In the small churchyard of St. Mary Magdalen in Mortlake, Richmond, stands the impressive mausoleum of renowned Victorian explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton and his wife Lady Isabel (née Arundell).
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United Kingdom
Graveyards and cemeteries in the United Kingdom
The Dashwood Mausoleum, West Wycombe, UK
On top of West Wycombe Hill, next to the Church of St. Lawrence stands the magnificent Dashwood Mausoleum. Originally a hill fort, the mausoleum itself was built in the 1760s and is an unroofed hexagonal structure with tall walls lined with local flint and topped with arches linking the walls. Continue reading
The Samuelson Mausoleum, Surrey, UK
It’s a strange thing when you’re a self-confessed taphophile, you take your dog for an innocent walk in the woods and the next minute you’ve stumbled across a secret mausoleum!
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St. Mary’s Churchyard, Whitby, Yorkshire, UK
I first visited Whitby in 2015. I had always wanted to visit the place due to its connection to my favourite vampire and incarnation of his story…Dracula by Bram Stoker. I wanted to see the abbey and churchyard and its surroundings and experience why it inspired Stoker to include both sites in his book. I quickly became captivated by the place that I returned again in 2017.
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