Cemetery Collection

Portchester Castle K991184
PORTCHESTER CASTLE, Hampshire. View across the site and Portchester Harbour from the top of the keep

Sleeping angel statue, Highgate Cemetery a073906
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, Greater London. A statue of a sleeping angel. Photographed by John Gay, 1970 s

Lion statue, Highgate Cemetery OP04501
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, London. A snow covered, marble statue of a sleeping lion. The statue, lying on top of George Wombwells tomb in Highgate Cemetery depicts Nero his pet lion

Statue of an angel a073601
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, West Cemetery, London. The statue of an angel in thought, on the tomb of V W J Adamson. Photographed by John Gay during the early 1980s

Highgate Cemetery a074736
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. Statue of an angel pointing skywards above a tomb in the East Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay in 1985

Stokesay Castle in the snow N080708
STOKESAY CASTLE, Shropshire. View across the snow covered graveyard showing the Gatehouse and the South and North Towers

Highgate Cemetery a073965
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, West Cemetery, London. The sculpture of a dog guarding the tomb of Thomas Sayers. Photographed by John Gay in 1985

Cat a069843
BOXGROVE PRIORY, West Sussex. A view of a tabby cat sat on a chest tomb overgrown with grasses and large daisy flowers, in the graveyard immediately to the south of the Priory Church of St Mary

Lindisfarne Priory K011475
LINDISFARNE PRIORY, Holy Island, Northumberland. A view of the priory in the late afternoon with Lindisfarne Castle in the distance

Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery a074709
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. A view towards the tomb of Karl Marx, the political philospher who died in London in 1883

Mistley Towers N100200
MISTLEY TOWERS, Essex. Exterior view of Mistley Towers taken from the south east. Designed by Robert Adams

Exhumation of Arthur and Guinivere J920413
GLASTONBURY ABBEY, Somerset. Exhumation of Arthur and Guinivere 1193 by Judith Dobie (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Highgate Cemetery a074640
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, London. A tree covered path and grave stones. Photographed by John Gay in the early 1980s

Highgate Cemetery a073599
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Swains Lane, Highgate, Hampstead, London. The ivy covered face of a statue on a tomb in the West Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay during the early 1980s

Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery a074718
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. Chinese visitors studying the tomb of Karl Marx, the political philospher. He was originally buried in a more modest grave in the East Cemetery

Highgate Cemetery a073625
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. Gravestones and tombs standing in the mist in the West Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay in 1981

Thatching a church, Suffolk BB98_14595
Lowestoft, Suffolk. Thatchers at work on the roof of St Margaret and All Saints Church view from the south east. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in October 1949

Church of St Merteriane N060912
CHURCH OF ST MERTERIANE, Tintagel, Cornwall. View of the church and graveyard at sunset

Wharram Percy N110347
WHARRAM PERCY DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. View of the Church of St Martin across the graveyard

Whitby Abbey K100006
WHITBY ABBEY, North Yorkshire. View from St Marys Church towards the abbey. Hazy sunshine

Barrow cemetery, Wiltshire 24379_027
ROUND BARROWS, Wiltshire. Aerial view. The cursus barrow cemetery at Fargo Plantation north of Stonehenge

Tomb stones a074598
HIGHGATE CEMETERY, London. A leaning Celtic cross beside a gothic headstone dedicated to James Coward in the East Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1970-1999

Robin Hoods Bay K011237
ROBIN HOODS BAY, North Yorkshire. View from graveyard towards the bay

Kilpeck Castle 33226_045
Kilpeck, Herefordshire. Kilpeck Castle, motte and bailey earthwork and the remains of a keep, 2016

Pocklington excavations, 34003_014
Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, 2018. Site of an Iron Age cemetery excavated during spring/summer 2018 showing at least 12 burials as well as trackways and enclosure ditches. SE8049

Batley Cemetery 34125_001
Batley Cemetery and cemetery chapels, Kirklees, 2019

Brompton Cemetery 35105_037
Brompton Cemetery, Chelsea, Greater London Authority, 2021

Colston Bassett church 33577_037
The ruins of St Marys Church, Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire, 2018

Love bench DP234912
St James Gardens, Hope Street, Liverpool. Detail of a bench in former cemetery, with spray-painted graffiti reading LOVE

Cemetery DP234907
St James Gardens, Hope Street, Liverpool. The north end of the former cemetery, looking north-west towards the rock face below the Oratory

Pocklington excavations, 34003_009
Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, 2018. Site of an Iron Age cemetery excavated during spring/summer 2018 showing at least 12 burials as well as trackways and enclosure ditches. SE8049

Wimborne Road Cemetery 33558_016
Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth, 2018. SZ0992

Lake Down Barrow Cemetery 33302_021
Lake Down Barrow Cemetery, Willtshire, 2017. SU1139

Overton Hill barrow cemetery 29627_048
Overton Hill round barrow cemetery and The Sanctuary, Wiltshire, 2015

Overton Hill barrow cemetery 29627_020
Overton Hill round barrow cemetery and The Sanctuary, Wiltshire, 2015

Overton Hill barrow cemetery 29627_018
Overton Hill round barrow cemetery and The Sanctuary, Wiltshire, 2015

Winterborne Monkton barrow cemetery 29548_003
Winterborne Monkton, near Dorchester, Dorset, 2015. A round barrow cemetery crop mark immediately south east of Maiden Castle

Sheep Down barrows 29544_001
Sheep Down, Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset, 2015. A group of round barrows

Anfield Cemetery 28769_039
Anfield Cemetery and chapel, Liverpool, 2015. SJ3693

Flaybrick Memorial Gardens 28764_058
Flaybrick Memorial Gardens, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside. Derelict cemetery chapel, 2015. SJ2989

Flaybrick Memorial Gardens 28764_056
Flaybrick Memorial Gardens, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside. A former municipal cemetery, 2015. SJ2989

Flaybrick Memorial Gardens 28764_050
Flaybrick Memorial Gardens, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside. Derelict cemetery chapel, 2015. SJ2989

Pocklington excavations 28706_022
Barmby Lane, Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire. The excavation of an extensive barrow cemetery prior to construction of housing, May 2015. SE8048

Gravestone DP032058
Graveyard detail. Lettering on a gravestone. Thy will be done

Burford Church N070356
BURFORD CHURCH, Oxfordshire. General front view of the church, with lamp post and gravestone in the foreground

Normanton Down 18663_20
Normanton Down, Wilsford cum Lake, Wiltshire. Aerial view showing the remains of barrows in the landscape around Normanton Down in Wiltshire

Viking burial J940006
Reconstruction drawing by Chris Evans, English Heritage Graphics Team, of a 10th Century burial in a York churchyard

Easby Abbey J870557
EASBY ABBEY, North Yorkshire. Refectory from the South West

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