A Fierce Argument over the Burial of a Suicide

from Viewpoints – Placecloud (English) · host Ella Sbaraini

Cambridge United Kingdom In 1849, the reverend of Cottenham, and the Cambridgeshire coroner, had a fierce argument about whether a man of the parish could be given a proper Christian burial. Why? Because he had taken his own life. Learn about beliefs surrounding the burial of suicides in Victorian England.

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