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Plaque at Cross Bones graveyard

"Cross Bones Graveyard. In medieval times this was an unconsecrated graveyard for prostitutes or 'Winchester Geese'. By the eighteenth century it had become a paupers' burial ground which closed...

"Cross Bones Graveyard. In medieval times this was an unconsecrated graveyard for prostitutes or 'Winchester Geese'. By the eighteenth century it had become a paupers' burial ground which closed in 1853. Here, local people have created a memorial shrine. R.I.P. The Outcast Dead." See TQ3280 : Cross Bones graveyard gate, looking NE for explanation.

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