The grave of Dr Nathaniel Cotton is here. Poet and mental health pioneer, he died 1788. He was a private man and once anonymously wrote: "All my ambition is, I own. To profit and to please unknown,"
Samuel Ryder – Patron of the Ryder Cup is buried here. By age 51, he boasted a six handicap and joined the Verulam Golf Club in St Albans in 1910. Within a year he was elected Captain of the club ☠ Read more.
A Summerhouse stands today, dedicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana was buried on the island in the Round Oval in 1997 - it is a peculiarly appropriate spot. Read more.
Built c. 1140. It was founded as the Priory of St Mary of Sopwell and was a cell of St Albans Abbey. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopwell_Priory
If you are planning to hang around the graveyard for a while; might I suggest you haunt the local pub just over the road. The King Harry Pub. Free WiFi, lots of terrified locals #leavescytheatthedoor
Quite a new Church which is used by the adjacent residential estate. A few of my old clients hang around the car park at night. Not a pretty location to spent eternity...
Before he died, he shot an arrow from the Priory window, and where the arrow landed was to be the site of his grave. The grave with an inscription is within sight of the ruins of the Kirklees Priory.
IT''S BEEN FIXED!! 4SQ Superusers have over 'cleaned' this area. A once beautiful old cemetery has been deleted... and MERGED with this monstrosity... ☠
The Cold Weather Night Shelter in St Peter’s Crypt (De Beauvoir Road) provides hot food, a bed and breakfast to 15 homeless people every Monday night during these months.
The famous Fazlur Khan is buried here. Once called the Einstein of STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING. He died at the youthful age of 53 in 1982. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazlur_Khan
There are some roots from a bush which look suspiciously like a skeletal hand. Perhaps it is one [I'm not saying], but worth a look. Access is denied to you LifeHuggers™ ☠
Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine is the memorial to Marc Bolan where he died when the car in which he was a passenger hit a sycamore tree on Queen's Ride in Barnes, London on 16 September 1977. Read more.
Famous residents incl. Bailey bridge inventor, Sir Ronald Bailey (d.1985), Women's rights pioneer M Wollstonecraft (d.1797) and her daughter, M Shelley (d.1851), the author of Frankenstein. Read more.
Guests incl Dracula author Bram S (d.1912), writer Rudyard Kipling (d.1936), Carry On star Sid J (d.1976), T. Rex singer Marc B (d.1977), Who drummer Keith M (d.1978) and actor Peter Sellers (d.1980). Read more.
The simple tomb of Sir Winston Churchill can be found in the grounds of St Martin. He was buried here in 1965 after the last non-royal state funeral in Britain. Read more.
A burial ground for London's Nonconformists from 1665 onwards, Bunhill Fields is the last resting place of Quakers founder George Fox (d. 1691) & poet & painter William Blake (d.1827). Read more.
Founded in 1852, Brookwood, or the London Necropolis, had its own railway connection to London. Once the world's largest cemetery, it contains some 240,000 graves, among them were [link] Read more.
A beautifully quiet area, hidden in the grounds of a Convention Centre. A real find. #checkout not #checkin
I don't know about you but this is not only an essential place to check-in in St Albans, but it looks like a rather picturesque place to 'check-out' if you get a chance ;)
Frozen earth. Little comfort for the already chilled out inhabitants of London Road Cemetery ☠
