All Saints Churchyard, Long Marston
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All Saints Churchyard, Long Marston
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 29 Oct 2019
There is a small churchyard by the ruined tower which is all that remains of the old All Saints Church. It was only used for burials for 34 years between 1832 and 1866. The visitor board by the entrance records that the small number of burials included a larger number of infants and young people than might be expected. No reason for this is given, but All Saints was only a chapel of ease and not the parish church. Could it be that in status conscious Victorian times children weren't important enough to get buried alongside the grown ups. Just a guess.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.832046
Longitude
-0.703728