Memorials to the Dead

In churchyards and cemeteries across England, curious monuments rise between the graves; beautiful, unusual, striking and downright… odd. Buried England chronicles over 100 of the grandest and strangest graves on English soil, unveiling a little-known world of death and remembrance that exists alongside our own. England’s oldest identifiable cemetery was established over 10,000 years ago, founded before the first bricks of the pyramids were laid. Since then, the English have memorialised their dead in ever-changing ways, affording taphophiles a glorious pick-and-mix of social histories and archaeological mysteries on their doorstep. Buried England includes a large number of fascinating lesser-known memorials, largely unknown to both local residents and cemetery enthusiasts alike. From the graves of circus performers to ‘time machines’, a man killed by ‘small beer’ and a Victorian grave so popular that it launched its own line of merchandise, Buried England presents a compelling overview of England’s best-hidden histories in atmospheric and detailed photographs.