In this video we see how an essentially medieval system of burial breaks down with the coming of the industrialised world and waves of deadly Cholera outbreaks.
*Correction: Honeysuckle Alley was not Clare Street as stated and shown in the video: it linked Back Street (Clare Street) and Pricketts Lane (now Market Street).*
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