Bath Abbey. Alabaster memorial to Jane, daughter of Sir Richard Reynell of Forde, Newton Abbot, Devon who died in childbirth in 1633. She was 2nd wife of Parliamentary general William Waller.
#monumentsmonday #bathabbey
#monumentsmonday #bathabbey
October 12, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Bath Abbey. Alabaster memorial to Jane, daughter of Sir Richard Reynell of Forde, Newton Abbot, Devon who died in childbirth in 1633. She was 2nd wife of Parliamentary general William Waller.
#monumentsmonday #bathabbey
#monumentsmonday #bathabbey
Another impressive tomb at St Mary the Virgin, Fawsley, commemorating several members of the Knightley family.
There’s more about my visits to this delightful little church here
rosemarygriggs.substack.com/p/a-tudor-fa...
#monumentsmonday
There’s more about my visits to this delightful little church here
rosemarygriggs.substack.com/p/a-tudor-fa...
#monumentsmonday
October 5, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Another impressive tomb at St Mary the Virgin, Fawsley, commemorating several members of the Knightley family.
There’s more about my visits to this delightful little church here
rosemarygriggs.substack.com/p/a-tudor-fa...
#monumentsmonday
There’s more about my visits to this delightful little church here
rosemarygriggs.substack.com/p/a-tudor-fa...
#monumentsmonday
#MonumentsMonday from St Wystan's, Repton. Alabaster memorial of a knight who may represent Sir Robert Frances of Foremark who lived locally at the end of the C14th.
October 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
#MonumentsMonday from St Wystan's, Repton. Alabaster memorial of a knight who may represent Sir Robert Frances of Foremark who lived locally at the end of the C14th.
#MonumentsMonday In All Saints, North Morton, with @stroudstory.bsky.social, seen in the background.
The war memorial (a painted wooden triptych) is by Eric Gill, according to Pevsner. He stayed in the village while working on the memorial in the chapel of New College, Oxford.
The war memorial (a painted wooden triptych) is by Eric Gill, according to Pevsner. He stayed in the village while working on the memorial in the chapel of New College, Oxford.
October 5, 2026 at 7:32 AM
#MonumentsMonday In All Saints, North Morton, with @stroudstory.bsky.social, seen in the background.
The war memorial (a painted wooden triptych) is by Eric Gill, according to Pevsner. He stayed in the village while working on the memorial in the chapel of New College, Oxford.
The war memorial (a painted wooden triptych) is by Eric Gill, according to Pevsner. He stayed in the village while working on the memorial in the chapel of New College, Oxford.
#MonumentsMonday Chest tomb of John Harewell, died 1428, at St Peter's, Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire.
September 28, 2026 at 9:26 AM
#MonumentsMonday Chest tomb of John Harewell, died 1428, at St Peter's, Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire.
Memorial to, Sir Peter Carew, in Exeter Cathedral and a panel on display at Dartmouth Castle.
Kate Champernowne/Astley’s cousin was quite a character!
#MonumentsMonday #devonhistory
Kate Champernowne/Astley’s cousin was quite a character!
#MonumentsMonday #devonhistory
September 28, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Memorial to, Sir Peter Carew, in Exeter Cathedral and a panel on display at Dartmouth Castle.
Kate Champernowne/Astley’s cousin was quite a character!
#MonumentsMonday #devonhistory
Kate Champernowne/Astley’s cousin was quite a character!
#MonumentsMonday #devonhistory
The mourners at St Nicholas, Teddington, Gloucestershire always have to crawl around on their knees to avoid the low flying angels.
#MonumentsMonday
#MonumentsMonday
September 21, 2026 at 8:28 AM
The mourners at St Nicholas, Teddington, Gloucestershire always have to crawl around on their knees to avoid the low flying angels.
#MonumentsMonday
#MonumentsMonday
Everytime I visit Sir John Gilbert (d 1596) and his wife Elizabeth (née Chudleigh) in Exeter Cathedral I spot different details.
This time Sir John’s sword and the scallop shell decoration caught my eye.
#monumentsmonday #exetercathedral
This time Sir John’s sword and the scallop shell decoration caught my eye.
#monumentsmonday #exetercathedral
September 21, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Everytime I visit Sir John Gilbert (d 1596) and his wife Elizabeth (née Chudleigh) in Exeter Cathedral I spot different details.
This time Sir John’s sword and the scallop shell decoration caught my eye.
