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Chapter 1
    Tranquillity of an English churchyard
    The Mount of Olives and Jerusalem
    Normanton Church, Rutland Water

Chapter 2
    Mamre (Hebron): the site of the cave of Machpelah where Abraham buried his wife Sarah
    Bethlehem
    Table: Burial of Judges of Israel
    Map: Notable locations in the land of Canaan in Old Testament times
    Gadara
    Myrrh
    Aloes

Chapter 3
    Spikenard
    Bethany
    Cemeteries are places where the living can rest awhile
    Garden of Remembrance

Chapter 4
    Lych Gate at Thornton, Leicestershire
    Gilroes Crematorium, Leicester
    Salt Sea with pillars of salt
    Cremation chimney
    Jezreel

Chapter 5
    Olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus spent his last hours
    Jewish graves on the Mount of Olives
    The empty tomb: detail from stained glass window at Gaulby, Leicestershire
    The River Jordan at Yardenit: the suggested site of Jesus’ baptism
    Burial affirms the believer’s confidence in the resurrection
    Jerusalem

Chapter 6
    Cemetery area set apart for the burial of ashes
    Parish Church of St Peter’s, Gaulby, Leicestershire, c. 1741
    ‘Rest in Peace’

Chapter 7
    Rural English cemetery
    Parish Church of St Clement or St John, Little Stretton, Leicestershire, c.1180

Appendices
    St Peter’s Church, Gaulby, Leicestershire