MacTaggart Stewarts of Ardwell

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Kirkmadrine burial chapel

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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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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Chest tombstone of Thomas Addison M.D.

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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Close up of Li Yuan Chia Gravestone

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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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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Richard S Ferguson tombstone

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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Archie Armstrong

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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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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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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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...]



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