DeadGoodWalks

Is this too close to rest in peace? #cemetery #airport #belgium

Huge tour of Laeken cemetery in Brussels, Belgium

Part 5: A right royal ending as I find the tomb of the King's great great great grandfather! Support the channel for the price of a coffee https://ko-fi.com/deadgoodwalks

Part 3: We're going back down into the huge crypt in Brussels and this time we try to open all the doors

Part 2: I explore the biggest crypt in Northern Europe! #crypt #walking #walkingtour

Part 1: The first of a five part adventure exploring the epic Laeken Cemetery in Brussels, Belgium! With a sneak peek of the biggest crypt in northern europe! #belgium #brussels #crypt

Found by the roadside

The Alloway Auld Kirk, which dates back to the 16th Century, is a ruin in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland, celebrated as the scene of the witches' dance in the poem "Tam o' Shanter" by Robert Burns. William Burnes, father of the poet, is buried in the graveyard together with his daughter Isabella as well as two of his nieces. Alloway was where he and his wife had first raised their family before moving to Mount Oliphant and Lochlea, and William had attempted to maintain the grounds of the Kirk, which was already a ruin at the time. The original memorial stone has eroded and the present day stone differs in wording, memorializing both of Burns's parents, and includes an epitaph the poet wrote for his father. Burns's sister, Isabella Burns Begg, is also buried in the Kirkyard, along with other notable figures such as David Cathcart, Lord Alloway. Robert Burns presented his friend John Richmond with a silver mounted snuffbox made with wood taken from the rafters of the Auld Alloway Kirk. The snuffbox bears the inscription; "Frae the oak that bare the riggin', O Alloway's auld haunted biggin', Frae the thorn aboon the well, Whaur Mungo's mither hanged hersel'." #scotland #alloway #robertburns

How could someone be killed by their own headstone? Sounds impossible right? But it's true, and his headstone tells you how. #weird #unbelievable #history

I go in search of Vivienne Westwoods grave and failed....at first. See why. Sorry about the audio, I had wind/mic issues. #viviennewestwood #fashion #punk Support the channel for the price of a coffee https://ko-fi.com/deadgoodwalks

A tour of Canongate kirk on the royal mile in Edinburgh with a very dark royal tale of a mudddda #royalfamily #edinburgh #history

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Exploring the dark side of Edinburgh's already dark cemeteries

#scotland #cemeterywandering #cemeteryexploration

The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland. It is on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral (St. Mungo's Cathedral). Fifty thousand individuals have been buried here.[1] Typical for the period, only a small percentage are named on monuments and not every grave has a stone. Approximately 3,500 monuments exist here. Following the creation of Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris a wave of pressure began for cemeteries in Britain. This required a change in the law to allow burial for profit. Previously the parish church held responsibility for burying the dead but there was a growing need for an alternative. Glasgow was one of the first to join this campaign, having a growing population, with fewer and fewer attending church. Led by Lord Provost James Ewing of Strathleven, the planning of the cemetery was started by the Merchants' House of Glasgow in 1831, in anticipation of a change in the law. The Cemeteries Act was passed in 1832 and Glasgow Necropolis officially opened in April 1833.[2] Just prior to this, in September 1832, a Jewish burial ground had been established in the north-west section of the land. This small area was declared "full" in 1851. The grave of William Rae Wilson, explorer and author, Glasgow Necropolis Predating the cemetery, the statue of John Knox sitting on a column at the top of the hill, dates from 1825. The first burials were in 1832 in the extreme north-east on the lowest ground and were exclusively for Jewish burials (see section below) Alexander Thomson designed a number of its tombs, and John Bryce and David Hamilton designed other architecture for the grounds. The main entrance is approached by a bridge over what was then the Molendinar Burn. The bridge, which was designed by David Hamilton was completed in 1836. It became known as the "Bridge of Sighs" because it was part of the route of funeral processions (the name is an allusion to the Bridge of Sighs in Venice). The ornate gates (by both David and James Hamilton) were erected in 1838, restricting access onto the bridge. Three modern memorials lie between the gates and the bridge: a memorial to still-born children; a memorial to the Korean War; and a memorial to Glaswegian recipients of the Victoria Cross. Across the bridge the original scheme was to enter the area via a tunnel but this proved unviable. The ornate entrance of 1836 remains. The cemetery, as most early Victorian cemeteries, is laid out as an informal park, lacking the formal grid layouts of later cemeteries. This layout is further enhanced by the complex topography. The cemetery's paths meander uphill towards the summit, where many of the larger monuments stand, clustered around the John Knox Monument. The Glasgow Necropolis was described by James Stevens Curl as "literally a city of the dead". Glasgow native Billy Connolly has said: "Glasgow's a bit like Nashville, Tennessee: it doesn't care much for the living, but it really looks after the dead. #glasgow #walking #scotland Support the channel for the price of a coffee https://ko-fi.com/deadgoodwalks

