I'd never heard of corpse roads until I read this article. Thank you for opening a window to a part of history that fascinates me. While doing some further reading, I found this statement, which I found touching: "Among the Welsh it was reckoned fortunate for the deceased if it should rain while they were carrying him to church, that his bier might be wet with the dew of heaven."
This is so interesting, thank you. The Quaker burial ground at Briggflatts was used by non conformists from the mid-seventeenth century. I wonder if distance and convenience is part of the reason why?
I'd never heard of corpse roads until I read this article. Thank you for opening a window to a part of history that fascinates me. While doing some further reading, I found this statement, which I found touching: "Among the Welsh it was reckoned fortunate for the deceased if it should rain while they were carrying him to church, that his bier might be wet with the dew of heaven."
Wow, that's so cool! Thanks, Anna!
This is so interesting, thank you. The Quaker burial ground at Briggflatts was used by non conformists from the mid-seventeenth century. I wonder if distance and convenience is part of the reason why?
It is possible for sure. Quakers often took in other non conformists to be buried anyway. The practical side of this is certainly worth considering.