City of London Cemetery

City of London Cemetery, Newham, London

Visited September 2013

Although not in the Square Mile, this is the municipal cemetery of the City of London. Opened in 1856, this cemetery replaced the 106 parish burial grounds of the City. Burials from churches destroyed in the blitz, and from churches never rebuilt after the Fire of London in 1666 can be found here. The cemetery is on the edge of Epping Forest, and well worth a visit.

St Mary's Churchyard, Hailsham, East Sussex

St Mary's Churchyard, Hailsham, East Sussex

Visited August 2014

Right in the centre of the market town of Hailsham is this well kept urban cemetery. Memorials date from the 18th century onwards, including some iron grave markers. These iron markers are first found in Sussex from the 17th century.

Churchyard of All Saints, Heathfield, East Sussex

Churchyard of All Saints, Heathfield, East Sussex

Visited August 2014

A lovely churchyard, hidden down a lane in the old part of town.  When you go in, it all seems sanitised and perhaps even cleared, but walk down the hill away from the church and you'll be in a much older and wilder part of the churchyard.

Churchyard of St Thomas, Brightling, East Sussex

Brightling Churchyard, East Sussex

Visited August 2014

This lovely little rural churchyard, of St Thomas church in Brightling, is best known for the really rather splendid 1834 pyramid mausoleum of "Mad" Jack Fuller. If you're in the area, the countryside around Brightling is dotted with follies he built.  
The churchyard is very pretty, lots of stones from the 18th century onwards. On the day I visited, there were no people there, just a flock of sheep and some Indian runner ducks!

Newmachar Kirkyard, Aberdeenshire

Newmachar Kirkyard, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Visited August 2014

This little kirkyard (churchyard) in North-East Scotland is lovely. It's in the village of Newmachar (Summerhill until 1928, and sometimes spelled New Machar on old maps), which lies a few miles to the north of Aberdeen. Burials date back to the 18th century that I could see, and the high point is the mausoleum of the Gordons of Straloch, one of the local land-owning families.



Mausoleum of the Gordons of Straloch

 

St Nicholas Kirkyard, Aberdeen

Kirkyard (churchyard) of the Kirk of St Nicholas, Aberdeen

Visited August 2014

This kirkyard (Scottish for churchyard) surrounds the Kirk of St Nicholas, on Union Street in central Aberdeen, just a footstep or two from the busy shopping street. The graves date back to the 17th century, and continue to the 20th century. Well worth a visit if you should be up that way 

http://www.aboutaberdeen.com/stnicholaschurch.php (includes info about the supposed ghost!)

Arran, Scotland

Various sites on the island of Arran, Scotland.

Visited September 2013

In September 2013 I spent a week on Arran, and was able to visit four  burial sites - the remains of a Bronze Age cairn on Machrie Moor (along with some amazing standing stones), the churchyard at Lochranza, the village cemetery at Brodick and a private cemetery for the Hamilton family of Brodick Castle

Bronze Age cairn, Machrie Moor

Hamilton family cemetery, Brodick

Brodick Cemetery

Brodick Cemetery

Lochranza Church of Scotland graveyard