Byron – George Gordon Lord Noel (1788-1824)

A Poet’s Bones At Rest?

Posted on July 16, 2022March 18, 2023 by Tee Bylo in A Burial, A Family Vault, Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene Hucknall Nottinghamshire, The Blogging Byronian, The Graveyard Squirrel

Before I become too carried away with this wonderful account of the crowds of ordinary people who attended Byron to his grave - I am reminded of a letter written to his faithful publisher a summmer or three before.

To the Vale of the Graves.

Posted on May 21, 2022June 17, 2022 by Tee Bylo in A Burial, A Family Vault, Kensal Green Cemetery West London, Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene Hucknall Nottinghamshire, The Blogging Byronian, The Catacombs, The Graveyard Squirrel

Lady Byron was laid to rest at Kensal Green Cemetery London in May 1860 and despite the incorrect spelling of her first name - her simple and elegant grave can be discovered in the shadow of the enormous Dissenter's Chapel.