Cemeteries – Page 2 – Christopher Dawson

A Visit to the Church of St John the Baptist, Bircle, Lancashire

A visit to the old graveyard at the Church of St John the Baptist, Bircle, Bury, Lancashire.

Looking back at an extensive record of working in Queensland cemetery history.

Were bodies once buried within the grounds of Boggo Road prison? Find out here.

A discussion about some of the demands for big spending to improve a Brisbane cemetery.

For some of our dead, decaying headstones and fading photographs are a second death – a slow, gradual erasure of their history.

How a fall from a 19th-century bicycle led to a injured finger and to death and a surprising headstone symbol.

An award-winning year built on the power of being in a great local community group.

The benefits of doing public history talks in an open cemetery setting.

This innovative community-led project is a big step towards improving a large historical cemetery with many infrastructure problems.

Thoughts on the ongoing process of life and death within the soil and the trees of the cemetery itself.