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Tombstone with Extraordinary Story


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Recently visited Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire and came across a tombstone in the graveyard, The inscription reads.

 

In Memory of

Hannah Twynnoy

Who died October 23rd 1703

Aged 33 Years

In bloom of Life

She's snatched 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.

 

The Story is that she is rumoured to be the first person in Britain to be killed by a Tiger from a travelling Circus when she

got to close to the Tigers cage. The owner of the circus was so remorseful that he paid for the burial and tombstone.post-3823-0-31068900-1472139796_thumb.jpgpost-3823-0-05553900-1472139809_thumb.jpg

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