Poorly Located Monument record SUY 191 - Roadside burial of a suicide, 1783, with "a stake drove through his body"
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Summary
Roadside burial of a suicide, 1783, with "a stake drove through his body". Formerly recorded as SUY MISC
Location
| Grid reference | TL 87 41 (point) Poorly located |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL84SE |
| Civil Parish | SUDBURY, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Roadside burial of a suicide. 1783: Mr Harwood, Millwright, took arsenic. "Buried in the crossway with a stake drove through his body" (S1; Bury & Norwich Post 25 Sept 1783).
Formerly recorded as SUY 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