Warning: this post is a photoblog of selected Swithland slate gravestones in various Leicestershire churchyards, as such, it may take a little while to load, but it's worth scrolling down to see examples of Belvoir angels, sculptor's signatures, symbolic pictures, Biblical verses, divided gravestones, margin-less gravestones, interesting occupational information, the rough slate-backs, Welsh slate, by way of comparison.
For photos of gravestones at Dishley, pop over to my blogpost about Dishley and Robert Bakewell.
A selection from the "parish church" some of which are standing, some lying flat, takne January 2014.
From the Old Rectory Museum on Steeple Row: the ones outside were rescued. Taken February 2014.
Hathern church of St Peter and St Paul, taken February 2014.
From Breedon on the Hill, taken January 2017.
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| The rough reverse of Swithland slate gravestones |
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| I believe these to be Welsh slate |
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| The smooth reverse of Welsh slate gravestones |
From St Nicholas church in Leicester, taken January 2017.
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| An example of non-uniform sized writing |
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| An example of a Belvoir Angel and a gravestone with no margin |
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| On the left is a tomb of slate |
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Dyer, Lynne (2017). Swithland slate in local churchyards. [Online] Available from: http://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2017/01/swithland-slate-in-local-churchyards.html [Accessed 29 January 2017]
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