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| Saint Julian's monumental inscriptions |
Here lieth the body of
Susanna Wicks
daughter of Rice Wicks
and Elizabeth his wife
who departed this life ye 8
of October 1727 aged 44
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Green Burials - Pentney
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© Godric Godricson
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When I visited the only green burial site in Norfolk it was a cold day and from the picture you can see the snow on the ground. The weather was in some sort of sympathetic bond with the place as snow whirled round about. Very atmospheric and not encouraging me to stay very long. The cemetery is a field laying alongside the Church at Pentney and has a sort of traditional feel because it is alongside the Church although it has no access to the graveyard. The traditionalist has proximity to a medieval building but the separation s/he possibly desires. The place was what may be described as 'basically' maintained because it is (after all) a field in the West of Norfolk.
Houghton on the Hill
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© Godric Godricson
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There aren't many memorials in the graveyard. They were probably robbed out when the Church was largely abandoned by the Anglicans as the village diminished and fell into ruin and disrepair. The memorials that are there are largely 19th Century with probable ashes covertly buried under the cross. There are some memorials although nothing of great consequence. As I have said before England is about "ordinary people living ordinary lives".
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