Wednesday 22 May 2019

Rock Cemetery (March 2019)

The Victorian built Church or Rock Cemetery in Nottingham city centre is a fascinating spectacle of poignant stone angels, large crosses and heavy gravestones all facing St Andrew’s Church seemingly in congregational rows of silent but constant prayer. I tried, through the photography, to capture some of this atmosphere often using a long focal length to foreshorten the distance between the graves and the church:
























The following links provide more information about the history of Rock Cemetery:

Mystery and Sadness of city's Rock Cemetery

Nottingham Hidden History Team

Historic England - Church Cemetery

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