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Antiquities and curiosities of the church (1897)

London : W. Andrews · leaf 66

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lar order. First a row ofgrinning- skulls, and then a row of arm and legjoints—thus they are stacked from the floor up-wards, and certainly present a most gruesomeappearance to any visitors who are curious enoughto inspect this strange anatomical museum. In1886, an accumulation of soil was removed… … The Lnpt »t .^ Hythe. CRYPTS. 55 shire, is beneath the south aisle. It was accident-ally discovered about the year 1650, by a sextonwho was endeavouring to dig a grave in the aisleabove. It contains many thousands of boneswhich, like those at Hythe, are stacked in orderlyrows. Some of these bones…

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