Poorly Located Monument record BSE 529 - Post Medieval roadside burial of a suicide: William Sell
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Summary
Roadside burial of a suicide, 1779. Formerly recorded as BSE MISC
Location
| Grid reference | TL 85 65 (point) Poorly located |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL86NE |
| Civil Parish | BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
1779: William Sell, sentences to stand in pillory for "sodomy" took arsenic. "Buried in the kings highway and a stake driven through his body" (Ipswich Journal, 31 July 1779(S1).
Formerly recorded as BSE MISC
Sources/Archives (1)
- <S1> SSF54369 Bibliographic reference: Folklore Journal. Halliday R,'Roadside Burial of Suicides: An East Anglian Study, Folklore 121, April 2010, 91..
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 21 2020 8:38AM