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Today’s cemetery names: Asmusson, Conibear, Fullick, Grimster, Lamprell, Mozupe, Pester, Pitthers and, of course, Silas Stuckless. “He is at rest/ In God's own presence blest.” #CemeteryNames
Victorian headstones, collapsing, covered in ivy, surrounded by trees.
September 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Today's cemetery names, Hinton Charterhouse edition: Farnall, Frapwell, Goodrick, Grabham, Moth, Newlove, Poulsom, Trussler and, of course, Arthur P. Honeybun. “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help.” #CemeteryNames
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Today’s cemetery names: Bosanquet, Cooling, Gayford, Harrill, Henge, Kibby, Pitchers, Priaulx, Skyrme, Tossell and, of course, F.T. Virgin. “Bring them, O Lord, to thy holy hill and thy dwelling.” #CemeteryNames
Still life: a metal jug full of red and yellow flowers with four apples arranged around its base. It's on a window ledge in a church porch.
September 26, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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Today's cemetery names: Boobyer, Groote, Leatherby, Norlly, Scadding, Shallard, Vaudin, Wotley, Wynes and, of course, Handel Cossham. “Into thy hands I commend my spirit.” #CemeteryNames
A cemetery in the golden hour with yellow grass, a bare white-limbed tree, and a small gothic chapel in yellow stone and red terracotta.
September 21, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Today's cemetery names: Canniver, De Carteret, Flower, Gegg, Graves, Lissak, Smalldridge, Takle, Verrecchia, Worgan and, of course, Henry Hogben Worth. “Blessed are the pure in heart.” #CemeteryNames
A small white grave statue, looks like a nun but I guess is supposed to be the Virgin Mary, surrounded by weeds.
June 18, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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Today's cemetery names: Ettle, Gerrish, Hermitt, Martifee, Munckton, Pebworth, Stiff, and, of course, Edna Beak. “A bitter grief, a shock severe/ To part with one we loved so dear.” #CemeteryNames

[Video description: A fast zoom in on a headstone with an angel, grainy and analogueish.]
July 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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Today's cemetery names: Draisey, Egelstaff, Ferrari, Helps, Hicker, Hopegood, Lindrea, Wulff and, of course, Francis Noot Bacon. “After he had served his generation by the will of God. He fell asleep.” #CemeteryNames
A stone angel on top of a grave surrounded by trees. Ionic columns and a great pediment on a Georgian temple in a cemetery.
July 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Today's cemetery names: Abraszkiewicz, Fear, Gimblett, Inder, Paradice, Shapcott, Weightman, Yandell and, of course, Clementina Winter and Fanny Maggs. “Thus with quickened footsteps we'll pursue our way, watching for the dawning of eternal day.” #CemeteryNames
Two slightly weathered cherubs on a headstone.
August 8, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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Today’s cemetery names: Churchus, Dicker, Duddridge, Hemmers, Izott, Pymm, Treby and, of course, Ernest Hopes. “In heavenly love abiding.” #CemeteryNames
The blurred, softened form of an angel carved on a headstone. There are patches of lichen.
November 14, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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Today's cemetery names: Beak, Flook (Albinus), Mapstone, Showering, Trotman, Warbutton and, of course, Violet, Ivy and Lily Fowler. “We cannot tell who next may fall/ Beneath death's chastning rod/ One must be first, but let us all/ Prepare to meet our God.” #CemeteryNames
A stone angel in silhouette against a blue sky. Red weeds creeping across a shattered headstone.
June 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Today’s cemetery names: Crole, Dudd, Gazzard, Jouxson, Smockcombe, Ticktum, Towler, Werrett and, of course, William Winter. “Do your best for one another/ Life is but a pleasant dream.” #CemeteryNames
A grave monument depicting a weeping mourner collapsed upon the headstone. A weathered grave monument depicting three angels, their faces worn almost to nothing. Two snails are crawling over them.
September 8, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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Today's cemetery names: Bletso, Bonathan, Kettlety, Kranendonk, Murfin, Pumford, Spickett and, of course, Minnie Dumble. “Goodnight, my old flower, sleep tight.” #CemeteryNames
A statue carved from white stone facing away from the camera into a blue sky. A little cherub in white stone reclining on a grave
August 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Cemetery names, Bristol cathedral edition: Armiger, Bartin-Burton, Bourryau, Dawbney, Dumbell, Farcus, Freke, Hakluyt, Lechmere, Searchfield and, of course, the Reverend Iranaeus Moe. “How soon th’unfettered Spirit winged its way/ From Earth to Heav’n, from blessing to blest.” #CemeteryNames
A damaged tile on the black and white chequered cathedral floor with the year 1791 just legible.
