Ian Ebbage

Hugh Ripley, the last "Wakeman" and first "Mayor" of Ripon (a position he held 3 times). The position of Wakeman was replaced by that of Mayor in 1604. #31DaysofGraves Day 27 Portrait, in Ripon Cathedral

Seen in our favourite inn in Yorkshire, the Blue Bell in Arkendale #Twosday #bluebellarkendale

In the Gosford Pleasure Grounds in East Lothian #thicktrunktuesday

If anyone is interested and wants to help protect Britain's remaining countryside, The Wildlife Trusts campaign to acquire the Rothbury estate in Northumberland is still ongoing. More details here: www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth... #conservation #wildlife #fundraising

Under Lulu, Amazon deforestation rates have been plummeting—by 41%. The planet won tonight. www.bbc.com/news/article...

He died in West Lothian's worst mining disaster, when a methane gas explosion in an oil shale mine in West Calder killed 15 men #31DaysofGraves Day 26 Accident (Livingston Parish Church)

A male Shoveler on the lake in Clumber Park NT #mallardmonday

The Airforce Memorial Monument in Chania, commemorating the members of the Greek Airforce who were killed in the Battle of Crete in 1941, and inspired by the myth of the Fall of Icarus (Giannis Markantonakis 2010) #monumentmonday #allmetalmonday #mythologymonday

Yew Trees are a traditional, and iconic feature of graveyards, partly because of their associations with the underworld and as a symbol of eternal life: here are Yew Trees in the churchyard of St Andrew's, Chesterton in Cambridge #31DaysofGraves Day 25 Tree

Great Black-backed Gulls at Port Seton in East Lothian last Wednesday #SuperSeabirdSunday

The East Window of St Bartolemew's in Arkendale near Knaresborough: 1888 by Wiliiam Pape of Leeds #stainedglasssunday

St Peter's in Tickencote in Rutland is best known for its remarkable Norman chancel arch: in 1792 under the patronage of Miss Eliza Wingfield it was given a neo-Romanesque make-over by the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell, great-great nephew of the diarist #steeplesaturday

On a very wet morning, what better place to be than Falko, #Haddington 's own Konditorei? #FalkoKonditormeister

The early 19c Fleece Inn in Alnwick in Northumberland #pubfrontfriday

A fine set of wings to convey the soul to the Afterlife in North Leith Burial Ground #31DaysofGraves Day 23 Wings

A Little Egret at Port Seton in East Lothian #Flyday

Figures of mourning flanking the memorial stone to Andrew Skene (d.1835), an Edinburgh advocate, in the New Calton Cemetery: the central panel depicts "Misfortune soothed by Wisdom" #31DaysofGraves Day 22 Mourning

The Bondgate Tower (or Hotspur Tower/Gateway) in Alnwick, part of the fortifications built mid-15c by Hotspur's son, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, under licence from Henry V #thursgate

The Old Post Office in Clayport Street in Alnwick, with its "Tuscan" porch (early 19c) #adoorablethursday

A rather dreich morning, to begin with, at Musselburgh: it brightened up later. A Curlew; some rather distant ducks: 3 Shovelers, and a Gadwall trying to get out of the picture; Red-breasted Merganser; and a Cormorant swallowing its catch #birdwatching

The Marsh Sandpiper which visited Musselburgh a year ago #waderwednesday

One of the corbels in the Great Hall at Penshurst Place (1341) in Kent representing estate workers #woodensday

Howick Hall (1782) in Northumberland #windowsonwednesday

#chimneychewsday at Oxburgh Hall NT in Norfolk

An autumnal Acer (?cappodocicum) in the Arboretum at Howick Hall in Northumberland #thicktrunktuesday

The village sign in Yalding in Kent #allmetalmonday

"Lost at sea": all too common a fate for people living in coastal communities: #31DaysofGraves Day 19 Water (North Berwick, Old Parish Church)

Good morning! (Clumber Park NT in Nottinghamshire) #mallardmonday

Ploughing the soil, harrowing and sowing, against the background of the Braid Hills, illustrated on the 18c tomb of members of the Stratton/Straiton family in the churchyard of Liberton Kirk in Edinburgh #31DaysofGraves Day 18 Earth

Fishing in the Forth off Tantallon Castle #SuperSeabirdSunday

Wells Cathedral #ceilingsonsunday

On his Feast Day, St Luke in St Andrew's and St George's in George Street in Edinburgh #stainedglasssunday

Riverside Himalayan Garden near Sevenoaks in Kent #staircasesaturday #saturdaysteps

St Michael and All Angels, Howick, Northumberland, rebuilt in 1848 in neo-Norman style; situated on the Howick Estate, and burial place of 2nd Earl Grey (as in the tea, and PM 1830-1834: Great Reform Act and Slavery Abolition Act) #steeplesaturday

Did he fulfil his parents' hopes? In St Mary's Cathedral in Limerick #31DaysofGraves Day17 Music

#31DaysofGraves Day 16 Faith: Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge

The arms of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, above the Lodge Gate in Trinity Street #LesArmoiriesduVendredi

Taking off: a Grey Heron on Lake Kerkini in Northern Greece #Flyday

St Edmund Hall, Oxford #thursgate (I almost forgot to post this!)

"Eine treue Gattin und Lieda [sic] Mutter" (A loyal wife and beloved Mother): the grave of Eleanor Taylor (d.1840) in the churchyard of St Mary's in Wooler, Northumberland: #31DaysofGraves Day 15 Language (What was the German connection?)

#pubsignthursday in Sevenoaks

Curlew Sandpiper and Dunlin #waderwednesday

In Rufford Old Hall in Lancashire (c.1530) #woodensday

The dining room at Chartwell NT, the home of Sir Winston Churchill #windowsonwednesday

"Here a place of rest for those who have been snatched away by a sudden death has been set aside by the Canons in accordance with the precepts of their predecessors." (Naples Cathedral) #31DaysofGraves Day 13: Unusual (or perhaps it was usual in Italy?)

#chimneychewsday at 26 Trinity Street in Cambridge, described by Pevsner as "C17-cum-Art-Nouveau" (tap to get the full picture)

Part of the Lime Avenue at Clumber Park NT: planted in 1838, 3 miles long and comprising 1296 trees, it is the longest double avenue in Europe #thicktrunktuesday

The Porcupine by Robert Rattray (2000): the crest of the Sidney family in the garden of the family home, Penshurst Place in Kent #allmetalmonday