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Age: 0

Sex: male

Date: 6 Mar 1917

Place: Dodham

The body of a newly-born male infant was found on a footbridge leading from Dodham to Summerhouse Hill.

It was wrapped up in a woman's skirt and some green paper.

It was found by a 10-year-old child as he crossed the bridge at about 12.30pm at the Summerhouse Hill end of the bridge.

The body was said to have been very much discoloured and decomposed which pointed to it having been dead for several days.


*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see Western Chronicle - Friday 09 March 1917