NHER 8286 (Monument record) - Post medieval inhumation at Capp's Bush

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Summary

Records suggest that a person who committed suicide was buried at this site during the post medieval period. The origin of the name 'Capp's Bush' is not clear, although the name appears on a map of 1794 (as well as modern Ordnance Survey maps).

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Map sheet	TL89NE
Civil Parish	MERTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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A suicide burial site (S1).
Must indicate that this was once a crossroads. A small bush still grows out of the ?Peddars Way (NHER 1289) bank below an oak tree.
E. Rose (NAU), 22 June 1978.

The bush is drawn on a map of 1794 at Merton Hall, but seems to be positioned farther into the field than on Ordnance Survey map.
E. Rose (NAU), 30 April 1982.

December 2001.
Bush has gone. Tree remains.
E. Rose (NLA), 12 December 2001.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF94190 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape.

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Record last edited

Jul 21 2016 4:51PM