Castle Ashby Graveyard Northamptonshire

Cemetery in Carcasonne, France

A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term cemetery (from Greek κοιμητήριον: sleeping place) implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are the place where the final ceremonies of death are observed. These ceremonies or rites differ according to cultural practice and religious belief. Cemetary was a Swedish death metal band around frontman Mathias Lodmalm. ... Download high resolution version (1540x2052, 893 KB)Castle Ashby Graveyard Picture taken by R Neil Marshman 12 March 2005 (c) . The storm clouds in the background set off the sunlight on the gravestones well Picture of the day This picture was featured on Wikipedia as the Picture of the day... Download high resolution version (1540x2052, 893 KB)Castle Ashby Graveyard Picture taken by R Neil Marshman 12 March 2005 (c) . The storm clouds in the background set off the sunlight on the gravestones well Picture of the day This picture was featured on Wikipedia as the Picture of the day... Castle Ashby House - Northamptonshire Castle Ashby is the name of an estate village in rural Northamptonshire and also the country house of the same name in the village; historically the village was set up to service the needs of Castle Ashby house—the home of the Marquess of Northampton. ... For other uses, see Death (disambiguation). ... With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual. ... The crematorium at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, England. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Occident redirects here. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see Culture (disambiguation). ... Various Religious symbols, including (first row) Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Bahai, (second row) Islamic, tribal, Taoist, Shinto (third row) Buddhist, Sikh, Hindu, Jain, (fourth row) Ayyavazhi, Triple Goddess, Maltese cross, pre-Christian Slavonic Religion is the adherence to codified beliefs and rituals that generally involve a faith in a spiritual...

Definition

In the Scots language or Northern English language a churchyard can also be known as a kirkyaird. However, it should be noted that a churchyard can also be any patch of land on church grounds, even without a place of burial. Graveyards are almost always still owned by the place of worship that they are situated next to. The use of graveyards for burial of the dead was largely discontinued from the 19th century onwards as they were replaced by cemeteries. This article is about the Anglic language of Scotland. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Archaeology

Main article: grave field

Further information: tomb and necropolis

Prehistoric cemeteries are referred to by the more neutral term grave field. They are one of the chief sources of information on prehistoric cultures, and numerous archaeological cultures are defined by their burial customs, such as the Urnfield culture of the European Bronze Age. For the New York prison see The Tombs. ... For the record label, see Necropolis Records. ... In archaeology, culture refers to either of two separate but allied concepts: An archaeological culture is a pattern of similar artefacts and features found within a specific area over a limited period of time. ... The Urnfield culture of central European culture is dated roughly between 1300 BC and 750 BC. The name describes the custom of cremating the dead and placing them in cemeteries. ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use) consisted of techniques for smelting copper and tin from naturally occurring outcroppings of ore, and then alloying those metals in order to cast bronze. ...

Early Christian history

From about the 7th century, European burial was under the control of the church and could only take place on consecrated church ground. Practices varied, but in continental Europe, bodies were usually buried in a mass grave until they had decomposed. The bones were then exhumed and stored in ossuaries, either along the arcaded bounding walls of the cemetery, or within the church under floor slabs and behind walls. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For the architectural structure, see Church (building). ... To consecrate an inanimate object is to dedicate it in a ritual to a special purpose, usually religious. ... Image:Mass Grave Bergen Belsen May 1945. ... For other uses, see Decomposition (disambiguation). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Ossuary in Hallstatt (see the article for details). ... For other uses, see Arcade. ...

In most cultures those who were vastly rich, had important professions, were part of the nobility or were of any other high social status were usually buried in individual crypts inside or beneath the relevant place of worship with an indication of the name of the deceased, date of death and other biographical data. In Europe this was often accompanied with a depiction of their family coat of arms. A profession is an occupation, vocation or career where specialized knowledge of a subject, field, or science is applied. ... Nobility is a traditional hereditary status (see hereditary titles) that exists today in many countries (mainly present or former monarchies). ... Social status is the honor or prestige attached to ones position in society (ones social position). ... Crypt is also a commonly used name of water trumpets, aquatic plants. ... A place of worship is a building or other locations where religious persons may worship their deity, regularly or not. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

Most others were buried in graveyards again divided by social status. Families of the deceased who could afford the work of a stonemason had a headstone carved and set up over the place of burial with an indication of the name of the deceased, date of death and sometimes other biographical data. Usually, the more writing and symbols carved on the headstone, the more expensive it was. As with most other human property such as houses and means of transport, richer families used to compete for the artistic value of their family headstone in comparison to others around it, sometimes adding a statue (such as a weeping angel) on the top of the grave. Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... The art and craft of the stonemason has existed since the dawn of civilization - creating buildings, structures and sculpture using stone and other raw materials from the earth. ... “Tombstone” redirects here. ... The Mona Lisa Although today the word art usually refers to the visual arts, the concept of what art is has continuously changed over centuries. ... This article is about the supernatural being. ...

