Hertfordshire Monumental Inscriptions

This is a small collection of Monumental Inscriptions from some cemeteries local to where I live. I have no personal connection with any of them.

• Knebworth Cemetery
• Almonds Lane Cemetery, Stevenage
• Weston Road Cemetery, Stevenage
• St Mary's Church and Churchyard, Shephall, Stevenage
• Welwyn Cemetery
• Woolmer Green churchyard
• Hitchin Cemetery - old section
• Hitchin Cemetery - new section
• Icknield Way Cemetery, Letchworth - much later (possibly)
• Wilbury hills Road Cemetery, Letchworth - much much later (but probably not)

NOTE: to save typing, and make the pages download faster, I have used the following abbreviations for commonly occuring text (that may be on multiple lines)

• verse - two or more lines of religious or sentimental verse with no genealogical content
• Ilm - In loving memory
• Ilmo - In loving memory of
• Imo - In memory of
• Ielmo - In ever(lasting) memory of
• Iaro - In affectionate remembrance of
• Cmo - Cherished memories of
• Pmo - Precious memories of
• Tmo - Treasured memories of
• Sttmo - Sacred to the memory of
• aioh/t - always in our hearts/thoughts
• fioh/t - forever in our hearts/thoughts
• gbnf - gone but not forgotten
• gfohbnfoh - gone from our home but not from our hearts
• gfosbnfoh - gone from our sight but not from our hearts
• hlab/tmhaasg- his/her life a beautiful/treasured memory, his/her absence a silent grief
• hmiogt - his/her memory is our greatest treasure
• llgr - love's last gift, remembrance
• olhg - our loss heavens gain
• rwnsf - resting where no shadows fall
• satmtnf - sweet are the memories that never fade
• sitmtnf - sweet is the memory that never fades
• tlithotweintd - to live in the hearts of those we love is not to die
• tdltbf - too dearly loved to be forgotten
• uwma - until we meet again
• rip - R.I.P. or rest in peace (or the Latin equivalent)
• ppp - peace perfect peace

In the following (semi-automated) name index, Al = Almonds Lane, Hn = Hitchin (new), Ho = Hitchin (old), Kn = Knebworth, Sh = Shephall, We = Welwyn, Wo = Woolmer Green, Wr = Weston Rd