#monumentsmonday #exetercathedral
This time Sir John’s sword and the scallop shell decoration caught my eye.
#monumentsmonday #exetercathedral
Sir William Bulmer, 1531 at St Hilda's, Hartlepool. He stands above fragmentary Saxon and Norman stonework unearthed when Walter Caroe extended the chancel in the 1920s. He was long thought to be one of the Brus or Bruce family, who had a mausoleum on this site. #MemorialsMonday #MonumentsMonday
September 21, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Sir William Bulmer, 1531 at St Hilda's, Hartlepool. He stands above fragmentary Saxon and Norman stonework unearthed when Walter Caroe extended the chancel in the 1920s. He was long thought to be one of the Brus or Bruce family, who had a mausoleum on this site. #MemorialsMonday #MonumentsMonday
Prague's Stalin monument was the largest in the world, built in the 1950s through forced labour #MonumentsMonday
Excavation of the labour camp hints at everyday life for those forced to construct it.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
📷 Fortepan/UWM Libraries/Harrison Forman
🏺 #Archaeology
Excavation of the labour camp hints at everyday life for those forced to construct it.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
📷 Fortepan/UWM Libraries/Harrison Forman
🏺 #Archaeology
September 21, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Prague's Stalin monument was the largest in the world, built in the 1950s through forced labour #MonumentsMonday
Excavation of the labour camp hints at everyday life for those forced to construct it.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
📷 Fortepan/UWM Libraries/Harrison Forman
🏺 #Archaeology
Excavation of the labour camp hints at everyday life for those forced to construct it.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
📷 Fortepan/UWM Libraries/Harrison Forman
🏺 #Archaeology
A monument from a sister to a sister: Bridget Price erected this tablet in St John, #Gloucester, to her sister Dorothy, who died, aged 23, in 1693. Their father, Major Price, once a Royalist soldier, watches from the wall opposite. #MementoMoriMonday #MonumentsMonday
September 14, 2026 at 8:17 AM
A monument from a sister to a sister: Bridget Price erected this tablet in St John, #Gloucester, to her sister Dorothy, who died, aged 23, in 1693. Their father, Major Price, once a Royalist soldier, watches from the wall opposite. #MementoMoriMonday #MonumentsMonday
The rather bonkers Babington monument of c1538 at St Winifred's, Kingston on Soar.
It's richly covered in carving including over a hundred little people cavorting with barrels. This is a pun or rebus on the family name as a tun/ton is another name for a barrel.
#MonumentsMonday
It's richly covered in carving including over a hundred little people cavorting with barrels. This is a pun or rebus on the family name as a tun/ton is another name for a barrel.
#MonumentsMonday
September 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The rather bonkers Babington monument of c1538 at St Winifred's, Kingston on Soar.
It's richly covered in carving including over a hundred little people cavorting with barrels. This is a pun or rebus on the family name as a tun/ton is another name for a barrel.
#MonumentsMonday
It's richly covered in carving including over a hundred little people cavorting with barrels. This is a pun or rebus on the family name as a tun/ton is another name for a barrel.
#MonumentsMonday
#MonumentsMonday Monument at St Mary, Bottesford, to Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland d 1563 and Countess Margaret d 1560.
September 7, 2026 at 9:21 AM
#MonumentsMonday Monument at St Mary, Bottesford, to Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland d 1563 and Countess Margaret d 1560.
The Aldeburgh Lifeboat disaster of 1899. Seven members of the lifeboat crew lie facing the monument and the sea. #MonumentMonday #MonumentsMonday
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September 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
The Aldeburgh Lifeboat disaster of 1899. Seven members of the lifeboat crew lie facing the monument and the sea. #MonumentMonday #MonumentsMonday
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Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon. The children of William Clopton (d. 1582) and his wife Anne. Three who died in infancy shown in swaddling bands. Joyce , 3 from left, married George Carew, Earl of Totnes.
#MonumentsMonday
#MonumentsMonday
September 7, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon. The children of William Clopton (d. 1582) and his wife Anne. Three who died in infancy shown in swaddling bands. Joyce , 3 from left, married George Carew, Earl of Totnes.
#MonumentsMonday
#MonumentsMonday
#MonumentsMonday Tomb of Edmund Cornewall died 1508 aged just 20 at St Mary, Burford, Shropshire.
August 31, 2026 at 9:28 AM
#MonumentsMonday Tomb of Edmund Cornewall died 1508 aged just 20 at St Mary, Burford, Shropshire.
