In June 2010, I visited the church of St. Thomas à Becket in Hampthswaite, North Yorkshire, and photographed some of the Hardesty / Hardisty gravestones there. Some of the Hardistys emigrated to Anne Arundel, Maryland, in the 1600s.
A church existed on this site since Celtic times. In the 1100s, the church was said to be constructed by one of the knights who murdered St. Thomas, in atonement. Vestiges of earlier churches are incorporated into the modern church. The churchyard is also famous for its galanthus (snowdrops), that bloom in early spring.