HEART BURIAL.

During the rebuilding of part of the church of Chatham, Kent, in 1788,

there was found in one of the vaults a leaden pot, containing, according

to an inscription, the heart of a woman, one Hester Harris. The pot

appeared to have been nailed up to the side of the vault, there being a

piece of lead soldered on for that purpose.[321]

[321] Gent. Mag. 1789.

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