A broken wing, a halo and with one tiny perfect foot peeking out from under an elaborate stone gown while protected by a delicate cobweb are all that remains of an angel perched upon an tombstone. ⚰ York Cemetery. UK. #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

Tee, the founder of SoQuietus is a spiritual quester and practitioner of the Akashic Records. A student of the esoteric and admirer of the power of holistic tarot, ritual and ancestral healing – Tee is an indie ceremonialist for SOQUIETUS CEREMONIES. SoQuietus Ceremonies soquietus.com

Trawling through the parish registers from the City of York for sight of an elusive betrothal at @yorkfhs.bsky.social is not proving easy this morning. Thank goodness help is at hand during my sleuthing hour of need. Still Sleuthing 🔍 P.S. Those registers are paper copies and NOT the real deal!

Iconic, beautiful and deserted. The Winners' Enclosure at York Racecourse has beckoned... The view from my world at dusk. #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

Peace perfect peace as a September sun sets on an old church spire. The view from my world as the sun bids adieu. #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #MondayMeander #StillSleuthing in York 🔍

Against a cerulean blue sky, a street lamp plays peek-a-boo against the lush green leaves of an old tree. The view from my world at dusk. #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #SundayStroll #StillSleuthing in York 🔍

"Meet me where the sky touches the sea. Wait for me where the world begins." ~ Jennifer Donnelly The view from my world this afternoon. #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #Genealogist #StillSleuthing at Scarborough 🔍

Against a backdrop of aged soft stone under a dappled blue cloudy Scarborough sky and stretching to a quarter of a mile long - the longest railway bench in the world awaits at Platform 1. The view from my world this noontime. #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #YorkyHistoryLass #StillSleuthing 🔍

I. "Scarborough has no wish for a greater influx of vagrants and those who have no money to spend." ~ George Knowles. Despite the missive fired off in 1844 from his smart abode at Woodend in Scarboro', Knowles was unsuccessful in his campaign to halt the rail connection from York to his hometown.

I. It all began with the discovery of a slipper in the year 1898 on the doorstep of an abode in the Middle Water Lane of the City of YORK. With the hunt for the wearer now underway, a tragic discovery was soon sadly revealed...

II. However, the poignant tale of this discarded slipper would be lost to the ravages of time - until now! WHO HIDES BENEATH? A WALK LIKE NO OTHER. Tickets await the curious to walk awhile every THURSDAY and FRIDAY from 7pm through SEPTEMBER month. #PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍

I. Shortly after midnight one August day in the year 1902 - a young mother left her home in the Hungate area of YORK with her youngest child safely nestled within her arms. Their last moments together under the shadow of Skeldergate Bridge would ignite a perfect firestorm throughout the city...

School's OUT! In the SEPTEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman, I muse on memories of my school days, and the controversial antics of the clergyman of Boston Spa who would trigger the Victorian equivalent of a viral internet phenomenon in the year 1877. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

On a gloriously sunny morning and with an early arrival into the city - I have seized a few stolen moments wandering around the majestic seat of local justice here in York before a noon meeting beckons. And, strictly for the purpose of sleuthing - I might add! #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

A tempting treat or three for ME from my fabulous fellow sleuth after their annual prison visit. 📸 The Sleuthing Room @yorkfhs.bsky.social #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #Genealogist #CravingChocolate #StillSleuthing 🔍

A little early morning tombstone appreciation before I resume my desk and kettle duties for @yorkfhs.bsky.social And, if you have ancestors to sleuth, you can find me at the RAYLOR CENTRE in YORK at YO10 3DW. I vanish at 4pm. ⚰ Parish Church of St Denys. York. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍

I. The Polite Tourist presents a THURSDAY and FRIDAY EVENING walk through SEPTEMBER in YORK - Who Hides Beneath? Through stone arches and along a riverside path steeped in history - why not listen to The Polite Tourist one evening as they share with you the tales of those ordinary folk.

As summer shadows dance across verdant grass, iconic familiar old stones are bathed in a low evening sun. ⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK. #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #GraveAndBeautiful #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍

I. It all began with a letter in February 1822 when William Gray (1751-1845) a pious and philanthropic attorney from the City of York picked up the quill to pen a missive to the Editor of the Yorkshire Gazette. LETTER WRITING DAY!

Up close and in admiration - a little tombstone delight for a Saturday afternoon. The view from my world today. 🪦 St John The Baptist. Wakefield. UK. #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #TombstoneTourist #StillSleuthing 🔍 @ancestralenq.bsky.social

Thursday. The view from my world as I find myself lost among the long forgotten dead of the Parish of Micklegate in York. What a day to be alive! Still Sleuthing 🔍 @yorkfhs.bsky.social #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍

I. Tee loves nothing more than shocking unsuspecting folk with the tale that she was abandoned at birth by gypsies and raised en famille with kindly mice in the crypt of an old church. Alas! The truth is altogether more unremarkable.

A TRUE CRIME WALK LIKE NO OTHER. The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, and beyond. As dusk falls and as @politetourist.bsky.social peels back the long, lurking shadows - tales of the cruel streets of a forgotten Victorian world beckon to the curious.

‘Tarot and dreams are two dialects in the language of the soul.’ ~ PHILLIPE ST GENOUX Sleuth, sometime artist and storyteller by day. Spiritual quester and tarot consultant by destiny. Welcome to the empowering and spiritual realms of The Tarot Quester. As Was, TEE

I) “When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laughter broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.” Hopefully, the author of Peter Pan would be no doubt reassured to discover there is at least one other faery still skipping about…

I LOVE graveyards! If I'm not sleuthing for a missing ancestor, unearthing another life lost to history, or haunting the archives as @teebylo.bsky.social - I will probably be wandering among some tombstones somewhere! See YOU on the other side? #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍

I. Is there a mystery within those gnarled branches and fallen leaves of your family tree? Are you intrigued or perplexed about the history of your ancestors? Felicitations curious reader - my name is Tee and I am your genealogist, and grave hunter here at The Dead Sleuth.

If I'm not buried within an archive somewhere, wandering among the tombstones with camera in hand, or storytelling in an unquiet street in York or beyond - I will probably be getting messy with wood, glue and paint inside my cluttered den. Now, did someone say the word CAKE? #StillSleuthing 🔍