A rather cheery swaddled child on the tomb of Henry Sacheverell d1558 and his wife Lucy Pole d1554 at Holy Trinity, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire.
The fold of cloth under the shield is such a lovely detail.
#MonumentsMonday
The fold of cloth under the shield is such a lovely detail.
#MonumentsMonday
August 31, 2026 at 8:11 AM
A rather cheery swaddled child on the tomb of Henry Sacheverell d1558 and his wife Lucy Pole d1554 at Holy Trinity, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire.
The fold of cloth under the shield is such a lovely detail.
#MonumentsMonday
The fold of cloth under the shield is such a lovely detail.
#MonumentsMonday
Monument to Sir Richard Cecil, (c. 1495 – 19 March 1553), St Martins Church, Stamford, politician and courtier, and father of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Chief Adviser to Queen Elizabeth 1.
📷 from my summer travels
#MonumentsMonday
📷 from my summer travels
#MonumentsMonday
August 31, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Monument to Sir Richard Cecil, (c. 1495 – 19 March 1553), St Martins Church, Stamford, politician and courtier, and father of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Chief Adviser to Queen Elizabeth 1.
📷 from my summer travels
#MonumentsMonday
📷 from my summer travels
#MonumentsMonday
A tiny skeleton taking part in 'The Dance of Death' on the extraordinary Babington monument of c1538 at St Winifred's, Kingston on Soar.
#MonumentsMonday
#MementoMoriMonday
#MonumentsMonday
#MementoMoriMonday
August 24, 2026 at 8:54 AM
A tiny skeleton taking part in 'The Dance of Death' on the extraordinary Babington monument of c1538 at St Winifred's, Kingston on Soar.
#MonumentsMonday
#MementoMoriMonday
#MonumentsMonday
#MementoMoriMonday
The huge Boyle family monument in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin,
Richard Boyle, Ist Earl of Cork, and his wife Catherine Fenton, her parents, grandparents and children with youngest son Robert, of Boyle’s Law fame, in the centre.
#MonumentsMonday
Richard Boyle, Ist Earl of Cork, and his wife Catherine Fenton, her parents, grandparents and children with youngest son Robert, of Boyle’s Law fame, in the centre.
#MonumentsMonday
August 24, 2026 at 6:00 AM
The huge Boyle family monument in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin,
Richard Boyle, Ist Earl of Cork, and his wife Catherine Fenton, her parents, grandparents and children with youngest son Robert, of Boyle’s Law fame, in the centre.
#MonumentsMonday
Richard Boyle, Ist Earl of Cork, and his wife Catherine Fenton, her parents, grandparents and children with youngest son Robert, of Boyle’s Law fame, in the centre.
#MonumentsMonday
#monumentsmonday
Ledgerstones Cley church
Ledgerstones Cley church
August 17, 2026 at 9:35 AM
#monumentsmonday
Ledgerstones Cley church
Ledgerstones Cley church
Mary always knew she was going to regret agreeing to the purchase of bunk beds, lying underneath Mr wriggle bum for eternity was such a trial.
Sir Henry Pratt d1647 and his wife Mary Adams at All Saints, Coleshill, Oxfordshire.
#MonumentsMonday
Sir Henry Pratt d1647 and his wife Mary Adams at All Saints, Coleshill, Oxfordshire.
#MonumentsMonday
August 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Mary always knew she was going to regret agreeing to the purchase of bunk beds, lying underneath Mr wriggle bum for eternity was such a trial.
Sir Henry Pratt d1647 and his wife Mary Adams at All Saints, Coleshill, Oxfordshire.
#MonumentsMonday
Sir Henry Pratt d1647 and his wife Mary Adams at All Saints, Coleshill, Oxfordshire.
#MonumentsMonday
Amy Smith had served as gentlewoman to Joyce Clopton/ Carew, when she died in 1626. Joyce had this memorial to her faithful companion placed in Holy Trinity Stratford on Avon placed next to where she would herself be buried in 1637.
#MonumentsMonday
#MonumentsMonday
August 17, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Amy Smith had served as gentlewoman to Joyce Clopton/ Carew, when she died in 1626. Joyce had this memorial to her faithful companion placed in Holy Trinity Stratford on Avon placed next to where she would herself be buried in 1637.
#MonumentsMonday
#MonumentsMonday
#MonumentsMonday St Margaret, Mapledurham
August 17, 2026 at 7:38 AM
#MonumentsMonday St Margaret, Mapledurham