May 25, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Today’s cemetery names: Champness, Chinnick, Firks, Hogben, Kranendonk, Tooze, Worlock and, of course, Gladys Windows. “She sleeps in god's beautiful garden, in the sunshine of perfect peace.” #CemeteryNames
A simple carving on a headstone of a person in a veil at prayer. Is it supposed to be Mary? An artificial red rose lying on the mud.
October 10, 2024 at 7:28 AM
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Today's cemetery names: Angrave, Axtell, Ind, Jouxson, Prangley, Probert, Ryemill, Vinicombe, Wride and, of course, Leslie Verdun Hale. “Pray for the soul of James Stokes, from his fellow workmen.” #CemeteryNames
A statue in a nook on a headstone with the sun rising behind it. A statue that has fallen on the floor. Its stone is worn and smooth. The face looks peaceful.
March 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Today's cemetery names, Mersea edition: Beagley, Boniface, Cudmore, Groyden, Hucklesby, Jaume, Pudney, Salusbury, Tiffin and, of course, Frank Marriage. “Safe in God's keeping.” #CemeteryNames
A vase of pink and purple flowers on the window ledge of a country church with stained glass behind.
August 6, 2024 at 11:22 AM
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Today's cemetery names: Carige, Hawken, Hember, Hosey, Podmore, Portch, Sluman, Taffe and, of course, Lottie Temperance Bidgood. “Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life.” #CemeteryNames
The crudely carved face of a cherub on an old headstone. There is red lichen growing over it. Trees and headstones surrounded by undergrowth in a churchyard.
September 28, 2024 at 10:49 AM
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Today's cemetery names: Duffin, Harrill, Hubback, Raggatt, Weetch, Wring and, of course, Hannar [sic] Cousins. “Deeply regretted by all who knew him.” #CemeteryNames
A headstone with a carved manicure (pointing finger) indicating a scroll with the words “in loving memory of”.
August 27, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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Today's cemetery names: Curnock, Fackrell, Hentosh, Japhet, Piskunowicz, Radnedge, Snelgrove, Teakle and, of course, Stella Havvock. “Resting where no shadows fall.” #CemeteryNames
A small ceramic dog on a grave. A terrier, I think? Small, white, hairy. An angelic figure cast in stone, against a bright sunlit sky.
June 17, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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Today's cemetery names: Dumble, Marklew, Moger, Oatway, Podbury, Ridingbery, Rumboll, Savory, Whait and, of course, Elizabeth Pullin Cornock. “Duty nobly done.” #CemeteryNames
A statue on a headstone depicting a little girl curtsying. A stone tablet embedded in the earth with the words “entrance to vault”.
May 6, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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Today's cemetery names: Beagley, Bohin, Cavvell, Chidgey, Cockbaine, Croad, Everingham, Fragapane, Houchin, Krichell, Minihane, Prim, Skyrme, Tipney and, of course, Denis Asgill Bennet (“Plunger”). Oh, and one Raymond Newman – yikes! “In God’s safe keeping.” #CemeteryNames
The spire of a red brick interwar cemetery chapel and crematorium. A sign in mid-century serif lettering: Office, walk in. The door has peeling black paint.
November 23, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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Today's cemetery names, East London edition: Arber, Kallmeier, Payze, Schooling, Smellie, Strange, Topping and, of course, Albert Streak. “So he giveth his beloved sleep.” #CemeteryNames
The back of a row of shops facing onto a Victorian cemetery. There are air conditioning units, outlets and pipes, and bricked up windows. In the foreground are brambles and ivy.
August 4, 2024 at 9:40 AM
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Today's cemetery names: Dolling, Duffin, Filor, Lasper, Loney, Rodbard, Skyrme, Tossell and, of course, Emma Weetch. “Short was her life, great was her pain/ Great was our loss, but greater was her gain.” #CemeteryNames
A worn Georgian headstone with the vague form of someone kneeling in prayer, I think.
March 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Today's cemetery names: Chiffers, Firks, Grindell, Hayball, Pebworth, Silverthorne and, of course Gertrude Angel Flook. “To live In hearts we leave behind, is not to die.” #CemeteryNames
A path through a cemetery on a hazy grey morning.
May 16, 2024 at 7:14 AM
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Today's cemetery names: Adlam, Blunsum, Bundey, Cabry, Drinkwater, Figgures, Gegg, Ninkov and, of course, Edna Ellen Elkins. “Into thy hands I commend my spirit.” #CemeteryNames
A statue of a person wearing a veil with their hands pressed together in prayer, looking skyward. The statue is covered in yellow lichen.
July 12, 2024 at 7:32 AM