Rudyard's Lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks Size:Standard: 6 x 4in cremation was being strongly advocated

cremation was being strongly advocated as a more hygienic method of disposal of bodies by some groups

Showing boats

December 1868

August 1976 P030943

This cartoon shows Death rowing through the sluggish waters of the River Thames

Rudyard's Lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks Size:Standard: 6 x 4in cremation was being strongly advocatedDepiction of the south elevation and section of the second lighthouse built upon the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth, following the destruction in 1703 of Henry Winstanley's first version. This second lighthouse, a conical wooden structure built around a core of brick and concrete, was constructed under the management of the silk merchant and property developer John Rudyard (or Rudyerd; 1650 ca. 1718). It was completed in 1709 and destroyed by a fire