Poorly Located Monument record MNL 849 - Post Medieval roadside burial of a suicide

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Summary

Roadside burial of a suicide, 1809. Formerly recorded as MNL MISC

Location

Grid reference TL 71 75 (point) Poorly located
Map sheet TL77NW
Civil Parish MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Roadside burial of a suicide. 1809: Elizabeth Butcher, aged about 20, took arsenic; "Buried in the kings highway" (S1; Bury and Norwich Post, 15 March 1809; Ipswich Journal 18th March 1809).

Formerly recorded as MNL MISC

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Folklore Journal. Halliday R,'Roadside Burial of Suicides: An East Anglian Study, Folklore 121, April 2010, 92..

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:38AM

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