THE TOMB READERS; EXCLUSIVE Jest In Peace .. Britain's strangest epitaphs.(News)

The Mirror (London, England) | September 25, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: By NICK WEBSTER

IT may be a very grave matter, but tombstones are often just the place for a last laugh.

A hunt for the most bizarre gravestone epitaphs in Britain has thrown up a whole range of weird and wonderful ways of exiting the world, from death by tiger to the case of a poor soul who was killed by the very rock used for his tombstone.

Sarah Williams, editor of the new BBC family history magazine, Who Do You Think You Are? says: "Gravestones tell us some fascinating stories of past human life, and our search has brought to light some ...

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