Channel membership - https://ko-fi.com/deadgoodwalks/tiers The cemetery movement came into being because of gross overcrowding in urban churchyards and public awareness of the health hazards associated with it. The first cemetery which opened as a private enterprise in 1819 was The Rosary in Norwich. Other cemeteries followed throughout the country. Leeds General Cemetery was opened at Woodhouse in 1835. It was unconsecrated and used by dissenters. Burmantofts Cemetery (Beckett Street) was opened in 1845. By the 1870’s St Michael’s churchyard in Headingley was nearing capacity and a suitable site for a new cemetery was found at Lawns Wood. It was close to the Leeds-Otley turnpike road and was chosen for its scenic attractiveness and location in a less populated area. George Corson (1829-1910) the noted Leeds architect, designed the lodge and chapels and also the layout of the cemetery. His design for the cemetery was intended to be ‘simple and of a character to harmonize with the surrounding scenery’ (quoted in Leeds Historic Parks Inventory, 1996). He retained a border of trees around the cemetery and selected the finest tree specimens as permanent ornaments. The landscaping was carried out by William Gay (1814-93) who had previously landscaped Undercliffe Cemetery in Bradford.The cemetery opened in 1875 and on 31 December of that year the Church of England portion was consecrated by the Bishop of Ripon. The first burial, that of Henry Sharp, took place on 23 January 1876.

The Columbarium is a Grade 11 listed building and was designed by Col. A E Kirk and completed by Messrs Kirk and Tomlinson in 1933. It is a single storey building in Classical style of red brick and Portland stone with a pantile roof and marble details. Inside there is a WW2 memorial and tiers of niches containing cinerary urns. There are also niches covered by memorial stones in the cloister area and all other outside walls of the building. The term “Columbarium” is derived from the Latin “columba” (“dove” or “pigeon”) and it originally referred to a pigeon house or dovecote. Columbaria were common during the early Roman Empire when cremation was normal practice. The Columbarium is now full and so “Sanctums” have been provided along the inside of the low walls in the grounds of the building. It is a stunning building and looks magnificent surrounded by the trees and landscaping and is one of the jewels of the cemetery. I need your support to keep the channel going! https://ko-fi.com/deadgoodwalks

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Prior to the establishment of Glasnevin Cemetery, Irish Catholics had no cemeteries of their own in which to bury their dead and, as the repressive Penal Laws of the eighteenth century placed heavy restrictions on the public performance of Catholic services, it had become normal practice for Catholics to conduct a limited version of their own funeral services in Protestant churchyards or graveyards. This situation continued until an incident at a funeral held at St. Kevin's Churchyard in 1823 provoked public outcry when a Protestant sexton reprimanded a Catholic priest for proceeding to perform a limited version of a funeral mass. The outcry prompted Daniel O'Connell, champion of Catholic rights, to launch a campaign and prepare a legal opinion proving that there was actually no law passed forbidding praying for a dead Catholic in a graveyard. O'Connell pushed for the opening of a burial ground in which both Irish Catholics and Protestants could give their dead dignified burial. Glasnevin Cemetery was consecrated and opened to the public for the first time on 21 February 1832. The first burial, that of eleven-year-old Michael Carey from Francis Street in Dublin, took place on the following day in a section of the cemetery known as Curran's Square. The cemetery was initially known as Prospect Cemetery, a name chosen from the townland of Prospect, which surrounded the cemetery lands. Besides the famous interred at Glasnevin, nearly 800,000 people have been buried in Glasnevin in unmarked mass graves due to the death toll from the Great Famine of the 1840s and a later cholera epidemic. Originally covering nine acres of ground, the area of the cemetery has now grown to approximately 124 acres. This includes its expansion on the southern side of the Finglas Road with the section called St. Paul's. The option of cremation has been provided since March 1982. O'Connell Tower in Dublin was built in 1855 to commemorate the Irish nationalist leader, Daniel O'Connell. He led the campaign to end religious discrimination against Catholics, who had few rights in early 19th Century Ireland. The tower shut in 1971 when it was damaged by a loyalist bomb but recently it has undergone extensive renovations. The monument stands at 55m (180ft) in Glasnevin Cemetery in north County Dublin, where it commands "breathtaking" 360 degree views of the city and neighbouring counties. #dublin #ireland #walking Support the channel for the price of a coffee https://ko-fi.com/deadgoodwalks