Flickering Lamps
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Originally posted on Flickering Lamps: This week Flickering Lamps is taking a break from the hidden, not so well known sites that often grace this site to explore probably the most famous cemetery in the world: Paris’ Père Lachaise. Opened as the world’s first garden cemetery in 1804, Père Lachaise (or to give its original name, cimetière de l’Est…
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Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m especially interested in particularly old and unusual graves, and the subject of today’s post definitely falls into that category. On th… Source: The ancient rock-cut tombs by the Lancashire coast
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An Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Greenwich Park.
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Originally posted on Flickering Lamps: St George’s Gardens, the park on the site of the former churchyard of St George in the East in Stepney, is a neat, peaceful place – when I visited, the play area was full of children, and other people were relaxing on benches or looking at the old monuments near…
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Exploring the ancient churches and fortifications of the Lune Valley.
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Originally posted on Flickering Lamps: The term “hidden gem” gets bandied around a lot in relation to all sorts of places in London – bars and restaurants, museums, galleries and historic buildings. It’s a bit of an overworn phrase, but the subject of today’s post definitely fits the criteria for a hidden gem: small and…
The Linden Chronicles 