| NHER Number: | 3225 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Pigg's Grave, Gallowhill Lane |
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Summary
Pigg's Grave is at a crossroads when three parishes meet. There are various theories about the origin of the name, including a outbreak of swine fever and a murder committed by a highwayman. However, the most likely explanation is that this was the site of a suicide's grave.
| Grid Reference: | TG 0280 3312 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03SW |
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| Parish: | MELTON CONSTABLE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Monument Types
Full description
Probably a suicide burial at crossroads.
Was there also a gallows here? See also Gallowhill Lane adjacent.
Present mounds at crossroads are only due to road widening 1934 to 1935.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
(S1) lists 2 theories; 1) the name comes from an outbreak of swine fever. But Pigg Lane in Norwich was earlier known as Pig Lane and altered at residents' request.
2) Mr Pigg was killed by a highwayman here; a tombstone to Mr Pigg was said to be in the churchyard.
This sounds like romanticism. Almost certainly a suicide grave.
E. Rose (NAU) 1976.
(S2) and (S3) in file.
Sources and further reading
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| S1 | Bibliographic reference: Bryant. Norfolk Churches. |
| S2 | Bibliographic reference: 1980. Eastern Daily Press. 6 November. 2. |
| S3 | Bibliographic reference: 1980. Eastern Daily Press. 25 November. |
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