Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: st.pancras old church

this memorial to philadelphia woolaston of 1616 shows her and her swaddled babe in childbed where both died, between the two virtues of temperance and wisdom in the manner of nicholas stone

all manner of people ended up buried in st.pancras graveyard and the contiguous burial ground of st.giles in the fields, including the transvestite spy the chevalier d'eon 1810, the architect john soane 1837, the sculptor john flaxman 1826, william godwin 1836 and mary wollstonecraft 1797, the composer johann christian bach 1782 and a good selection of criminals and suicides unwanted elsewhere. there are many c18 and c19 tombs such as these ones around the church.

this monument erected by baroness burdett coutts in 1877 in the form of a sundial was designed by g.highton and is in commemoration of graves disturbed by the encroachment of the railway. thomas hardy the author was involved in supervising the necessary disinterrment and reburial of thousands of bones.

this monument erected by baroness burdett coutts in 1877 in the form of a sundial was designed by g.highton and is in commemoration of graves disturbed by the encroachment of the railway. thomas hardy the author was involved in supervising the necessary disinterrment and reburial of thousands of bones.

this memorial in the shape of a column is to richard draper 1756

winged skull detail on tomb of john offley and his wife elizabeth moore and their children, after 1678, and signed w. linton , but closely based on a design by william stanton in the v and a. the arms are of offley and moore.

thomas doughty 1694

this tomb to john offley and his wife elizabeth moore and their children is of after 1678, and is signed w.linton , but is closely based on a design by william stanton in the v and a. the arms are of offley and moore.

cartouche to the artist samuel cowper + 1672 and his wife christina + 1693 by edward pierce

this memorial to philadelphia woolaston of 1616 shows her and her swaddled babe in childbed where both died, between the two virtues of temperance and wisdom in the manner of nicholas stone

this cherub with estinguished torch is from the 1815 monument by john soane to his wife elizabeth which stands over his family vault where she lies with him and his estranged son

the 1815 monument by john soane to his wife elizabeth stands over his family vault where she lies with him and his estranged son. the shape of this tomb was used by giles scott in his design for the telephone kiosk, and ultimately also for the police box used by dr.who.

the monument of 1815 by john soane to his wife elizabeth stands over his family vault where she lies with him and his estranged son. note the snake orouborus biting his own tail on the drum above the canopy, below the pinecone finial. the shape of this tomb was used by giles scott in his design for the telephone kiosk, and ultimately also for the police box used by dr.who.

the 1815 monument by john soane to his wife stands over his family vault where she lies with him and his estranged son

the norman church of st.pancras has roots back in saxon times, but most of what is visible today is the neo-norman work of 1848 by roumieu and gough, though the odd half timbering dates from a later rebuild

font cover of the late c17

the 1815 monument by john soane to his wife stands over his family vault where she lies with him and his estranged son. the finial is a pinecone, and just below on the drum is carved a snake biting its own tail, a symbol of eternity. the shape of this tomb was used by giles scott in his design for the telephone kiosk, and ultimately also for the police box used by dr.who.

the norman church of st.pancras has roots back in saxon times, but most of what is visible today is the neo-norman work of 1848 by roumieu and gough, though the odd half timbering dates from a later rebuild