Poorly Located Monument record KCC 056 - Roadside burial of a Post Medieval suicide. (PMed)

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Summary

Roadside burial of a suicide, 1733.

Location

Grid reference TM 38 65 (point) Poorly located
Map sheet TM36NE
Civil Parish KELSALE CUM CARLTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Roadside burial of 1733 recorded in a parish register "Robert Balls at the white cross [a crossroad on the parish boundary] was buried february 4th" (SRO, Ipswich, Parr, Vol 3, 208)(S1).
Location of White Cross (crossroads) not located on OS 19th century maps.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Folklore Journal. Halliday R,'Roadside Burial of Suicides: An East Anglian Study, Folklore 121, April 2010, 83..

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:38AM

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