Dartford, England, United Kingdom
St Edmund's Pleasance. This pleasence occupies the site of a former Saxon Chapel dedicated to St Edmund, King and Martyr. The Chapel ruins were infilled in the early 18th century. The site has been used as a burial ground by the Parish authorities since the 16th century, hence the saying: "Dirty Dar
tford, peculiar people, Bury their dead above the steeple". The imposing monument known locally as the 'Martys' Memorial (unveiled in October 1888) commemorates three of Kent's Protestant martyrs burn
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