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Bath Workhouse Burial Ground

Helen Mark visits a field on the edge of Bath, used as the burial ground for a 19th-century workhouse. She hears how people are now commemorating those who were buried anonymously.

Helen Mark visits a field on the edge of Bath, once used as the burial ground for Bath Union Workhouse. Over 3100 bodies of people who died in poverty between 1858 and 1899 were buried here in unmarked graves. For over a hundred years, the site has been unrecognised and those buried here forgotten.

Now a group of local residents, artists, and descendants of those buried here are remembering what happened. Helen hears how the group is planting trees and wildflowers, putting up a plaque, and commemorating the lives of people who were buried anonymously.

Produced by Beatrice Fenton

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24 minutes

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Sat 30 Apr 2022 06:07

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  • Thu 28 Apr 2022 15:00
  • Sat 30 Apr 2022 06:07

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