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Taking our photo of the building we were aware of a white van arriving and just hoped that it would not decide to park across the front of the building, as has a habit of happening when we are taking photos. But, unusually, the driver had noticed what we were doing and waited, out of shot, until we were finished.  Thanking him and his colleague, we noticed that the van was labelled "Private ambulance". As we left the van reversed up to the red gates which opened to admit the delivery. A macabre event at any time but this was Christmas Day 2021.

British History Online gives: "part of the Rectory's garden was taken in 1890 for a new mortuary, which was opened with rooms for a coroner's court in 1893."

September 2024: Mark Riley contacted us to say that both these plaques have been removed.  The photos he sent show that the 1893 plaque was dug out the wall with relatively little damage to the bricks but the removal of the newer plaque has badly damaged the brickwork. The removals were surely not carried out by authorised personnel. But what a pointless and destructive theft. We are grateful to Mark for letting us know. We've marked both plaques as lost and if anyone sees or hears anything please let us know.