Taphophiles

There was an interesting article on the BBC website about cemetery tourism and the growing interest in historical graves. And in it I learnt a new word – the name for people who scramble around cemeteries looking at gravestones. It is ‘taphophile.’ I never realised that my affliction had a proper name

Here is a link to this most interesting article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39480595

 

 

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