Graves, tombstones & graveyards

Grave of William Henry "Harry" Thornton (1883 to 1918), who was a classical pianist and played music for the troops in World War One. This grave in happier times: www.flickr.com/photos/69389735@N04/6309145841 or www.flickr.com/photos/65211201@N00/3446891222 and www.flickr.com/photos/johnncox/1913088962/

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More info: www.sniksnak.com/lore3.html (The Immortal) This is the grave of the daughter of Stan Kelly-Bootle: www.sarcheck.com/skb/soda0407.htm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kelly-Bootle

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The Dutch professor Karel van het Reve once remarked that there are very few people around who think that Marx produced nothing of substance. People tend to think that Marx was wrong in certain aspects, but not in the general sense. Van het Reve took the view that Marx's work was entirely without merit. A picture I took in London in August 2003.

Dutch19th century poet and writer. Wrote under the pseudonym De Schoolmeester (the Schoolmaster), because after fleeing Holland he started a boarding school in Highgate. That flight became necessary after he had an affair with the wife of a university professor and making another girl pregnant. And he had some debts as well. He died in London and he is buried in Hornsey church yard. Click here to see where this photo was taken.

Translation: "From 1655 this bulwark was a cemetery. Non-denominational cemetery from 1859 to 1935 Partly Jewish cemetery from 1874 to 1961" The fortications of Leiden were used and are still used for cemeteries This cemetery was removed to make way for a road.

The names are as follows: William I (ca. 1167-1222) Count of Holland from 1203 Floris IV (1210-1234 Count of Holland from 1222 Floris V (1254-1296) Count of Holland from 1256 John I (1284-1299) Count of Holland from 1296 The red paint is graffiti. Apparantly the old counts aren't held in respect these days. The council of Rijnsburg doesn't care either. In 1975 Queen Juliana reburied her predecessors after they were discovered in 1949. In recent times some controversy has arrisen whether the bones are those of the counts. More information: More information: www.mokumtv.nl/holland2.html (in Dutch) and here: www.st-jacob.nl/botoorl.htm

This seal can be found on the grave of the counts just outside the modern parish church of Rijnsburg. It used to be the abbey of Rijnsburg.

More information: www.mokumtv.nl/holland2.html (in Dutch) and here: www.st-jacob.nl/botoorl.htm

See also this older picture: www.flickr.com/photos/govert1970/86528041/

The grave of Gerrit van de Linde is to the left, invisible in the picture

The grave of Gerrit van de Linde is to the right, behind the lamp post.

Friese Greene's work was recently the subject of a television series. More info on the website www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/openroad/ See here for the plaque commerating his birthplace: www.flickr.com/photos/bartmaguire/34622156/

View from the tower. These are the graves of the German war dead from the First and Second World War.

The monument was put there in 1817 by the writer David van Lennep, who lived nearby, to commemmorate the battle at the Manpad. The battle at the Manpad never took place however. More folklore then reality. Text in Dutch: "Ter eere van Witte van Haemstede Grave Floris zoon van Holland en van de brave burgers van Haerlem die met hem de vreemde mannen langs dit pad verdreven den XXVI april MCCCIIII en ter eere van hen die tot ontzet van Haerlem bij dit Mannepad hun leven waagden den VIII julij MDLXXIII" In English "To honour Witte van Haemstede, count Floris, son of Holland, and the good people of Haarlem, who with him drove away the strange men along this path on April 26, 1304. And to honour those who put their lives at risk at this Manpad to liberate Haarlem on July 8, 1573."