Age: 0
Sex: female
Date: 31 Aug 1917
Place: Wedmore Field Lane, Wedmore
The body of a new-born child was found wrapped up in carpet in a well.
The package was found floating in the well and taken to the doctor's surgery. However, the doctor said that he could not say whether the child had been born alive.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 31 August 1917
