Atlas Obscura
Memorial to Edward Ormerod in Atherton, England
Tucked away in small local cemetery in the town of Atherton, Greater Manchester in the UK, is the gravestone of several members of the Ormerod family. At the foot of it is a smaller memorial stone with a unique carving found on no other grave marker. It shows a detailed depiction of the invention of Edward Ormerod. Edward Ormerod was a mining engineer who worked at the Gibfield Colliery in Athe…