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This
interesting story appeared in the Shropshire Star in January 2002, 100
years
after the event. It
was originally
appeared in the Wellington
Journal and
Shrewsbury News, on
January 4th,
1902.
A
singular story comes from Ruyton-xi-Towns concerning
a burial under difficulties, which happily seldom present themselves.
A
man named Jones of Leebotwood, had expressed a wish,
before he died, to be buried at Ruyton and it was the intention of the
relatives
to take the remains there by road.
Arrangements
with that object were made, but on the
day fixed for the funeral the deep snow made it impossible for any
conveyance
to get near the house. The
arrangements
were thereupon altered, and it was decided to take the body by train
from
Leebotwood to Baschurch.
The
journey from the house to the station was made
under great difficulties for the greater part of the way the snow was
too deep
to permit the coffin being carried; the lanes were filled up level with
the
hedges, and the men in attempting to carry the coffin, sunk up to their
middle
at every step.
Nothing
remained but to secure ropes to the coffin and
drag it, and in this fashion for the greater part of the four miles the
body
was got to the railway station, and thence taken to Baschurch, being
laid to
rest at Ruyton churchyard.
YB
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| The new graveyard by Keith Griffiths 9 December 2017 |
