The owner of the Carlislehistory.co.uk website has been recording the names on the gravestones in Carlisle’s Richardson Street cemetery, the city’s main burial place since 1855.
A surname index has been produced to the 20,000 names recorded.
 An ongoing project, but very useful for those tracing relatives or carrying out family history research.
The site operates a [...]

In the beautiful English village of Wreay, only five miles outside Carlisle is St. Mary’s church.
Built in 1840-1842 to the specific Basilica design of Miss Sarah Losh in memory of her sister Catherine and parents.
 
To the North of the church lies the Losh family burial plot.  A unique design with balustrades of stone edging the [...]

Nestled in cemetary at the ancient 12th Century Priory at Lanercost in Cumbria are many graves belonging to people of note.  One of these plots belongs to the Howard family, who’s generations of males have held the title of Earl of Carlisle since the 17th Century.
 
Charles Howard was created Earl of Carlisle by Charles II. This title was to remain [...]

  
 
The Gravestone Photographic Research Project is a free genealogy resource that contains an index of the names and relationships that appear on grave monuments. This information is of especial interest to anyone reseaching their family history as information on tombstones is rarely listed and it is often hard to find a grave.
The database currently holds [...]