Cemeteries and Graveyards: A Guide for Local and Family Historians in England and Wales

A comprehensive guide from a genealogist and historian explores burial rituals and places in Great Britain. With a wide-ranging examination of historical and archaeological findings, Celia Heritage throws light on changing social attitudes to death and burial from pre-historic times to the modern day, investigating the origins and evolution of cemeteries and graveyards, and discussing the many different types of graves and memorials as well as looking at how memorial designs have changed. One chapter takes an in-depth look at the origins of the parish churchyard, while another looks at graveyards associated with nonconformist churches and institutions, including workhouses, asylums, hospitals and gaols. Celia details a wide range of online and offline sources that will help locate burials and memorials, also offering vital advice regarding good research practice. There is plenty of detail about less well-known genealogy sources such as records relating to re-interment, undertakers' and stonemasons' records, together with better known sources such as burial registers and memorial inscriptions. Throughout, there is a wide range of hands-on case studies which bring the subject to life and put it right into the hands of the researcher. This is far more than just genealogy, and Celia portrays this fascinating subject from the view of both historian and archaeologist.

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E-bog: 5. maj 2022