If you explore our churchyards & cemeteries you will be astonished at how much you can discover, not only about the people who are buried there & their standing in the local community but also about the history of the area. Trevor Yorke explains burial practices down the ages & details the development of the churchyard & the cemetery. He looks at the period styles of gravestones & tombs, & the shapes & features that help to date them. Using a wide range of photographs & line illustrations, he examines the carvings & symbols that can be found & offers clues to their possible meanings.