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Category: Memento Mori

In Memoriam: Memorial Graffiti, a Paupers’ Graveyard &…a Black Dog?

‘Rattle his bones over the stones, He’s only a pauper who nobody owns’ Well known ditty or saying (19th century?) … More

archaeology, church, england, europe, history, london, medieval, travel

17th Century, Momento Mori, ‘T.S.’

An example of ‘memorial’ graffiti cut into the chancel arch just above the north ‘squint,’ St Michael & All Saints, … More

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