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Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· 9d

Lovely bilingual tombstone at Llanhamlach for #MementoMoriMonday - the Welsh memento mori poem Cofia ddyn wrth fyned heibio at the bottom, part hidden by grass. More on these at www.draenog.co.uk/Mynwenta/Cof...

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· 11d

A massive cross slab with inscription in incised Lombardic caps - but is it late medieval or early modern? welshtombs.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/a...

Floriated cross head on tapered stone slab with inscription [Hic] iacet Richard ... in incised Lombardic caps

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· 16d

Here she is at Wrexham

Medieval wall painting of Last Judgement. Bodies emerge from tombs, Mary shows her breasts and pleads for mercy, angels hold banners with Instruments of the Passion

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· 19d

News of a study day at the National Funeral Museum this Octoberhttps://churchmonumentssociety.org/2026/07/24/study-day-at-the-national-funeral-museum

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· 22d

New on the blog: the notes from June's tour of Worcestershire churches with monuments 'possibly' or 'probably' by Samuel Baldwin churchmonumentssociety.org/2026/07/21/a...

Chest tomb, recumbent effigies, kneeling figures at feet

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Jul 12

This looks good - Devon Book of the Year 2025, remainder copies at £10 www.blackdogpress.co.uk/product/devo...

Cover photo of Devon Dead & Buried: misty graveyard with headstones and Celtic crosses

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Jul 11

Did you spot this beauty?

Gravestone in overgrown graveyard. Death with spear threatens a swooning woman in the arms of a male figure while Father Time looks on

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Jul 2

July's #MonumentoftheMonth is the ledgerstone of a C15 gravedigger - a small and unassuming monument but full of interest churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...

Small ledgerstone, blackletter inscription, spade and rake at bottom. Transcript and translation in linked article.

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Jun 19

Llandaff Festival 2026 30 June-5 July: concerts, comedy, talks, workshops, exhibitions and more, there's something for everyone across this year's festival - and some amazing tombs! Details and booking info at www.llandaff-festival.com/festival2026

Poster for Llandaff Festival 2026 with thumbnail pictures of concerts, choir and soloists

Alabaster chest tomb with double effigy in early C16 costume, weeper figures and angels holding shields

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Jun 13

Fascinating guest post on our blog by @suffolkwills.bsky.social on the wills project and its use in studying burials and monuments churchmonumentssociety.org/2026/06/13/u... - some surprising conclusions!

Tomb carving. Young woman in early C17 costume reclining on cushions in niche with baroque decoration and a skull

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Jun 5

Splendid day in south Breconshire with the Welsh Antiquaries yesterday - Llanhamlach has this rather puzzling early C14 effigy with C17 inscription, and a good collection of post-Ref cross slabs in a range of designs (more on these at pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/publicati...)

Effigy of woman in early C14 costume, draped veil and wimple, hair in cauls, hands together in prayer. Inscription in C17 capitals names her as Jane Stanley wife of Philip Walby

Cross slab in Baroque style with IHS trigram in Roman capitals and inscription (not legible) in C17 capitals

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Jun 1

June's #MonumentoftheMonth is the wall monument to Sir Charles Blount (d.1600/01) in Portsmouth Cathedral churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-.... The monument has suffered a lot of damage but our author has suggested how it might have looked.

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Jun 1

For #MementoMoriMonday we found this version of the memento mori poem at the little church in Llandawke looked after by @friendlesschurches.bsky.social

Gravestone of Rebecca Uphill who died in childbirth in 1850 aged only 25

Poem on gravestone of Rebecca Uphill:
O ponder well her sudden fall
Ye thoughtless, blooming wenches all
Ye little think who read this stone
How soon the case may be your own.

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 28

St Margaret Marloes holding her heart at Llandawke welshtombs.wordpress.com/2026/05/28/s...

Female effigy in simple early C14 dress, wimple, hands holding heart

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 28

For #ThrowbackThursday a #MonumentoftheMonth from 2012 identifies the couple in this monument at Holy Trinity, Hull churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...

Alabaster effigies of couple in late C14 costume, she holds a heart in her hands

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 28

Ooo look what has just arrived - h/b, 500+ pages and LOTS of gorgeous pictures, only £40 + p&p if you order direct from Liverpool University Press

Cover of The British Cemetery. Cover image is Egyptian style mausoleum.

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 27

Open day at Llantrithyd Sunday 19 July - focus on wildlife + opportunity to see the stunning tombs

Triple-decker tomb with kneeling and recumbent effigies and kneeling weepers

Small ledger stone with cross and inscription PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF BLANCHE AWBRE HER IN GRAVE1588

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 21

New book! The British Cemetery: Architecture, Landscape, Sculpture. Long-awaited study by Brent Elliot and Roger Bowdler. Details and how to order at churchmonumentssociety.org/2026/05/21/n...

Cover of The British Cemetery: Architecture, Landscape, Sculpture. Cover image is an Egyptian-style mausoleum.

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 21

The Annual All Hallows Lecture 2026 - Dr Elizabeth Blood on Frederick B Burgess and *English Churchyard Memorials*. 31 Oct, 5-6.30 pm. Free but you need to book at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-all...

Cartouche with flying angel carrying trumpet

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 21

For #ThrowbackThursday our #MonumentoftheMonth in August 2012 told the bizarre story of Oliver Cromwell's coffin plate churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...

Coffin plate reading
Oliver Protector of the Republics
of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Born 25th April in the year 1599
Inaugurated 16th December 1653
Died 3rd September in the year 1658
Was buried here

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 15

With some super tombs! This stunning Death & Time at Chapel Hill

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 11

For #MementoMoriMonday this neat little skull from Llangybi near Usk

Lower part of wall memorial with skull and plaque commemorating Trevor Williams of Llangybi who d. 10 June 1686

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 7

For #ThrowbackThursday here's a #MonumentoftheMonth from 2012. Cast iron is sometimes seen as the cheaper option for a monument but the Lowsley family tomb at Hampstead Norreys was anything but! churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...

Detail of cast iron pyramid tomb commemorating Joseph, Dorcas and Eunice Lowsley

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 4

For #MementoMoriMonday the crypt at Llanblethian in the Vale of Glamorgan

Medieval vaulted crypt (empty) with light streaming through windows in E and S walls

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· May 2

May's #MonumentoftheMonth is the rather gruesome story of the many tombs of Bertrand de Guesclin, Constable of France churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...

Effigy of man in late C14 armour, on modern plinth

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Apr 23

New research project on commemoration of the laity in sacred space churchmonumentssociety.org/2026/04/21/c...

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Apr 23

New book on English churches in Europe - special offer for advance subscribers johnhudsonpublishing.com/news/

Cover of book on English churches in Europe - special offer for advance subscribers

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Apr 14

Preliminary details for our memorial event in honour of Julian Litten on 7 Nov at Thaxted - as you might expect, shrouds, charnels and funeral paraphernalia! churchmonumentssociety.org/events/an-ev...

Portrait of man in University of Wales Ph D robes

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Apr 12

Explore a mystery in Edinburgh's famous Greyfriars graveyard on Sat 18 April churchmonumentssociety.org/2026/04/12/d...

Statue of man in C17 legal dress standing under arch of classical-style mausoleum

Church Monuments Society@churchmonuments· Apr 9

Pre-publication offer for Tomb Monuments in Medieval Europe: Volume II churchmonumentssociety.org/2026/04/09/t...