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Excavations were carried out on the Chapter House in 1902, when the graves of five Abbots, including that of Abbot Sampson, were discovered.

Bosham, which lies on the eastern edge of Chichester Harbour, is renowned for its picturesque setting and sturdy Saxon church, which contains an unusual crypt and the grave of one of King Canute's daughters

The village is most revered for having the grave of the Welsh bard Taliesin.

In 1946 a joint effort by the Town Trust and the J G Graves Charitable Trust secured the grounds for use as a public park. The house itself became a restaurant.

The churchyard contains the graves of several prisoners.

He died in 1773, and there is a lane nearby bearing his name where his grave can be found. He was also mentioned by Henry Fielding in his novel 'Tom Jones'.

Buried in a grave just outside the west end of the church are the parents of Richard St Barbe Baker, founder of the Men of the Trees.

Nearby is the grave of Juliet Tewsley, who hanged herself from a tree by the river because the woodcutter for whom she was waiting with a bunch of flowers stood her up!

Amongst the ancient graves surrounding it are three intricately carved Celtic crosses that are some 300 years older than the church.

Known for his wisdom, he divined Stephen's accession to the throne, and after his death, his grave became a focus for pilgrimage.

Facing the Spanish-style shelter and restaurant, built in 1935, are the remains of Mr Ball's Hospital, and the naval cemetery with its lonely surviving grave. The hospital was closed in 1816.

Incidentally, the cross from the prison grave of the former Laurel Court teacher, Edith Cavell, was recently presented to the Royal London Hospital Archives, along with the Union flag which draped

It is believed that they were originally used as grave markers where the gospel would be preached before the church was built.

Iona is the oldest Christian burial ground in Scotland and contains the graves of many kings and chieftains.

The city council also continued to acquire new parkland through gift and purchase, for example Millhouses Park in 1909, Bingham Park between 1911 and 1927, Graves Park in 1925 and Whirlow Brook

Seventy years later, pilgrims still make the journey to pay homage at his grave.

In 1946 a joint effort by the Town Trust and the J G Graves Charitable Trust secured the grounds for use as a public park.The house itself became a restaurant.

In 1914 the Palladium was offering a picture show every afternoon and George Graves & Co twice nightly.

The Saxon crosses of the Giant's Grave are in the churchyard (see the chapter on monuments and houses).

Among the more interesting graves in the churchyard are those of John Fineghan, who was an orderly to Florence Nightingale, and Sir Arthur Hammond, VC, KCB, DSO.

In the great days of sail, Sharpness graving dock was always busy, as most vessels calling at the port had their keels scraped before loading.

Here we see a conversation piece in the town centre, a century and a quarter after the proprietor of the Royal Goat changed the village's name and erected Gelert's Grave nearby.

In the cloister nearby is the grave of Field Marshall Lord Wavell—one of a distinguished line of 'old boys'.

At the time of our photograph, ship repairing was still going on at Glasson, and the graving or dry dock was still in use.