by Steven Horton | Jul 27, 2016 | Blogs
Given how much of a football mad area Merseyside is, it is no surprise that there is a high demand for headstones for Everton fans. Take a stroll through any cemetery in Liverpool and the surrounding areas and you will soon some across a headstone that has been placed...
by Steven Horton | Jul 20, 2016 | Blogs
As one of the most successful clubs in world football it is no surprise that headstones for Liverpool fans are so popular. You need not walk around any of the city’s cemeteries for long before seeing headstones marking the grave of someone who was clearly a...
by Steven Horton | Jul 13, 2016 | Blogs
Four hundred years ago burial in churches was reserved solely for those of a certain religious or noble stature. For the vast majority of those who died, the body was wrapped in a shroud and graves were marked with a simple structure such as a small wooden cross or...
by Steven Horton | Jul 6, 2016 | Blogs
Bootle cemetery is one of four managed by Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside. The land was purchased in 1909 , with the first interment at the 26 acre site taking pace in 1913. Two years after the cemetery opened a Gothic style chapel with capacity for...
by Steven Horton | Jun 28, 2016 | Blogs
Situated in Windlehsaw, St Helens cemetery was formally opened in 1858. Local architect Thomas Denville Barry was behind the design of two curved drives creating a heart shape, with paths leading off from them. The first interment there had actually taken place in a...
by Steven Horton | Jun 22, 2016 | Blogs
Although most burials take place in cemeteries nowadays they are still permitted in churchyards if the deceased lived or died in the parish. There are restrictions however on memorial sizes, types, inscriptions and what can be placed on graves. The Diocese of...
by Steven Horton | Jun 19, 2016 | Blogs
Thornton Garden of Rest, situated in Lydiate Lane, is one of four cemeteries managed by Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council. In 1936 the Crosby, Litherland and Waterloo Joint Burial Board purchased fourteen acres of land from the Earl of Sefton to meet the cemetery...
by Steven Horton | Jun 14, 2016 | Blogs
Pets are not just animals that live with you, they are one of the family and it can be devastating when they pass away. There are various options when your cat, dog, or a smaller animal dies. It is common for them to be buried in the garden, but this is not always...
by Steven Horton | Jun 11, 2016 | Blogs
The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley has two cemeteries, one being at Fox’s Bank Lane in Whiston and the other in Prescot off Manchester Road. Prescot however only accepts burials in existing family graves and anybody wishing to purchase a new plot must do so at Fox’s...
by Steven Horton | May 25, 2016 | Blogs
There are two cemeteries in Liverpool which are reserved solely for the burial of members of the Roman Catholic faith. Situated at Yew Tree in West Derby and Ford in Litherland, they are owned by the Archdiocese of Liverpool and have their own regulations which...
