I took these a couple of weeks ago. I had a go at translating some of them, but didn't do very well
Poor Sam. I wonder what happened to him?
In fact, what happened to any of these dogs? This was Spitz. Who knows what type of dog Spitz was? Possibly he was a working dog, with pointy ears and maybe good at catching small animals, as lots of dogs in the spitz family are strong working ones. Akitas and Huskeys are two types of spitz.
Poor Tim died on March the 7th 1903
Rumour has it that the pet cemetery is haunted by the ghost of a long deceased white dog. Luckily I didn't see it on this visit.
This is Jingo (I think). He died in 1889. The desciption is A companion, faithful and true. How ace is that? He sounds a good boy.
This is Whisper. He died in 1927. Shot, we think he was. How sad
One of my favourite ones, a sad story as well. Bailey (? - a real guess there)
The poor dog was killed on the railway, nearly 70 miles away from where he was buried. Was he on holiday?
Llanvihangel Crucorney is a small village in Monmouthshire.
The railway had became part of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway by the time the dog was killed, and was later axed like many by Dr. Beeching in the 1960's.
I can't work out the main writing on this one. Can you help?
I can't read the name on it. I have uploaded a bigger resolution. It's a bit of a rubbish picture, but even when I was there it was impossible. Evans?
Whoever it was died in March 1909
Here are some more dead dogs. The nearest one was Punch, who died in 1893.
Additional Pet Cemetery information, fact fans:
In January 2010, West Lindsey District Council gave permission for a site in the village of Stainton by Langworth where animal remains can be interred alongside human remains as part of a "green burial" site, making it the first place in England where pets could be buried alongside their owners.
**If you are worried this might attract too much attention to such a lovely place, then please feel free to remove it.**