NHER 21989 (Monument record) - Post medieval wayside burial
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM29SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEMPNALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | TOPCROFT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | WOODTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1785. Suicide burial. Nobbs Corner.
Burial place of one Richard Nobbs, who hung himself at Hempnall Pope's Wood in 1785 after the discovery of the skeleton of his son buried in a ditch at Tasburgh and apparently murdered by him.
Buried at Sisland Cross as a self murderer, the name thereafter becoming Nobb's Corner and Lane. (It was also known as Nobb's Grove, presumably a variant of Nobbs Grave as with Crosses Grave, Buggs Grave, Piggs Grave etc., all Norfolk suicide burials).
Information from sources (S1) and (S2)
E. Rose (NAU) 29 November 1985.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF6545 Newspaper Article: Norfolk Chronicle. 1785. [unknown]. June.
- <S2> SNF3933 Newspaper Article: Norwich Mercury. 1785. [unknown]. 4 June.
- <S3> SNF72 Newspaper Article: Bury and Norwich Post. 1785. [unknown]. 1 June.
- <S4> SNF4179 Newspaper Article: Bury and Norwich Post. 1785. Bury and Norwich Post.. 8 June.
- <S5> SNF601 Newspaper Article: Cambridgeshire Chronicle. 1785. [unknown]. 18 June.
- <S6> SNF6288 Article in Serial: Halliday, R. 1994. Wayside Graves and Crossroad Burials. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 80-83. pp 80-81.
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Record last edited
Nov 28 2025 3:29PM