NHER 23507 (Monument record) - Lushbush, Three Cross Ways

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Summary

In 1813 Mary Turrel was buried here after having poisoned herself during investigations into the murder of an infant found in a pond. It is said that 'A vast concourse of people assembled to watch the stake being driven through her heart', and that this stake then grew into Lush's Bush, which gives the area its name.

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Map sheet TM28SE
Civil Parish REDENHALL WITH HARLESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Suicide Burial.
Lush's Bush was said to have grown from a stake driven through an earlier suicide burial at this spot. In 1813 Mary Turrel was buried here after having poisoned herself during investigations into the murder of an infant found in a pond. 'A vast concourse of people assembled to watch the stake being driven through her heart.' (S1)-(S4)
References supplied by R. Halliday, Bury St Edmunds Museum.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 April 1987.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Publication: 7 and 21 Apr. Bury and Norwich Post. Bury and Norwich Post.
  • <S2> Newspaper Article: Norfolk Chronicle. Norfolk Chronicle.
  • <S3> Publication: Mackie. Annals.
  • <S4> Monograph: Candler, C.. 1896. Notes on the parish of Redenhall with Harleston. pp 80-81.
  • <S5> Article in Serial: Halliday, R. 1994. Wayside Graves and Crossroad Burials. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 80-83. p 81.

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Jun 1 2017 3:48PM

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