This is an excerpt from a burial book at Bawburgh, Norfolk in 1813.
I wonder if they ever endeavoured to discover the identity of the unknown man.Mem. That on the 3rd of July 1813 as some laborers were making a drain within two yards of the river dividing the parishes of Melton, Magna & Marlingford they struck upon some human bones, which upon examination proved to be those of a man. Upon this discovery it was thought proper and decent to enter them in the church yard of this parish of Bawburgh on the north side, which was accordingly done on the 25th July 1813.
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04-02-2011, 12:19 PM #1RobinCGuest
Georgian kindness for an unknown man
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04-02-2011, 5:05 PM #2v.wellsGuest
It was very nice of them to have given him a proper burial. Perhaps they put up notices or spread the word that bones had been found and needed information to determine possibily missing person? It was a nice discovery by you, RobinC
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04-02-2011, 5:49 PM #3
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on the north side
Apart from the quoted note, was it recorded in the burial register in the usual way?
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04-02-2011, 6:18 PM #4RobinCGuest
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04-02-2011, 7:31 PM #5
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Possibly not a "decent Christian burial" then.
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