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Record a memorial   The fields with an asterisk(*) must be filled in. The more information you can give us the better. About you   Title Your full name*   Mr Mrs Ms Dr Prof I wish to be credited when the memorial is published.   Your email address*   We will only use this if we need to confirm details about the memorial. It will not be passed on to anyone else.   Or   Your postal address*   About the memorial   Location   Place or City* (e.g. Westminster, London) County     Country*     Site Position     Other location details     Memorial details   What type of memorial is it?     Artist Role (if known)     Materials Dimensions     Description and any additional decorative details     Transcript (record inscription in full here)*     Other comments		Download a printable version of the memorial form to post or fax   PDF Memorial form 90KB Postal address Barbara Tomlinson National Maritime Museum Greenwich LONDON SE10 9NF Fax number: +44 (0)20 8123 4454   Send us your photographs If you wish to send us photographs of a maritime memorial, please post them along with the completed PDF form. Download the PDF Memorial form 90KB. Notes for recorders Location Please include county as well as village and name of church or other site. If you are recording a statue or memorial not in a church or cemetery, give the name of the street or park. Types The following terms should cover most memorials: In churchyards and cemeteries: headstone, chest tomb (rectangular), mausoleum, obelisk, cross, coped stone (horizontal pitched roof shape), memorial In public places: memorial, statue In churches: window, wall tablet, brass, monument, ledger, plaque, tile, effigy (usually on a tomb chest) Artist Include his role if known (mason, sculptor, architect etc). Is the monument signed? Dimensions Not essential to include this data, but measure in centimetres if the memorial is accessible. Transcript Record inscription in full with original spelling, capitalisation and punctuation, indicate ends of lines by forward slashes. Description Record any carving or decoration and take a photograph if you can.   Reference books Frederick Burgess English Churchyard Memorials (Lutterworth Press, 1963) Harold Mytum Recording and analysing graveyards (Council for British Archaeology, 2000) Thomas Cocke, Donald Finley Richards Halsey, Elizabeth Williamson Recording a church: an illustrated glossary (Council for British Archaeology, 1996)

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