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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: restored north corner pillar, Key Hill
by Robin Stott
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Massive pillar and wall coping designed in sandstone by the architect Charles... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: Key Hill entrance
by Robin Stott
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Massive gate pillars designed by the architect Charles Edge.
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: Memorials, upper area, and houses, Key Hill Drive
by Robin Stott
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: lower area, looking east to the catacombs
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
Some new tree-planting has been carried out. Some stretches of path are very wet.
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: boundary wall to Cemetery Lane
by Robin Stott
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This boundary consists of a high brick retaining wall with massive sandstone... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: obelisks and other memorials
by Robin Stott
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An obelisk memorial might signify any of a number of different things about the... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: view southwest across the lower area
by Robin Stott
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The view from the terrace above the catacombs.
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: trees and memorials, upper area
by Robin Stott
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An obelisk memorial might signify any of a number of different things about the... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: view west into the lower area
by Robin Stott
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The ground is thickly carpeted with the leathery leaves of London Plane trees.... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: the quarry sides below Spencer Street
by Robin Stott
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: view southeast into the quarry
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
As the sand was quarried, more ground was opened up for interments. These are... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: steps between the upper and lower areas
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: war memorial, lower area
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: former catacombs
by Robin Stott
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The large arch was the entrance to a tunnel. Catacombs were a fashionable form... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: obelisk and rows of headstones, lower area
by Robin Stott
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In the background is the West Midlands Metro station for Jewellery Quarter.
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley, general view of lower area, south side
by Robin Stott
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Some of the closed-off catacombs can be seen on the left. The large arch was the... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: interpretive sign
by Robin Stott
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The sign is located on the west side of the chapel site, facing the Icknield... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley, Icknield Street entrance
by Robin Stott
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The context is seen in Link before restoration.
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The Cemetery Entrance
by Bill Nicholls
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Listed building which once housed the cemetery staff and now used by the... (more)
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Pulling Away
by Bill Nicholls
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A community police car pulls away from the entrance of Reading Cemetery
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Police car at the gate
by Bill Nicholls
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A police car from the local community police parked up at the gate to Reading Cemetery
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Road to the Entrance
by Bill Nicholls
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View along the access road to Reading Cemetery looking towards the entrance gate
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Path in the Cemetery
by Bill Nicholls
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A well-worn path probably made by people walking their dogs round the place at... (more)
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Some of the Headstones
by Bill Nicholls
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Some of the headstones in Reading Cemetery at Cemetery Junction
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Ivy on the Headstone
by Bill Nicholls
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Ivy grows on an old headstone in Reading Cemetery
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Obelisk and headstones
by Bill Nicholls
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A small obelisk amongst headstones in Reading Cemetery.
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War grave under the tree
by Bill Nicholls
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Two of the two hundred odd Commonwealth war graves which are in Reading Cemetery
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A parting of ways
by Bill Nicholls
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Looking from the main access road at Reading Cemetery towards the fork where the... (more)
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Inscription on the Obelisk
by Bill Nicholls
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The inscription on the base of the obelisk in Reading Cemetery
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Bernard Laurence Hieatt
by Bill Nicholls
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Close up of the Memorial in Reading Cemetery. The Memorial is Grade II listed.... (more)
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The Hieatt Memorial
by Bill Nicholls
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Memorial to Bernard Laurence Hieatt and family in Reading Cemetery. Bernard died... (more)
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Line of memorials
by Bill Nicholls
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A line of some of the more prominent memorials in Reading Cemetery
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Bernard Laurence Hieatt
by Bill Nicholls
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One of the more famous memorials in Reading cemetery
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Inscription on the Cross
by Bill Nicholls
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The inscription you can find on the base of Henry Child's memorial at... (more)
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RAF emblem on the Cross
by Bill Nicholls
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The RAF wings were what took my eye on this memorial in Reading Cemetery, which... (more)
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Arm broken off
by Bill Nicholls
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A family memorial with an angel on which has had the arm which points to heaven... (more)
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Tombs in the trees
by Bill Nicholls
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Part of the area of Reading cemetery which is overgrown with lots of tombs covered in ivy.
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Cleared round the Tomb
by Bill Nicholls
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The overgrown shrubbery has been cleared from round this tomb in Reading Cemetery
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Surrounded by shrubbery
by Bill Nicholls
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An Obelisk memorial in Reading Cemetery surrounded by shrubbery that has grown... (more)
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Lying in the Grass
by Bill Nicholls
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I think this memorial used to be standing in Reading cemetery now it is laying... (more)
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Small obelisk
by Bill Nicholls
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A small obelisk serves as one memorial in Reading Cemetery
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Cross in the Brambles
by Bill Nicholls
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Part of Reading Cemetery which is overgrown with brambles
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Across the Cemetery
by Bill Nicholls
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Looking across Reading Cemetery towards the Wokingham Road
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Magnificent memorial
by Bill Nicholls
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One of the more stunning-looking memorials in Reading Cemetery, though the... (more)
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Leaning Over
by Bill Nicholls
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A headstone leans over to one side in Reading Cemetery
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Broken Urn
by Bill Nicholls
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The top of a memorial broken some time ago from the look in Reading Cemetery.
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Hidden by the Tree
by Bill Nicholls
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A memorial in Reading cemetery becoming hidden by trees
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Covered in Roses
by Bill Nicholls
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Carved ones on this memorial in Reading Cemetery
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Some by the Wall
by Bill Nicholls
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Quite a few graves here in Reading cemetery which are near the wall beside the... (more)
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Headstones at Reading
by Bill Nicholls
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Some of the headstones in Reading Cemetery which are in very good condition
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