by Steven Horton | Mar 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Standing near the entrance to Liverpool Cathedral and St James Cemetery is a Crimea War Memorial, dedicated to seven serviceman who died in hospital there. At 1230pm on 16th January 1855 the Cunard steamer Cambria arrived at Huskisson Dock carrying 213 wounded...
by Steven Horton | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Over the last few decades there has been an increasing shift towards cremation rather than burials, the figure being around 75%. As such, sections reserved solely for cremation plots are becoming a commons sight in cemeteries. Unlike with burials, cremation allows...
by Steven Horton | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Winter is almost over and if you are considering a new memorial for a grave or replacing/renovating an existing one, now is a good time to do it. At Sarsfield Memorials, the oldest independent memorial mason in Liverpool headstones are the core part of our business...
by Steven Horton | Feb 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Utting Avenue, one of the boulevard style roads developed by Liverpool Corporation in the 1920s, is named after Sir John Utting, a doctor who was the city’s Mayor during the First World War. Sir John was born in Norfolk in 1852. After qualifying as a surgeon he...
by Steven Horton | Jan 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Carrara Marble is a white marble that is suitable both for memorial headstones and ornamentation. Quarried in Tuscany, Italy, for over two thousand years, Carrara Marble can be seen on some of Rome’s most famous buildings. It also forms much of the design of...
