Remains of 12 bodies found at Exeter leper hospital site

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-57808532

just the bare bones of the story...

[Nick Harbud]

It does not surprise me.  In earlier days, those who died in hospitals and infirmaries were often buried just outside the buildings.  When the Royal London Hospital in Hackney was redeveloped some years ago, it involved a major clearance of the graves located within the grounds as discussed in this article.

[Erpingham]

Medieval hospitals were also monastic buildings, so them having grave yards would be unsurprising.  If the remains date from its period as an almshouse, it would surprise me more but, then, I know nothing about the almshouse tradition.

[Imperial Dave]

just as long as they remembered where they buried the bodies....

[Jim Webster]

just as long as they remembered where they buried the bodies....

I know churchyards where they somehow forgot to keep records in the 1970s 

[Imperial Dave]

just as long as they remembered where they buried the bodies....

I know churchyards where they somehow forgot to keep records in the 1970s 

good grief....

[Nick Harbud]

just as long as they remembered where they buried the bodies....

I know churchyards where they somehow forgot to keep records in the 1970s 

So what?  Last year Greater Manchester Police forgot to record 80,000 crimes.  It is either a sad reflection on modern literacy or proof that to err is human, but to really cock it up requires a computer.

[Imperial Dave]

just as long as they remembered where they buried the bodies....

I know churchyards where they somehow forgot to keep records in the 1970s 

So what?  Last year Greater Manchester Police forgot to record 80,000 crimes.  It is either a sad reflection on modern literacy or proof that to err is human, but to really cock it up requires a computer.

garbage in, garbage out.....

[Jim Webster]

just as long as they remembered where they buried the bodies....

I know churchyards where they somehow forgot to keep records in the 1970s 

So what?  Last year Greater Manchester Police forgot to record 80,000 crimes.  It is either a sad reflection on modern literacy or proof that to err is human, but to really cock it up requires a computer.

garbage in, garbage out.....

At least in the case I'm thinking about it just needed a vicar who never got round to putting stuff in the book!

[Imperial Dave]

too much communion wine....

[Jim Webster]

too much communion wine....

Then you get those whose handwriting 'leaves much to be desired'