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A gruesome end...

            Hannah Twynnoy, a maid working at the White Lion Inn, Malmesbury, Wiltshire during the early 18th century, is most famous for her unusual death. 
When a travelling circus came to visit the town, it brought with it a tiger, a rare attraction at the time. Hannah reputedly teased the tiger, despite warnings from its keeper,and it eventually broke free from its shackles and killed her. 
Her grave can be seen in the grounds of Malmesbury Abbey, and has been recently restored so that the famous inscription can be easily read.

The inscription reads as follows:

IN MEMORY OF
HANNAH TWYNNOY
Who died October 23rd 1703
Aged 33 Years.

In bloom of Life
She's snatched from hence,
She had not room
To make defence;
For Tyger fierce
Took Life away.
And here she lies
In a bed of Clay, 
Until the Resurrection Day.
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Malmesbury (show map)

Taken on: March 9, 2014

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