George orwell where is he buried

Like this: Like Loading Always enjoy your historical posts. Thanks for sharing. Thank you! Pingback: C. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email Address never made public. My Highlights of British Colombia. What are you looking for? Search for:. Click to follow me via email Never miss a post! Join 1, other followers. Follow Following. The graveyard is also the resting place of Herbert Asquith, former prime minister, and wife in a tomb grave that is located close to the rear right of the church building.

Worth a 5 minute visit if you are interested or just been to the pub. Dave H Whitchurch, UK contributions. In the village and thought way not? Liked some of his books and respected some of his views. The simplicity of the grave was appropriate to the man. A simple headstone with his birth name and not his pen name. One for the fans.

Lucio F Oxfordshire, UK contributions. Here rests in peace one of the greatest man of the twentieth century. Sutton Courtenay is a pleasant small village in South Oxfordshire, along a lovely stretch of the Thames. Whether you arrive by car or by boat, do not miss a visit to the church. Not only is it a pleasant medieval church; it is also surrounded, like most churches, by a pleasant graveyard. At the very bottom, a simple tombstone marks the grave of Eric Arthur Blair , better known to the world as George Orwell, his pen-name.

Such a simple burial for one of the greatest writers and fighters of the 20th Century is moving. A pilgrimage to this place is a must for whoever still believes in freedom, justice and dignity. No questions have been asked about this experience. Ask a question. Anything missing or inaccurate? Hotels near George Orwell's Grave: 2. Restaurants near George Orwell's Grave: 0. Again I was underwhelmed by this, surely the resting place of this literary giant deserves more recognition than this.

But I guess it is more important that his books are still on the shelves in all good book shops and people continue to read them. We went off to have something to eat and later ended up in Oxford. Patrick Gurden is a registered Mental Health Nurse. Like his Dad, he is a big Mark Knopfler fan and shares a passion for visiting cemeteries.

They can never go anywhere on holiday without looking for the local dead celebrities. All photographs Copyright Patrick Gurden , except for photograph of Church and photograph of George Orwell wall plaque. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. View all posts by irismacro. Youtube Twitter Facebook Instagram. Posted on August 10, August 9, by irismacro. All Saints Church, from the south George Orwell died in London, and in accordance with the Anglican Rite, wished to buried in the closest churchyard to where he died.

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