Image ID: 25768

Memorial gravestone of Thomas and Elizabeth Brierley, All Hallows' Churchyard

Courtesy of Mr S J Best

All Hallows' Churchyard
Gedling
Nottingham
England

Note the torches at the sides of the tombstone, which are inverted. This was once a common device depicting death; the torch is upside down to suggest that the light is being 'snuffed out'.

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