As
children growing up on the Marsh, few places conjoured up as
much macabre fascination as the crpyt of St.Leonard's Church
in Hythe. The crypt contains the bones and skulls of some 4,000
unknown people. Nobody is absolutely certain where they came
from. We personally believed that the graveyard was filled up
and needed to be emptied ready to begin new burials. This possibility
filled us with motal terror and we considered this particular
churchyard and the surrounding area a place to be definitely
avoided at night, for fear of the many unsettled spooks and
spectres we imagined roaming the hill. Inspiration indeed!
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