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Traditionally burials have taken place at Netherbury, the mother church, because Mapperton is built on solid rock. After the plague, the bodies were carried a mile down the lane but were stopped halfway near the Posy Tree and had to be buried in a field.
Under the chancel, steps lead down to a family vault which has the following inscription: "The Sepulchre of Mary the wife of Richard Brodrepp Esq hewn out of this rock of her inheritance for them and their posterity Anno 1650." | |
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