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December 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
II. For this bed of concrete to be ‘well rammed’ was composed of ‘5 parts of broken bricks and 1 part of the best stone lime freshly burned’.

Be still my beating heart!

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December 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
III. Although it would take a few years before the doors of the York Penitentiary in Bishophill would open, and Gray died shortly after - it all began with a letter.

HAPPY LETTER WRITING DAY!

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September 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Thursday. The view from my world as I find myself lost among the long forgotten dead of the Parish of Micklegate in York.

What a day to be alive!

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August 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
II. And, if you interested in hearing me chat about sleuthing the dead - you'll discover a rich menu of TEE TALKS buried not so deep within my on-line portal at deadsleuth.com.

And, now to lunch!

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July 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
And, not a cloud in sight.

Saturday afternoon. The world from my world.

🔔 The Abbey. Selby. North Yorkshire. UK.

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May 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Elegant pilasters, cornicing and one iconic window.

The view from my perch as I enjoy a late lunch and a brief respite from the archive transcribing more death and despair.

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May 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A little lych gate loitering.

The view from my world at noon.

🔔 Old St Oswald Church. Fulford. York. UK.

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April 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Enjoying a moment or three away from the genealogy desk to sleuth awhile among the tombstones.

The view from my world today.

🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.

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April 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A story etched in stone. So many thoughts. The view from my world today.

🪦 Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. York. UK.

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April 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The graveyard beckons!

Before I attend to the business of the day with some grave hunting - a little housekeeping first with a grave tidy and a gift of daffodils for my grandparents, much missed and never forgotten.

🪦 Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. York. UK.

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April 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn" ~ Hal BORLAND

The whitest of blossom against a cloudless backdrop of sky blue. The view from my world today.

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April 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Saturday morrow. Against the palest of skies - gentle shadows glide across the tombstones. The view from my world.

🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.

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January 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
St Stephen's Day. Worn sandstone amid a clear December sky. The view from my world.

🪦 Parish Church of St Mary. Whitby. North Yorkshire. UK.

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December 26, 2024 at 5:17 PM
'What is Christmas? It is the tenderness of the past, courage for the present, and hope of the future.' ~ Agnes M. PAHRO

Wishing you a Happy Christmas! 🎄

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December 24, 2024 at 7:45 PM
December light. Friday afternoon. The view from my world.

🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.

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December 6, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Friday afternoon. Despite a chill in the air - unearthing the resting place of the long forgotten continues.

🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.

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November 22, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Friday morning. The view from my world as I make the acquaintance of our beautiful cemetery cat.

🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.

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November 22, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Nestled against a backdrop of lush hedges and shielded by trees - this beautiful monument is the work of sculptor John Throp (1820-1889) and commemorates Miles Moulson, a stonemason who died in 1856 aged 48.

⚰ Undercliffe Cemetery. Bradford. UK.

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June 9, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter 🐣

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April 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
From Churchyard to Spa Town?

Within the pages of the MARCH publication of The Dalesman Magazine I unearth the poignant story of a Yorkshire lass from Harrogate.

⚰ Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. Yorkshire. UK.

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March 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Monday afternoon. The view from my world.

From my garden to their forever home. A little ancestral grave festive gift and tidy up for my maternal 2 x Greats.

🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.

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December 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Remember! Remember?

In the NOVEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.

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November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
'This Star for a Moment Given'

Peppered with moss and standing tall among falling leaves underneath a greying October sky - the monument to one John Fisher who died at the age of three months in the year 1851.

🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Olave. York. UK.

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October 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM