Croydon Minster — the archbishop who finds no rest

London · Storbritannia · Church

Croydon's old parish church burned almost to the ground in 1867 and was rebuilt by George Gilbert Scott, but the graves beneath the floor remained. Six Archbishops of Canterbury lie buried here, and the one said to walk is Gilbert Sheldon, who died in 1677 — the man who pushed through the harsh laws against dissenters after the Restoration. Witnesses describe a grey, stooped figure moving along the churchyard with a face full of misery, as though remorse keeps him tethered. He is not alone. A woman named Elizabeth Finch, whose children all died while she was still young, is said to walk the nave weeping. The sound of her lament has been reported even when the church stood locked and empty.

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Croydon Minster — the archbishop who finds no rest ligger i London, Storbritannia.

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