I think I have actually answered my question whilst writing the title for my thread but Ill go ahead anyway for confirmation.
I have found the possible burial of an ancestor James HARMAN on 18th April 1874 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster. This is in the Westminster Burials on findmypast.
There is a column with a letter M, W or C after each entry. Does this mean Man, Woman, Child? If so, this is not my ancestor as the entry is marked C.
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Thread: M, W, C in Burial Register
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16-06-2016, 5:26 PM #1
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M, W, C in Burial Register
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16-06-2016, 5:44 PM #2
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Surely there weren't any burials at St Martin in the Fields in 1874?
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16-06-2016, 5:56 PM #3
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I think it may refer to the material the shroud was made of - wool, canvas/cotton or muslin
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16-06-2016, 7:02 PM #4
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17-06-2016, 2:30 PM #5KiltpinGuest
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17-06-2016, 2:54 PM #6
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See Wikipedia "Burying in Woollen Acts".
But I can't really buy that. Wouldn't linen or silk be the alternative to wool? In any case I don't think the law was strictly enforced by 1784.
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17-06-2016, 4:13 PM #7KiltpinGuest
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18-06-2016, 6:36 AM #8
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Looking at the first pages of the list (Feb 1683/4) intrigued why none of the "stillborn of ..." or "abortive of ..." are marked M, C or W.
"dyfal donc a dyr y garreg"
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18-06-2016, 6:54 AM #9
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I was trying to work out how to get to the first page of the book to see if it said what the abbreviations were - but I presume it doesn't.
Maybe, if they do mean Man, Woman or Child, a stillborn or abortive child either didn't need to be noted as Child or weren't even recognised as a person.
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18-06-2016, 11:03 AM #10KiltpinGuest
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