Record Details
NHER Number: | 26431 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Post medieval suicide burial, Dereham Road/Old Palace Road/Heigham Road crossroads |
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Summary
In August 1794 John Stimpson, a Norwich porter, hanged himself at the Bull Inn and the coroner ordered he be buried 'in the crossroads of St Benedict's Road'. This crossroads is now at a point where Dereham Road, Old Palace Road and Heigham Road converge.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 21975 09025 |
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Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Suicide burial.
August 1794 John Stimpson, Norwich porter, hanged himself at the Bull Inn, St Stephen's. Coroner ordered he be buried 'in the crossroads of St Benedict's Road'. See (S1).
Probably the same as (S2) where referred to as last crossroads burial in Norwich area. Location given in (S2); Dereham Road was known alternatively as St Benedict's Road, and Old Palace Road was then part of Heigham Road.
E. Rose (NLA) 22 March 1995.
Monument Types
- INHUMATION (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
<S1> | Article in Serial: Halliday, R. 1994. Wayside Graves and Crossroad Burials. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 80-83. p 80. |
<S2> | Publication: Mottram, R.. If Stones Could Speak. |
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