Cholera Burial Ground (1)
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Cholera Burial Ground (1)
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 24 Dec 2011
The cholera epidemic of 1848-9 overloaded the main Abbey churchyard, so this plot of ground adjacent was used for burials. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2743731.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.784298
Longitude
-1.067789