Poorly Located Monument record SNP 125 - Roadside burial of a suicide, 1819

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Summary

Roadside burial of a suicide, 1819. Formerly recorded as SNP MISC

Location

Grid reference TM 40 58 (point) Poorly located
Map sheet TM45NW
Civil Parish SNAPE, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (3)

Full Description

1819: Elizabeth Emerson, aged 18, servant, hanged herself after being reprimanded by her mistress. "Committed to the Earth at a crossway" (S1; Bury and Norwich Post 20 January 1819; Ipswich journal 16 January 1819).

Formerly recorded as SNP 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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