Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs

by Horatio Edward Norfolk

27 chapters4h 29mEnglish1861

About this book

Interesting, witty, and unusual epitaphs found in graveyards in England, Wales, Scotland, and more. Feast on this gem: Dr. I. Letsome wrote the following for his own tombstone: "When people's ill, they comes to I, I physics, bleeds, and sweats 'em; Sometimes they live, sometimes they die; What's that to I? I. Letsome." - Summary by MamaPhish and Dr. I. Letsome

Chapters (26)

1England part 1: Bedfordshire and Berkshire

775

2England part 2: Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire

527

3England part 3: Cheshire and Cornwall

800

4England part 4: Derbyshire and Devonshire

672

5England part 5: Dorsetshire, Durham, and Essex

722

6England part 6: Gloucestershire and Hampshire

985

7England part 7: Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Kent

900

8England part 8: Lancashire and Lincolnshire

631

9England part 9: Middlesex and Monmouthshire

1047

10England part 10: Norfolk and Northamptonshire

695

11England part 11: Nottinghamshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Rutlandshire, and Shropshire

458

12England part 12: Somersetshire, Staffordshire, and Suffolk

538

13England part 13: Surrey and Sussex

603

14England part 14: Warwickshire, Westmoreland and Wiltshire

282

15England part 15: Worcestershire and Yorkshire

471

16Wales

157

17Scotland

576

18Miscellaneous part 1

535

19Miscellaneous part 2

486

20Miscellaneous part 3

736

21Miscellaneous part 4

500

22Miscellaneous part 5

607

23Miscellaneous part 6

551

24Miscellaneous part 7

647

25Miscellaneous part 8

574

26Miscellaneous Part 9

436

Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs

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Chapters (26)

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