Those who could not pay for a headstone at all usually had some religious symbol made from wood on the place of burial such as a Christian cross, however this would quickly deteriorate under the rain or snow. Some families hired a blacksmith and had large crosses made from various metals put on the place of burial. A reliquary in the form of an ornate Christian Cross Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope... For other uses, see Blacksmith (disambiguation). ... This article is about metallic materials. ...

Graveyards replaced by cemeteries

A Soviet military cemetery on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia.

Main article: Graveyard

Various conditions in the late 18th century and throughout the 19th century led to the burial of the dead in graveyards being discontinued. Among the reasons for this were: Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 321 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph by Mark A. Wilson, The College of Wooster I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 321 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph by Mark A. Wilson, The College of Wooster I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Map of the Estonian archipelago (Saaremaa and Hiiumaa) Landsat satellite photo of Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island (2,673 km²) belonging to Estonia. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ...

• A very sharp rise in the size of the population during the early stages of the industrial revolution

• Continued outbreaks of highly infectious diseases in towns and cities due to lack of public hygiene. Many graveyards in cities were located on land enclosed within the city walls.

• Limits to, and lack of, space in graveyards for new headstones and dead bodies.

As a consequence of these reasons, city authorities, national governments and places of worship all changed their regulations for burials. In many European states, burial in graveyards was outlawed altogether either by royal decrees or government legislation. A Watt steam engine, the steam engine that propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world. ... This false-colored electron micrograph shows a malaria sporozoite migrating through the midgut epithelia. ... Public health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. ... The defensive wall of Braşov, Romania. ... “Tombstone” redirects here. ... An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in the United Kingdom and certain Commonwealth countries which is formally made in the name of the Queen (or the Governor-General acting on her behalf) by the Privy Council or the Executive Council the Queen-in-Council or the Governor... Legislation (or statutory law) is law which has been promulgated (or enacted) by a legislature or other governing body. ...

In some cases, skeletons were exhumed from graveyards and moved into ossuaries or catacombs. A large action of this type occurred in 18th century Paris when human remains were transferred from graveyards all over the city to the Catacombs of Paris. For other uses, see Skeleton (disambiguation). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Ossuary in Hallstatt (see the article for details). ... For the Bronze Age culture, see Catacomb culture. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Crypt of the Sepulchral Lamp in the Catacombs of Paris The Catacombs of Paris are a famous underground ossuary in Paris, France. ...

However in most places across Europe completely new places of burial were established away from heavily populated areas and outside of old towns and city centers. Many new cemeteries became municipally-owned, and thus independent from churches and their churchyards, however even these were still segregated by the faith of the deceased to be buried there. A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...

Thus cemeteries (certainly in their modern landscaped or garden cemetery form), rather than graveyards, became the principal place of burial for the deceased and continue to this day.

Modern use and styles

At a cemetery in Havana

The earliest of the spacious landscaped-style cemeteries is Père Lachaise in Paris. This embodied the idea of state- rather than church-controlled burial – a concept that spread through Europe with the Napoleonic invasions, and sometimes became adapted leading to the opening of cemeteries by private companies. The shift to municipal cemeteries or those established by private companies was usually accompanied by the establishing of spacious, landscaped, burial grounds outside of the city limits. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2049x1566, 231 KB) At a cemetery in Havana, Cuba. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2049x1566, 231 KB) At a cemetery in Havana, Cuba. ... This article is about the capital of Cuba. ... Looking down the hill at Père-Lachaise. ... For other uses, see State (disambiguation). ... Combatants Austria[a] Portugal Prussia[a] Russia[b] Sicily[c] Sardinia  Spain[d]  Sweden[e] United Kingdom French Empire Holland[f] Italy Etruria[g] Naples[h] Duchy of Warsaw[i] Confederation of the Rhine[j] Bavaria Saxony Westphalia Württemberg Denmark-Norway[k] Commanders Archduke Charles Prince Schwarzenberg Karl Mack... One example of a Landscape and Design project from Beaverton, Oregon, including trees, shrubs, perennials, rock, ornamental grasses and wooden deck. ...

Cemeteries are usually a respected or protected area, and often include a crematorium for the cremation of the dead. The violation of the graves or buildings is usually considered a very serious crime, and punishments are often severe. The crematorium at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, England. ... Desecration is the ninth book in the Left Behind series. ...

