I am always drawn to visiting and researching canalside chapels and graveyards, and one of these is the Chapel of St John in Hopwas. The Chapel was erected in 1836, enlarged by the addition of the chancel in 1839, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield on 27th August

As part of my Find a Grave volunteering I sometimes discover burials of unknown men, women and children. I found five such burials in St Michael's Church, Otterton, Devon. Here are their stories. A man buried on 4 Jul 1817 I have found no further information on this

Atherstone Cemetery is on Sheepy Road, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 3AA. It is managed by the Town Council. I have filmed a visit to this cemetery which you can find below. The Church of England part of the cemetery was consecrated on 26th April 1870. The Coventry Standard reported: After the

It is often assumed that the burial ground between Aldergate and the Library in Tamworth is part of St Editha's churchyard, but that is not the case. It is actually a separate cemetery, built on land donated by Hester Wolferstan in 1851. She was following in the footsteps

Amington Cemetery is a small council owned cemetery on the edge of Tamworth which was opened in 1914. There are some interesting burials here which warrant further research, and a lovely central cross with some helpful information about local casualties during WW1. I managed to fulfil a handful of Find

This attractive cemetery was originally called Tamworth Cemetery. It was opened because the Aldergate Cemetery in Tamworth was full. (The Aldergate Cemetery was a short-term solution to the closure of the parish churchyard at St Editha's, open from 1851 to 1876). The first burial took place at Wigginton

This beautiful shady churchyard is at St Editha's, the Parish Church in Tamworth. There is a monument in the churchyard to six girls who died in a terrible fire at the Castle Inn in 1838. There is no lodge at this churchyard. Here is one of my favourite

By far the grandest grave in the tiny churchyard of All Saints Churchyard, Seckington, is the grave of Sir Robert Burdett, 6th Baronet of Bramcote, the only son of Francis, the fifth Baronet, and Sophia, daughter of the wealthy banker Thomas Coutts. Unlike all the other Burdett Baronets, I couldn’

Glascote Cemetery is currently my local cemetery. It used to have a lodge but this has been demolished. In the video below I visit Glascote Cemetery and meet some of the 'residents', including Tom Lawrence Williams, the founder of the Reliant motor company, 20-year-old brickyard stoker Willie Allsop,