Rev. Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868)

"Health of towns":
an examination of the report
and evidence of the Select Committee:
of Mr. Mackinnon's Bill: 
.... for establishing
cemeteries around the metropolis.
(p:24 1843)

The Rev. Henry Hart Milman [Link], now Rector of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and formerly Rector of St. Mary's, Reading, a witness only second to the Bishop of London, - for he, too, lived in a churchyard seventeen years, - was thus interrogated :

" Generally speaking, do you conceive that there is any evil arising from it, [burial in churchyards,] so far as it comes within your knowledge ? - I should say, none whatever."

Saint Michael - Stockton, Norfolk

Saint Michael - Stockton, Norfolk

Saint Michael - Stockton, Norfolk [Link]

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Saint Michael - Stockton, Norfolk [Link]

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Rev. James Endell Tyler (1789–1851)

"Health of towns":
an examination of the report
and evidence of the Select Committee:
ofcMr. Mackinnon's Bill: 
.... for establishing
cemeteries around the metropolis.
(p:22 1843)

The Rev, James Endell Tyler, Rector of St. Giles's - in-the-Fields, a witness of the first class, says :

" Having been there sixteen years, I never have heard of a complaint from the neighbours. We have three schools, the windows of which open into the churchyard; and we all think it a great advantage to have that free circulation of air. We have never, in any one instance, found any effluvia from the churchyard. On the contrary, it is a decidedly healthy spot."

Saint Michael - Stockton, Norfolk

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