Graveyards - any good ones you know of?

Fatamorgana

A strange question maybe, but I do enjoy a good nose-around graveyards; a taphophile.
I was over at the US cemetery east of Cambridge yesterday with 3000+ headstones and a beatifully kept garden and a marblewall inscribed with 5000+ names.

Anyhow, I know some of the more famous ones such as Highgate and Brooklands, St Paul's and the National Arboretum nr Cannock (there's a German war cemetery there too). Then there's the Goth's spiritual home, Whitby Abbey.

What I'm looking for is some others, not necessarily of famous people, in fact some of my favourites contain no one of note but they're interesting none the less, atmospheric or plain odd or strange.

Then there are some amazing cemeteries overseas, and again, if you have any ideas I'd be keen to hear your thoughts.

Thanks!

supersonic

Ecclesfield Church - the Minster of the Wolds - has an excellent churchyard and a lot of associated history. Is a stones throw from where I live.



http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... 7KjtszlTVw

http://www.stmarysecclesfield.com/Histo ... rials.html

supersonic

Oh, and across the road is Ecclesfield Cemetry - this has 4500 burials over 5 acres, in addition to the 1100 in the Churchyard.

benpinnick

Odd question, but hey. Heres my local favourite!

http://www.brookwoodcemetery.com/about_the_cemetery.htm

supersonic

benpinnick wrote:

Odd question, but hey. Heres my local favourite!

http://www.brookwoodcemetery.com/about_the_cemetery.htm

Ah, that reminds me of another mausleum near here. Pretty spooky!

cooldad

You are all quite Oddfellows

Bikerguy15

I've been to belgium and seen a fair few graveyards and war memorials;

Tyne Cot, 11,954 commenwelth soldiers, Largest commonwelth cemetery in the world.



Theipval Memorial, Commemorates those who died in the somme without a known grave


The Menin Gate, contains the names of 56,000 british soldiers who died at Ypres, they play the last stand there every day, got to witness that too, they stop all the traffic from going through.




There were a couple more but I cant remember what they were called.

El Zomba

If you ever go to Glasgow, it's worth trying to have a nose around Glasgow Necropolis.

MountainMonster

One of my favorite places on earth is the catacoms in Salzburg, Austria. Built into the side of the mountain, with a graveyard at the front, and is strangely beautiful inside.

Fatamorgana

Thanks.
Some that I had no idea about - thanks!

pilch

There's a little town just down the road from me called Rothwell, the church has its own bone crypt....
http://englishheretic.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/rothwell-bone-crypt.html

Gazlar

Cathays cemetery by my house in Cardiff is supposed to be interesting, its that big that it has a dual carriageway running though it

Anonymous

Brookwood is one of the biggest, if not the biggest in the UK. Famous as the dumping ground for the dead of London. Even had a railway station built just for it.

Also infamous due to dodgy goings on with its owner, alleged hiring of a hitman to claim the family fortune or something. Been meaning to get over there with the camera, though I'd heard he was trying to get people to pay to do any photography there.

Anyway, another one - the graveyard at Peaslake. Famous simply for having a bit of singletrack running beside it

supersonic

With a name like Dead Kenny, I am not surprised you know it ;-)

victoriac

There's an amazing one on the outskirts of Milan. We spent an entire day there - the cemetery was originally built for the rich familes of Milan and the monuments and mausleums are incredibly artistic.
http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Attraction_Re ... bardy.html