The style of cemeteries varies greatly internationally. For example, in the United States and many European countries, modern cemeteries usually have many tombstones placed on open spaces. In Russia, tombstones are usually placed in small fenced family lots. (This was once common practice in American cemeteries as well, and such fenced family plots are still visible in some older American cemeteries.) “Tombstone” redirects here. ...

Cemetery excavations, like this one in Madrid, can alleviate overcrowding.

As historic cemeteries begin to reach their capacity for full burials, alternative memorialization, such as collective memorials for cremated individuals, is becoming more common. Different cultures have different attitudes to destruction of cemeteries and use of the land for construction. In some countries it is considered normal to destroy the graves, while in others the graves are traditionally respected for a century or more. In many cases, after a suitable period of time has elapsed, the headstones are removed and the now former cemetery is converted to a recreational park or construction site. A more recent trend, particularly in South American cities, involves constructing high-rise buildings to house graves.^[1] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Family cemeteries

The grave of an infant at Horton, Northamptonshire

While uncommon today, family (or private) cemeteries were a matter of practicality during the settlement of America. If a municipal or religious cemetery had not been established, settlers would seek out a small plot of land, often in wooded areas bordering their fields, to begin a family plot. Sometimes, several families would arrange to bury their dead together. While some of these sites later grew into true cemeteries, many were forgotten after a family moved away or died out. Today, it is not unheard of to discover groupings of tombstones, ranging from a few to a dozen or more, on undeveloped land. As late twentieth century suburban sprawl pressured the pace of development in formerly rural areas, it became increasingly common for larger exurban properties to be encumbered by "religious easements," which are legal requirements for the property owner to permit periodic maintenance of small burial plots located on the property but technically not owned with it. Often, cemeteries are relocated to accommodate building. However, if the cemetery is not relocated, descendants of people buried there may visit the cemetery.^[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x3456, 1410 KB) Summary The grave of an infant called Benjamin - Horton graveyard, Northamptonshire Picture by R Neil Marshman (c) - see metadata Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Cemetery Horton, Northamptonshire Metadata This file contains additional information... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x3456, 1410 KB) Summary The grave of an infant called Benjamin - Horton graveyard, Northamptonshire Picture by R Neil Marshman (c) - see metadata Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Cemetery Horton, Northamptonshire Metadata This file contains additional information... Horton (from the Old English meaning muddy farmstead. ...

Holland Cemetery: A rural cemetery in northeast Oklahoma

More recent is the practice of families with large estates choosing to create private cemeteries in the form of burial sites, monuments, crypts, or mausoleums on their property; the mausoleum at Fallingwater is an example of this practice. Burial of a body at a site may protect the location from redevelopment, with such estates often being placed in the care of a trust or foundation. Presently, state regulations have made it increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to start private cemeteries; many require a plan to care for the site in perpetuity. Private cemeteries are nearly always forbidden on incorporated residential zones. Notwithstanding, many people will bury a beloved pet on the family property, knowing fully that this violates local health code. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 278 KB) Holland Cemetery: A rural cemetery in NE Oklahoma. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 278 KB) Holland Cemetery: A rural cemetery in NE Oklahoma. ... For other uses, see Oklahoma (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Monument (disambiguation). ... Crypt is also a commonly used name of water trumpets, aquatic plants. ... St. ... This article is about the house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. ... This law-related article does not cite its references or sources. ... A charitable foundation is a legal categorization of nonprofit organizations that either donate funds and support to other organizations, or provide the sole source of funding for their own activities. ...

Flowers

In American cemeteries flowers are common gifts brought to dead loved ones. They are brought during major holidays and birthdays. Privately owned cemeteries will often throw away these flowers after a few weeks in order to keep the space maintained.

Unusual cemeteries

• The Merry Cemetery in Săpânţa, northern Romania.

Cimitirul Vesel The Merry Cemetery (Romanian: Cimitirul Vesel) is a cemetery in the village of Săpânţa, Maramureş county, Romania that is famous for its colourful tombstones with the native paintings that represent scenes from the life of the buried persons and even poetry in which those persons... Săpânţa (IPA pronounciation in Romanian: /səpɨntsa/; old spelling Săpînţa; Hungarian: Szaplonca, Slovak: Sapunka, Yiddish: Spinka or Shpinka) is a town in the Maramureş region of northern Romania, 15 kilometers northwest of Sighet and just south of the Tisza River. ...

