Martin Nicholson's Cemetery Project
St Michael and All Angels, Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire
Belmont Abbey is a Catholic
Benedictine monastery that forms part of the English Benedictine Congregation.
It stands on a small hill overlooking the city of Hereford to the east. The
19th century Abbey also serves as a parish church
This memorial caught my eye because I
have family links with both Pittsburgh and Daventry.
"A good teacher".
We found this statue of a new born
baby most poignant.
Adrian died in Bermuda and his body
was transported to Herefordshire for burial.
Elizabeth obtained her MPhil at the
age of 77.
Leslie Blackmon has military awards
from both France and the United Kingdom.
Oblates are individuals, either
laypersons or clergy, normally living in general society, who, while not
professed monks or nuns, have individually affiliated themselves with a
monastic community of their choice. They make a formal, private promise
(annually renewable or for life, depending on the monastery with which they are
affiliated) to follow the Rule of the Order in their private life as closely as
their individual circumstances and prior commitments permit.
John Moore was a Fleet Surgeon in the
Royal Navy. He died on Ascension Day in 1916.
Marie Helm was a Housekeeper to Father
Mottay for 30 years.
Cuthbert Brown was Physician
Superindentent of the Hereford County and City Asylum.
It is so sad to think that children
were being placed in unmarked graves in a monastery churchyard as recently as
1903.
Aged 101.
Claire Christine Nicholson and Martin Piers
Nicholson - Ticklerton (Shropshire) and Daventry (Northhamptonshire), United
Kingdom.
This page was last updated on March 24th
2015.
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