Headstone Of Hannah Twynnoy Approximately 40 Metres South Of East End Of Abbey Church

Date:
7 Sep 1999
Location:
Headstone Of Hannah Twynnoy Approximately 40 Metres South Of East End Of Abbey Church, Market Cross, Malmesbury, North Wiltshire, Wiltshire, SN16 9AS
Reference:
IOE01/00251/34
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

MALMESBURY

ST9387 MARKET CROSS 758-1/4/246 (North side) 01/07/76 Headstone of Hannah Twynnoy approx 40 metres south of east end of Abbey Church

GV II

Headstone. Dated 1703. Inscribed to Hannah Twynnoy, a servant at the White Lion Inn (now No.8 Gloucester Street, qv) who was killed by a tiger from a travelling menagerie lodged in the back premises of the inn: IN BLOOM OF LIFE/ SHE'S SNATCHD FROM HENCE/ SHE HAD NOT ROOM/ TO MAKE DEFENCE/ FOR TYGER FIERCE/ TOOK LIFE AWAY/ AND HERE SHE LIES/ IN A BED OF CLAY/ UNTIL THE RESURRECTION DAY.



Listing NGR: ST9329387269

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2217 IOE Records taken by G Williams; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr G Williams. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Williams, G

Rights Holder: Williams, G

Keywords

Stuart Gravestone, Georgian Religious Ritual And Funerary, Grave Marker, Funerary Site