Charlotte Temple: A Trinity Churchyard Mystery | Ask Trinity Archives
April 9, 2021
History and Archives
April 9, 2021
Charlotte Temple: A Trinity Churchyard Mystery | Ask Trinity Archives
A marker in the churchyard of Trinity Church Wall Street reads: Charlotte Temple. Is anybody buried under that stone?
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Normally, we assume there’s a grave beneath a cemetery marker, and that a real person, not a fictitious character, is buried there. However, at the Trinity churchyard, there are exceptions to those rules.
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