The 1901 inscription reads "To the glory of God and the pious memory of all who died in faith and whose mortal remains are interred in this graveyard".
We know that in 1893 large areas of the churchyard were cleared of tombs so we wonder if this cross is related to that. But then surely it ought to read ".. mortal remains were interred....". Or perhaps only the above ground structures were cleared and the below ground mortal remains, eh, remain.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
those buried in St John at Hackney graveyard
Note the natty, 'tiled' roof at the top. The inscription is difficult to read...
The National Archives describe Renson as 'chemist and local historian" and give four paragraphs of his life story. In brief: of Russian descent, born in Scarborough Street E1, but in 1910 the famil...
Replanted to replace trees destroyed by a hurricane during the night of 15/16 October 1987.
Pioneering environmentalist, ornithologist and internationalist, a founder of the World Wildlife Fund, initiator of the Jubilee Walkway. Father of Piers Nicholson, sundial designer. Born Ireland a...
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