Church Monuments Society

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We offer a focus for those with an interest in church monuments of all types and periods. Posts by @heritagepilgrim.bsky.social

Poster for Julian Litten memorial event - text in linked web post

Floriated cross head on tapered stone slab with inscription [Hic] iacet Richard ... in incised Lombardic caps

Medieval wall painting of Last Judgement. Bodies emerge from tombs, Mary shows her breasts and pleads for mercy, angels hold banners with Instruments of the Passion

Chest tomb, recumbent effigies, kneeling figures at feet

Cover photo of Devon Dead & Buried: misty graveyard with headstones and Celtic crosses

Gravestone in overgrown graveyard. Death with spear threatens a swooning woman in the arms of a male figure while Father Time looks on

Small ledgerstone, blackletter inscription, spade and rake at bottom. Transcript and translation in linked article.

Poster for Llandaff Festival 2026 with thumbnail pictures of concerts, choir and soloists

Tomb carving. Young woman in early C17 costume reclining on cushions in niche with baroque decoration and a skull

Effigy of woman in early C14 costume, draped veil and wimple, hair in cauls, hands together in prayer. Inscription in C17 capitals names her as Jane Stanley wife of Philip Walby

Gravestone of Rebecca Uphill who died in childbirth in 1850 aged only 25

Female effigy in simple early C14 dress, wimple, hands holding heart

Alabaster effigies of couple in late C14 costume, she holds a heart in her hands

Cover of The British Cemetery. Cover image is Egyptian style mausoleum.

Flyer for Llantrithyd AGM and open day

Cover of The British Cemetery: Architecture, Landscape, Sculpture. Cover image is an Egyptian-style mausoleum.

Cartouche with flying angel carrying trumpet

Coffin plate reading
Oliver Protector of the Republics
of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Born 25th April in the year 1599
Inaugurated 16th December 1653
Died 3rd September in the year 1658
Was buried here

Lower part of wall memorial with skull and plaque commemorating Trevor Williams of Llangybi who d. 10 June 1686

Cast iron pyramid tomb in churchyard

Medieval vaulted crypt (empty) with light streaming through windows in E and S walls

Effigy of man in late C14 armour, on modern plinth

Ornate tomb with effigy behind railings

Cover of book on English churches in Europe - special offer for advance subscribers

Portrait of man in University of Wales Ph D robes

Statue of man in C17 legal dress standing under arch of classical-style mausoleum

Enamelled monumental brass with couple and children kneeling, on tomb chest with heraldic shields. Detail in linked text.

Woman in cagoule on misty upland. Small dog in distance.

Chest tomb with winged skull in garland, set in a small graveyard surrounded by city streets

Table monument with couple in draped shrouds on top, single cadaver beneath, cherubs and baroque decoration

Alabaster carving of the Annunciation with the infant Jesus floating down on a sunbeam

Alabaster carving of the Annunciation flanked by censing angels

Rough carving of small single-masted boat, possibly a cog

Tomb carving with hooded female figure supporting the body of a naked young female. Trees and shrubs in background.

Winged skull with inscription commemorating Trevor Williams, son of Sir Trevor Williams Bart. who died without issue in 1686

Bedesman on the side of alabaster tomb chest. He carries a rosary and crutch-handled stick and has his head on his hand in an attitude of grief.

Effigies of two small children supported by angels on ornate tomb chest

Skulls in cage tomb with swags of drapery

Upper part of cadaver effigy of bishop, head resting on mitre, damaged crozier in R hand.

Ornate tomb chest with effigies of 2 young children supported by angels

Double decker monument, effigies of couple in shrouds on top, cadavers beneath

Gilded effigies of couple on tomb chest with colourful heraldic decoration

Crudely carved skull with cross bones above and four acorn-like pendants below

Ledgerstone with rococo cartouche and part of the memento mori poem: '... As I am so shall you be
As you are so once was I
You see by this that all must die'

Effigy of reclining woman with a book, set in an elaborate Baroque canopy

Gilded effigy of crowned couple on tomb chest with elaborate heraldry

Head and shoulders of effigy of a bishop, eyes open, hands raised in adoration

Alabaster plaque commemorating Richard Taverner, vicar of Ealing, d. 1638. Skull, cross bones, hourglass. Biblical quotes: 'I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord ...' 'Behold I stand at the door and knock ...' 'I will wait till my chance cometh'

angel on soffit of hooded tomb chest

Chest tombs in a churchyard including one with a hood over

Gothic Revival church with tower, porch, clerestory and crenellations

Effigies of man and woman. He wears early C15 armour, she wears a houppelande. Her hair is bound in cauls, with a padded circular roll shown on top.

Stained glass depicting Sir Christopher Wren holding rolled-up plans

Statue/effigy of ?abbot (crozier but no mitre) in niche in wall of ruined building