Eileen Hewson
Eileen Hewson’s passion for old graveyards has been the inspiration for her travels in the Indian subcontinent. From the former British hill stations across the Himalayas, to the tea plantations of Assam and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) she has searched for the Europeans who died there.
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A HANDBOOK FOR IRISH WAR GRAVES in India Burma and Beyond
A collection of over 650 inscriptions mainly from Irish Regiments with some biographical details.
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ANGLICAN BURIALS 1909-19 Colombo General Cemetery
A collection of burial records (about 1647) from a typed copy of the originals found at Colombo General Cemetery.
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ASSAM AND NORTH-EAST INDIA Christian Cemeteries and Memorials 1783-2003
EILEEN HEWSON has travelled throughout the north-east Indian state of Assam recording the memorial inscriptions found in isolated graveyards on tea estates, churches hospitals, and other places. Her surveys are published here.
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DARJEELING AND THE DOOARS Christian Cemeteries and Memorials 1842–1995
A record of the cemeteries and isolated graves from this corner of India with MIs and biographical notes on the planters and other notable tombs.
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GRAVEYARDS IN CEYLON Kandy Region Vol IV
A collection of memorials approx 750 and 761 burial plot records found in surveys and other written sources.
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GRAVEYARDS IN CEYLON North & East Vol VI
Collection of memorials approx 670 from the graveyards of Jaffna in the North to Batticaloa in the East which are mainly those of the Dutch who colonized the island before the British invasion of 1795.
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GRAVEYARDS IN CEYLON Nuwara Eliya Vol II
A collection of memorials (about 900 names) in the Holy Trinity Church and the old graveyards of Nuwara Eliya from surveys, written records and biographical details is recorded in this publication, the first since 1913.
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GRAVEYARDS IN CEYLON South & West Vol V
A collection of memorials (about 798) and biographical details from surveys and written sources found in Hambantota to Negombo.
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GRAVEYARDS IN CEYLON Tea Country Vol III
A collection of memorials (about 800 names) found in the graveyards of the tea country of Ceylon from surveys and other written records is recorded in this publication, the first since 1913.
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GRAVEYARDS IN CEYLON: Colombo Vol I
A collection of memorials (about 775) and biographical details from surveys and written records is recorded in this publication the first since 1913.
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GRAVEYARDS IN KASHMIR
A collection of about 700 memorials and some biographies from surveys and written records which show a sinister side to this tranquil valley not shown in the travel books.
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LIST OF EUROPEAN TOMBS IN THE BELLARY DISTRICT with Inscriptions Thereon
This book was first printed in India in 1894 as an A4 booklet and was the forerunner to the revised and enlarged edition detailing inscriptions in the Madras Presidency published in 1904.
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