Kingsland Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
1) Died
during a church service in 1941!
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/died-during-church-service-in-1941.html
2) The four Tranter
children were murdered by their stepfather.
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-four-tranter-children-were-murdered.html
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-four-tranter-children-were-murdered.html
3) This wartime
couple were married for just 2 weeks!
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/married-for-just-2-weeks.html
4) Robert Jerman died at
his school desk in 1922 - aged 9!
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/robert-jerman-died-at-school-in-1922.html
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/robert-jerman-died-at-school-in-1922.html
5) A memorial to a
policeman murdered in 1903. The police then evicted his wife and four
children from the family home two weeks after his death.
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/a-memorial-to-policeman-murdered-in-1903.html
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/a-memorial-to-policeman-murdered-in-1903.html
6) Uncle
George recovers his nephew's body from the battlefield.
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/uncle-george-recovers-his-nephews-body.html
7) Only
married for 18 weeks - to the vicar.
http://grave-mistakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/married-for-18-weeks-to-vicar.html
Unusual gravestones
About the authors - Martin and Claire Nicholson own one of the largest archives of grave related photographs in the world. A selection of their work appears in the blog "Grave Mistakes" that has had over 400,000 hits since it was launched in 2013. Other examples appear in the Facebook group "Social History" where Martin acts as the group administrator.
The authors have viewed millions of gravestones, and are offering readers a selection of the rare and unusual gravestones that they have seen, with full-colour illustrations. Each category of type of gravestone, age of person, cause of death, rare names, and errors found on gravestones are given a points score to indicate rarity.
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Martin Nicholson - Ticklerton Barn, Ticklerton, Church Stretton, Shropshire