Dr Daniel O'Brien-The churchyard itself is a great-nuisance
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The lively burial grounds of the eighteenth centuryDeath historian Dr Dan O’Brien presents a tour through the unpredictable world of the
eighteenth-century burial ground. In a period before the emergence of cemeteries the burial
ground was a familiar and practical solution to the inevitable problem of death. It had often
been in continual use for centuries and was a resting place for the generations that was
situated at the heart of the community that it served. Yet, the burial ground was not only a
place for mourning and its residents did not always rest so peacefully. In this talk we will hear
about the different people that might be found in a burial ground and the very eclectic range
of activities that they were involved. Expect games, animals and crime in the spaces where
undertakers brought the dead to be buried, where mourners gathered by taper light and
where the sexton practiced the hazardous task of digging the most final of homes.
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