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Old burial facts

By sue_gough1968 Posted on 24/06/2020 Posted in That was then Tagged with LLAN, parish coffin, quaker burial ground, the retreat, thomas clifford, toleration act, York

In 1668 and 1678, Acts were passed stating that bodies had to buried in wool. This was to bolster the wool trade and reduce importation of linen. Some old Parish register entries state ‘LLAN’ which guarantees that the body had …

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