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A History of the County of Oxford
… 21) records '6 skeletons in a row without any vestige of coffins' found in 1775 nearly opposite the stone-pits, just … in the valley just over the Gloucestershire border. Stone coffins are common in the Cotswold region. [ Gent. Mag. 1814, … see p. 328 (xii). See Wychwood. South Leigh. Two lead coffins were found in drainage work in 1865 and 1878 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 28795, p. 261 ; hence, I think, Phelps, p. 146]. Two stone coffins found near Burnthouse Turnpike in 1822 [Scarth, Som. … Lewis, Topogr. Dict. etc.]. Hallatrow.Skinner notes stone coffins in Cheshills field [Add. MS. 33659]. Ham … found in 1872 near the Temperance Hall. Other stone coffins were found in 1865, but their age is less certain [ …
A History of the County of Somerset
… any details contain merely ashes in urns, or skeletons in coffins. It must be added that none of the discoveries has … evidence to justify any decided view. In any case the coffins found in Orange Grove in 1815 and 1870 may quite as … 98 Humbler burials are also commonfor example, coffins and skeletons, urns, coins, found in May 1815 near …
A History of the County of Somerset
… fact the only definite finds seem to be two or three stone coffins found near the rectory. These supply no evidence of … some bits of glass, animals' bones, two rough-hewn stone coffins containing skeletons and iron nails, and some iron … worked stone, including capitals, a steined well, two oak coffins, coins, potsherds, and bronze spoons were found in …