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Ballast Hills Burial Ground in Newcastle upon Tyne, England

This former burial ground, built atop discarded ballast from cargo ships, is now a public park.

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Gravewatcher's Huts in Warblington, England

These unassuming buildings in the tranquil churchyard of rural Warblington are in fact grave watchers’ huts.#cemeteries #bodysnatching #burialplaces #graveyards #medicine #section-Atlas
Gravewatcher's Huts

These unassuming buildings in the tranquil churchyard of rural Warblington are in fact grave watchers’ huts.

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Cholera Monument in Eyemouth, Scotland

A watchhouse that is made a tombstones, to make way for a burial pit, for victims succumbing to a deadly disease.#bodysnatching #medicine #disasters #monuments #disease #section-Atlas
Cholera Monument

A watchhouse that is made a tombstones, to make way for a burial pit, for victims succumbing to a deadly disease.

Atlas Obscura

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I once did a blog post on early nineteenth century bodysnatching, if you might it useful: http://romancingthepast.blogspot.com/2012/10/invasion-of-body-snatchers.html

It’s October, and that means Halloween and things that go bump in the night—or, sometimes, bang in the night. Did you know that until 1827,...