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Whilst walking through the non-conformist cemetery of Bunhill Fields in central London this lunchtime I came across an unusual inscription on an early eighteenth century grave :-

In 67 months she was tapped 66 times … 240 gallons of water drawn without ever repining at her case or ever fearing the operation


A strange case, apparently Meigs' syndrome
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Another grave from the same period tickled me. The left hand side had the epitaph of an old gentleman, the right was for his wife who died thirty years earlier. After her epitaph was a poem that started "Sinners prepare to meet thy Judge" - most unfair I thought.
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Isn't William Blake in there?
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spot;1386985 wrote: Isn't William Blake in there?


Yes - and John Bunyan.

A couple of Hymnologists too although I forget the names (Issac ... and John ... but, beyond that, senility is creeping in).
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A strange epitaph, indeed. Kind of makes me want to go for more strolls through the graveyards.
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Bryn Mawr;1386983 wrote: Whilst walking through the non-conformist cemetery of Bunhill Fields in central London this lunchtime I came across an unusual inscription on an early eighteenth century grave :-

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What does non-conformist mean in this context?
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I love cemetaries I used to take the kids with me to walk through them so they could learn a little about history . Great way of doing it .

I came across a grave stone that read "such n such lost at sea on his way to football"............ I was like WHAT? So I looked it up and indeed people would travel by sea around the coast to melbourne because it was quicker than over land. I thought that was interesting.

I like spike milligans headstone though ..."I told you I was sick" lol lol lol
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tabby;1387063 wrote: What does non-conformist mean in this context?


Not belonging to one of the denominations that were generally accepted at the time - very often it would be the Quakers.
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fuzzywuzzy;1387102 wrote: I love cemetaries I used to take the kids with me to walk through them so they could learn a little about history . Great way of doing it .

I came across a grave stone that read "such n such lost at sea on his way to football"............ I was like WHAT? So I looked it up and indeed people would travel by sea around the coast to melbourne because it was quicker than over land. I thought that was interesting.

I like spike milligans headstone though ..."I told you I was sick" lol lol lol


I was preparing myself for the likes of :-

Here lies the body of Ezra Pound,

Lost at sea and never was found
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I was a Postman in the City many many many years ago.

My immediate reaction to Bunhill Fields was Bunhill Row = Chiswell street.

Funny how long trivial information lingers in your head.

Chiswell Street would I think have been the Delivery/Walk that delivered to Bunhill Row......but I could be wrong after so many years.
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Bruv;1387134 wrote: I was a Postman in the City many many many years ago.

My immediate reaction to Bunhill Fields was Bunhill Row = Chiswell street.

Funny how long trivial information lingers in your head.

Chiswell Street would I think have been the Delivery/Walk that delivered to Bunhill Row......but I could be wrong after so many years.


My first reaction to a new round was always "are they flats" quickly followed by "how many floors" :wah:

Interesting derivation for Bunhill Fields - it was the area outside the city where they dumped the bones from St Paul's churchyard when they redeveloped it ¿after the fire? and, after several thousand cartloads, significantly raised the level above the surrounding marshland, hence Bone Hill Fields.
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Tombstone Arizona Headstone:

Here lies lester Moore

four slugs from a .44

No Les no moore
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Good lord... it's so, spelling errors excepted.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
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OMG!!! Bruv was a 'postie'!!! that's so cool.
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fuzzywuzzy;1387371 wrote: OMG!!! Bruv was a 'postie'!!! that's so cool.


Cool ?

Yeah that's me, one cool dude.

I shall have to start a thread about what jobs everybody has done, then you would see how cool I really am.
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spot;1387295 wrote: Good lord... it's so, spelling errors excepted.


No, in the old west spelling errors were expected not excepted.
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