Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: cast iron grave marker

early c20 iron grave markers beside the tower. I note that there are modern versions of these in the churchyard, so they are still made.

unbelievably, it seems that churchwardens are still uprooting gravemarkers in the name of efficiency and tidiness. concurrently, they allow hideous alien marble concoctions to sprout, though some recent gravestones buck the trend, bringing art and craft back to memorials in the place of the horrors of green glass and mass produced sentiment. this great collection of cast iron markers from the c19 will probably go for scrap if not stolen first, absolutely criminal. churches are far better off in the hands of conservation trusts, who value and protect them, than with parishes who find history a burden.

ornate mid c19 wrought and cast iron memorial cross to the south of the nave

c19 cast iron grave marker

iron gravestone of elizabeth willis, 1878, probably made by the local village firm of hedges of bucklebury

iron tombstone of richard brown, 1920 and his wife mary

late c19 cast iron grave markers laid out on an early c19 tomb

iron filigree gravestones on the tombs to james and edward hygate, 1889 and 1890. grave markers with both wrought and cast iron.

the tomb marked j.t., s.t., and e.t., 1825 is formed of iron urn shaped head and foot markers , with a part-buried slab inbetween. only one retains lettering, but both feature a mourning female on the base.

the cast iron grave marker marked j.t., s.t., and e.t., 1825 is formed of iron urn shaped head and foot markers , with a part-buried slab inbetween. only one retains lettering, but both feature a mourning female on the base.

the tomb marked j.t., s.t., and e.t., 1825 is formed of iron urn shaped head and foot markers , with a part-buried slab inbetween. only one retains lettering, but both feature a mourning female on the base.

cast iron gravestone , isaac smith 1908. his wife was buried nearby , with a similar iron marker, 27 years later

cast iron gravestone , martha anne smith 1935

cast iron leaping boards to samuel medhurst , wife and ten children, dead between 1828 and 1887

mary clapham 1863, unusual cast iron leaping board tomb, pity it has lost its kerb and cresting