This horse drawn hearse was made in 1870 almost certainly in London. The glass sided hearse was particularly popular as rather strangely people were always anxious to view the coffin as it was ...

Visitors to Grey Roots will see how funeral customs have changed since the Victorians. The centrepiece of the museum’s new ...

the gun carriage would have had a cannon strapped to it and been pulled by a pair of horses. Instead, for Her Majesty’s funeral, personnel from the Royal Navy pulled the unique hearse through ...

The beautful hearse was built about 1860 by John Marston of Birmingham. It would have been pulled by two or four black horses wearing plumes attached to their bridles. Their hooves would sometimes ...