Maria Anne Sladen died six weeks after giving birth - she was aged just 22.

St Mary, Llanfair Waterdine, Powys, Wales

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This was a lovely church in a particularly quiet location.

 

 

Maria Anne Sladen died six weeks after giving birth - she was aged just 22.

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Struck by lightning while standing beneath an oak tree.

St Edward the Confessor, Knighton, Powys, Wales

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Knighton was the quietest small town we have ever visited. The graveyard had one spectacular find plus some other unusual discoveries - just the sort of place we love to visit.

 

 

Thomas Hope was killed when he was struck by lightning

while standing beneath an oak tree.

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Gertrude Hawker died less than seven weeks after she was married.

 

The Old Cemetery, Knighton, Powys, Wales

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This was just one of three fair-sized cemeteries in this small town.

 



Gertrude Hawker died less than seven weeks after she was married.

 

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Iain was killed during a charity parachute jump.

 

The New Cemetery, Knighton, Powys, Wales

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The cemetery was situated on a hillside at the edge of this small border town.

 

 

Iain was killed during a charity parachute jump.

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Serious storm damage to a Presbyterian cemetery

Presbyterian Church, Oswestry, Shropshire

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The recent gales had done serious damage to some of the larger trees in the churchyard.

 

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These two sisters died on the same day in 1967.

Ellesmere Cemetery, Ellesmere, Shropshire

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The cemetery was situated on a hillside above the Mere. The graves were pointing towards all four points of the compass which made our surveying much harder.

 

 

These two sisters died on the same day in 1967.

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A wooden effigy, dating from about 1330.

St Edith, Eaton-under-Heywood, Shropshire

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St Edith is said to be a daughter of King Egbert of Wessex. He founded a Benedictine nunnery in the Forest of Arden.

 

This wooden effigy, dating from about 1330, is of exceptional rarity being one

of only three in England and Wales that represent laymen as opposed to

members of the aristocracy or churchmen.

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This lady married two brothers - and outlived both of them.

 

St Matthew, Dudlestone Heath (Criftins), Shropshire

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We saw lots of evidence of the recent gales that caused

so much damage in north Shropshire.

 

 

This lady married two brothers - and outlived both of them.

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The monumental mason was having an "oh dear" moment!

 

St Laurence, Church Stretton, Shropshire

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Although we moved to Shropshire three years ago we have only just surveyed this church that lies within three miles of our home.

 

 

You have to look twice to spot the spelling mistake for the first of these.

The second is more obvious.

 

 

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Neither the first nor the last person to be caught out by a homophone. Can you spot it?

 

St Mary Magdalene, Penley, Wrexham

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There were a large number of Polish graves in the churchyard. The informative noticeboard near the entrance was a sensible way of explaining the history of this interesting site.

 

 

Neither the first nor the last person to be caught out by a homophone. Can you spot it?

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