Burial Ground on Smithdown Road?

DaisyChains · 12-27-2007

Originally Posted by marky

The area is covered by Satellite on Google Maps website:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&t=h&z=18&om=1

Thanks Marky. That's actually how we found it, using Google Earth.
We had read about it in a book and located it on the map.
Facinating stuff!

PhilipG · 12-27-2007

Originally Posted by marky

The area is covered by Satellite on Google Maps website:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&t=h&z=18&om=1

Thanks very much for that Google Earth site, Marky.
I've managed to find the old family home on my father's side in Oxfordshire.
Somebody did kindly send me a link, but I couldn't get it to work.

**johnreppion** · 12-29-2007

Very interesting stuff Daisy. Nice work. I especially like the shot looking past the gate up the corpse lane toward the burial ground.

I'm sure the turnstile in question leads to the cemetery rather than the old hospital. Perhaps there are two? Or else, maybe you have to pass through a part of the cemetery to get to the hospital?

PhilipG · 12-29-2007

Originally Posted by researchwriter

Very interesting stuff Daisy. Nice work. I especially like the shot looking past the gate up the corpse lane toward the burial ground.

I'm sure the turnstile in question leads to the cemetery rather than the old hospital. Perhaps there are two? Or else, maybe you have to pass through a part of the cemetery to get to the hospital?

There was only the one entrance to the burial ground from Arundel Avenue.
The burial ground is very small - actually smaller than the Quaker's Meeting House which was next to it.

**johnreppion** · 12-29-2007

Originally Posted by PhilipG

There was only the one entrance to the burial ground from Arundel Avenue.
The burial ground is very small - actually smaller than the Quaker's Meeting House which was next to it.

Yes sorry, I meant that the turnstile leads to Smithdown cemetery rather than the Quaker burial ground.