17th Cent tombstones for victims of the plague.

Introduction

The photograph on this page of 17th Cent tombstones for victims of the plague. by Peter Ward as part of the Geograph project.

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17th Cent tombstones for victims of the plague.

Image: © Peter Ward Taken: 26 Jan 2003

The word 'pest', ie plague, is seen in the upper LH corner of the stone on the right.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
56.959669
Longitude
-2.205522