Cemeteries for pets

Main article: Pet cemetery

The Cimetière des Chiens in Asnières-sur-Seine in Paris is an elaborate pet cemetery believed to be the first zoological necropolis in the world. A Pet cemetery is a place where dead pets are buried. ... The Cimetière des Chiens opened in 1899 at 4 pont de Clichy on Ile des Ravageurs in Asnières-sur-Seine, ÃŽle-de-France, France and is believed to be the first zoological necropolis in the world. ... Asnières-sur-Seine is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. ... Zoology (from Greek: ζῴον, zoion, animal; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ...

Cemeteries and superstition

Jewish cemetery "Heiliger Sand" in Worms, Germany

Nuremberg, Johanniskirchhof

In many countries, cemeteries are objects of superstition and legend; they are sometimes used (usually at night-time) for black magic ceremonies or similar clandestine happenings. In Haiti the traditional belief regarding zombies as practiced under Vodou religion is connected with burial rituals. It is believed that the zombified individual is buried alive in a coffin in a shallow grave after being poisoned with a mixture containing tetrodotoxin from the puffer fish to slow his heart so he appears dead even to medical practitioners. At night, after all the burial ceremonies have been completed, a clandestine operation to dig up and take the zombified individual into slavery is undertaken by followers of the Vodou priest. This legend of zombies, as investigated by Wade Davis in The Serpent and the Rainbow, is exceptional among cemetery myths. Little conclusive evidence has been found for vampires or other supernatural cemetery-dwellers. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 310 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Jewish cemetery in Worms Location: Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Date: 2004-11-26 (first upload to english Wikipedia) Author: Stevenmattern (Talk) Moved from the English... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 310 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Jewish cemetery in Worms Location: Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Date: 2004-11-26 (first upload to english Wikipedia) Author: Stevenmattern (Talk) Moved from the English... Wormser Dom Worms (pronounced ) is a city in the southwest of Germany. ... Download high resolution version (600x800, 109 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (600x800, 109 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Nürnberg redirects here. ... For other uses, see Superstition (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Legend (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Black magic (disambiguation). ... This article is about the living dead. ... This article is about the West African religion. ... For people named Coffin, see Coffin (surname). ... Tetrodotoxin (anhydrotetrodotoxin 4-epitetrodotoxin, tetrodonic acid, TTX) is a potent neurotoxin with no known antidote, which blocks action potentials in nerves by binding to the pores of the voltage-gated, fast sodium channels in nerve cell membranes. ... Genera Amblyrhynchotes Arothron Auriglobus Canthigaster Carinotetraodon Chelonodon Colomesus Contusus Ephippion Feroxodon Fugu Gastrophysus Javichthys Lagocephalus Liosaccus Marilyna Monotretus Omegaphora Pelagocephalus Polyspina Reicheltia Sphoeroides Takifugu Tetractenos Tetraodon Torquigener Tylerius Xenopterus The pufferfish, also called blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish are fish making up the family Tetraodontidae, within the order Tetraodontiformes. ... Edmund Wade Davis (born December 14, 1953) is a noted anthropologist and ethnobotanist whose work has usually focused on the observation and analysis of the customs, beliefs, and social relations of indigenous cultures in North and South America, particularly the traditional uses and beliefs associated with plants with psychoactive properties. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings that subsist on human and/or animal lifeforce. ...

Cemetery preservation

A crew works to straighten grave stones at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas

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South Asia

The British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia, BACSA, was set up in 1976 to care for, and to record, European cemeteries wherever the British East India Company set foot. It is estimated that some two million European men, women and children are buried in the Indian subcontinent alone. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was the first joint-stock company (the Dutch East India Company was the first to issue public stock). ... Map of South Asia (see note) This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia. ...

Notes

See also

• List of cemeteries
• Corpse road
• Association of American Cemetery Superintendents

This is a list of notable cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. ... Corpse roads provided a practical means of allowing the transport of corpses to cemeteries that had burial rights. ...

Other common types of burial places

• Necropolis
• Ossuary
• Columbarium
• Graveyard
• Churchyard
• Tomb
• Catacomb
• Crypt
• Mass grave
• Unmarked grave
• Tumulus

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Specific and rarer types of burial places

• Mausoleum
• Reliquary
• Sepulchre
• Potter's Field
• Eco-cemetery
• Stupa
• Shaft and chamber tomb
• Stone ship
• Megalithic tomb
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• Military cemetery

St. ... For the band Reliquary, click here. ... For the sepulchral burial site of Jesus in Jerusalem, see Church of the Holy Sepulchre. ... A potters field is a place for the burial of unknown or indigent people. ... An eco-cemetery also known as a green burial ground, or a natural burial preserve, is a cemetery where the body is returned to the earth to decompose and recycle naturally, is an environmentally sustainable alternative to existing funeral practices. ... The Great Stupa at Sanchi. ... A Shaft and chamber tomb is a type of chamber tomb used by some ancient peoples for burial of the dead. ... The stone ship at Anunds barrow The Stone ship was a Gemanic burial custom, typical for Scandinavia with scattered examples in Northern Germany and along the coast of the Baltic States (where they are called devil ships). ... Large T shaped Hunebed D27 in Borger-Odoorn, Netherlands. ... The Landsoldaten (foot soldier) statue in Fredericia, Denmark. ...

