Tombs, St Thomas ? Becket churchyard, Box
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Tombs, St Thomas ? Becket churchyard, Box by Brian Robert Marshall as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Tombs, St Thomas ? Becket churchyard, Box
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 14 Aug 2009
The last burial took place here in 1896 following the opening of the town cemetery nearly fifty years earlier http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1443510 The tomb on the right has an unusual pyramidal structure above it. Word has it that the widow of the man buried there planned to celebrate his passing by dancing on his grave. To forestall that eventuality someone, a relative perhaps, erected the pyramid. There are no inscriptions on the grave, or none that are legible, so it is not possible to ascertain any more than this.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.414969
Longitude
-2.255473