Picture of an autumn leaf in a Leeds churchyard.
I stopped off at the churchyard of St John the Evangelist in Wortley, Leeds yesterday, I had been wanting to get a few more pictures from this churchyard for a while.
This last week or so it has been pretty damp and also overcast, so I took some close up photos of some of the headstones and memorials. Not sure why but I quite liked this fallen leaf that was laying on this old headstone that was now laid into the grass.
Just to give some point of reference to the date on the headstone, in the year 1834 these events happened….
a. Hanging in chains upon a gibbet after execution is abolished in England.
b. 1 August – Slavery abolished in most of the British Empire.
c. 14 August – Poor Law Amendment Act states the able-bodied cannot receive assistance unless they enter a workhouse.
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