Hannah’s headstone prior to restoration. Copright Greenshed. Shared under Wiki Commons
This story came from the BBC News website.
This is the 300 year old headstone of 33 year old Hannah Twynnoy who was mauled to death in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. She was fatally attacked by the tiger, believed to be part of a travelling menagerie, which was being housed in a pub yard. It escaped and attacked her.
The inscription had become so illegible that. prompted by a local campaign, masonry restorers were brought in to clean it. The epitaph reads:
In bloom of Life
She’s snatchd 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.
Follow the link for more information and photos as this is a unique cause of death in England.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5e9d94dxjo
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