by Sandy | Jun 26, 2019 | Graves and Graveyards
It doesn’t take much persuading to get me to visit a graveyard, so when I saw that a natural burial ground in Dorset was having an open weekend, the date was soon on my calendar! My visit to Higher Ground Meadow was memorable, enjoyable and thought provoking. I...
by Sandy | Sep 9, 2018 | Graves and Graveyards
A few miles East of Dorchester in Dorset is the village of Moreton. The Frampton Arms is next to the train station and is named after the Frampton family who built Moreton House, and for 6 centuries have been the landlords of most of the village. I enjoyed about a...
by Sandy | Sep 5, 2018 | Graves and Graveyards
I am a student studying death, so it was not surprising that during a holiday to Naples in Italy, I found myself drawn to death related tourism. On day one I was already visiting a cemetery! I reached ‘The Cimetero Fontanelle’ via a very exciting taxi journey, the...
by Sandy | Aug 28, 2018 | Graves and Graveyards
Following a diagnosis of osteoarthritis a few years back, my doctor referred me to the Dorset musculoskeletal services which were based at Frederick Treves House in Dorchester. I recognised the name Treves as there is a Treves Road in the town, so I began researching...
by Sandy | Aug 27, 2018 | Graves and Graveyards
I decided to take a ‘Black Cab Tour’ of Belfast. I was staying at the Hilton Hotel, and the concierge said that they could arrange a tour for me. It appears that ‘Death Tourism’ has become very popular with visitors and is providing many local...
by Sandy | Aug 26, 2018 | Graves and Graveyards
This gravestone was for a man who was hanged for a crime he did not commit! Joshua Scamp a gypsy was hanged for the theft of a horse. It was actually his son-in-law who committed the crime. When it became clear that Joshua was, in fact, innocent he became a local...