Removal of remains from cemeteries

• Exhumation
• Grave robbing
• Resurrectionists

By other animals Humans are not the only species to bury their dead. ... Grave robbing or grave robbery is the act of uncovering a tomb or crypt to steal the artifacts inside or disinterring a corpse to steal the body itself or its personal effects. ... Resurrectionists were grave robbers who dug up fresh corpses and sold them to be used in anatomy lectures in medical schools. ...

Businesses and professions for cemeteries

• Morgue
• Funeral home
• Undertaker
• Gravedigger
• Stonemason

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Public holidays and traditions in relation to cemeteries

• All Souls' Day
• Day of the Dead
• Saturday of Souls
• Qingming Festival
• Memorial Day
• National day of mourning

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Resources to find cemetery locations or names of those buried

• Obituary
• Find A Grave
• The Political Graveyard
• Poets' Graves
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Worcester County Memorial Park

Obituary for World War I death An obituary is a notice of the death of a person, usually published in a newspaper, written or commissioned by the newspaper, and usually including a short biography. ... Find A Grave is an online database of seventeen million cemeteries and burial records. ... Political Graveyard logo. ... Poets Graves is an on-line database of the last resting places of poets. ... The Azmak Cemetery, near Suvla Bay, Turkey, contains the graves of some of the soldiers who died during the Gallipoli Campaign. ...

Other topics related to places of burial

• Graves, cemeteries, and funerals of different religions and ethnic groups (fotographs, in German)
• Elephant's graveyard

An elephant graveyard (also written elephants graveyard or elephants graveyard) is a place where, according to legend, older elephants instinctively direct themselves when they reach a certain age. ...

References

• Colvin, Howard. Architecture and the After-Life. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991.
• Curl, James Stevens. Death and Architecture. Gloucestershire: Sutton, 2002.
• Etlin, Richard A. The Architecture of Death: the transformation of the cemetery in eighteenth-century Paris. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984.
• Grossman, Janet Burnett. Greek Funerary Sculpture. Catalogue of the Collection at the Getty Villa. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001.
• Salisbury, Mike. From My Death May Life Come Forth. A Feasibility Study of the Woodland Cemetery in Canada Earthartist
• Worpole, Ken. Last Landscapes: the architecture of the cemetery in the West, Reaktion Books, London, 2003

Sir Howard Montagu Colvin is the author of A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 ISBN 0300072074 published the Yale University Press in 1997. ...

External links

• First Parish Cemetery York Maine - Historic cemetery in York, Maine
• Hale Collection - Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions.
• New Horizons Genealogy - Contains many Pre 1940 New York Cemetery Transcriptions.
• Outsider Graphics high quality cemetery photography
• Los Naguales - Contains great images about the most famous cemetery in the north of Argentina.
• Find-a-Grave - Online virtual cemetery with photos, biographies, and virtual flowers. Includes index of famous and historical figures' burial information and grave images.
• Dust To Dust - Photos of several English cemeteries and churchyards.
• Grave Addiction - Contains photos of many cemeteries throughout the United States.
• HeadStonesGenealogyheadstone pictures and search by name for your loved ones.
• Irish Cemetery Records
• London Cemetery Project: 130 cemeteries with high- quality photos.
• Saving Graves - A collaborative effort of cemetery preservation advocates working to increase public awareness and activism in preserving, protecting and restoring endangered and forgotten cemeteries worldwide.
• Scottish Cemetery Records
• A Very Grave Matter - Contains many photos from cemeteries from the east coast of the United States.
• Cemeteries and Cemetery Symbols - Explores the meaning of cemetery symbols.
• Written in Stone - Burial locations of literary figures.
• Indian Cemeteries
• Slide show of Jewish Cemetery
• Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton, MA
• Legacy of the Rural Cemetery Movement in America, a collection of 100 evocative cemetery photographs by Hope College Professor William Pannapacker
• Cemeteries of the World - Photoblog