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Burial Practices in the East London Roman Cemetery

Posted under: the-site >> Roman Tags: beliefs, burials, cemetery, community, cremation, evidence, god, goddess, grave, grave goods, history, inhumation, inscriptions, jars, objects, prescot street, pyre, religion, roman, shrine, skeleton, soil samples, supine, temple, urn, worship

This article provides an overview of the types of burial practises that can be identified from the excavations that have taken place in the East London Roman cemetery area.

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Lorna Richardson |
1295 days ago

The Catholic Church of the English Martyrs and Edward Welby Pugin

Posted under: the-site >> Post-Medieval Tags: community, georgian, post-medieval, prescot street, religion, shrine, victorian, worship

This article is about the Catholic Church of the English Martyrs, built by E. W Pugin in the 19th century, and still an active place of worship today.