’ Graves website
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April 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Poets' Graves is an on-line database of the last resting places of poets. The site is regularly archived by the British Library so that it remains available … [Read more...]
Richard S. Ferguson Chancellor of Carlisle
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March 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Situated to the right of the church entrance door to St Michael's Church, Stanwix, is a much different type of tombstone, dedicated to Richard Saul. Ferguson, … [Read more...]
Archie Armstrong Court Jester
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January 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Archibald Armstrong "Archie or Archy," as his name suggests, came from the infamous Border Reiving clan and although originally he would ply his time in … [Read more...]
Rail Worker’s Monument, Shap
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October 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A monument commemorating the deaths of rail workers during the construction of the Shap section of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railways in the 1840’s, … [Read more...]
Maj.-Gen. Sir George Frederick Johnson
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August 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Maj.-Gen. Sir George Frederick Johnson is buried in his local graveyard of St Mary's church, Walton, Brampton, Cumbria. Decorated with the award … [Read more...]
Derek Almey Ratcliffe Memorial
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August 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Situated on the edge of Finglandrigg Wood, near the Solway Coast, is a wonderful carved seat featuring the Peregrine Falcon. This seat is a memorial dedicated … [Read more...]
