November 2013 - Travel Darkly

City of London Cemetery & Crematorium © Simon Montgomery

City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, London

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:November 29, 2013
Post category:Cemeteries and Memorials
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Travel Darkly visits London's biggest cemetery, in the north east of the city, where two of Jack the Ripper's victims are buried...

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of November 5th 1605

Post author:Sophie Collard
Post published:November 5, 2013
Post category:Dungeons and Prisons Murder and Execution
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Born in York, Fawkes was one of thirteen Catholics who conspired to blow up King James I in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot and after which were hanged at Westminster. Here's how to visit Fawkes-related places...

Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, England

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:November 4, 2013
Post category:Cemeteries and Memorials
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This beautiful and tranquil cemetery in Bristol tells, among many others, the stories of medical discoveries and defeats. The graves there include those who succumbed to the cholera epidemic of 1849, as well as others who helped to prevent the deadly disease taking hold again...