A few details that caught my eye, on the older graves at Lawnswood Cemetery: above, part of the bronze statue of Faith on the Wilson memorial.
Below, Sarah Elizabeth Pemberton's grave, wrapped around by rhododendrons:
An ornate cross:
Sacred.... though scarred:
An angel watching over a seed sower - the bronze plaque on the memorial to Arthur Currer Briggs (1855-1906), who was a coal mine-owner with a good heart. He started a profit-sharing scheme for his workers and founded the Yorkshire College of Mining. He was Lord Mayor of Leeds in 1903 and became an Alderman in 1904.
I love these!!!
ReplyDeleteThe ornate cross is amazing to survive with such details.
ReplyDeleteThat plaque is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe second one is my favourite.
ReplyDeleteIt's the details that make these headstones so interesting. I found the first one of the hand cradling the book the most striking.
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