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Tag Archives: Datchworth

The haunting of Rectory Lane

08 Friday Mar 2019

Posted by Miss_Jessel in death, eighteenth century, England, General, Ghosts, History, Macabre, Supernatural

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all saints church, Commemorative Plaque, Datchworth, Eaves family, eighteenth century, haunting, horseless cart, Rectory Lane, rural poor, Starvation

Datchworth from the air. 1962. From the Datchworth website.

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