Gareth Hicks <Roots@johngareth.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: Another intriguing snippet from Terry Breverton's book, 'The Welsh Almanac', 2002 ############ 'A small tombstone in Strad Fflur, Strata Florida Abbey reads "The left leg and part of the thigh of Henry Hughes, Cooper, was cut off and interred here, June 18 1756" The rest of Henry emigrated to the USA.' ############ ================ Dear Listers, I have included a photograph of this tombstone on my 'Retrospective Images of Wales' feature on Strata Florida Abbey, last shown on my website in April 2002. The photograph was taken by my friend and fellow lister Julie Preston. The story surrounding the intriguing tombstone inscription is as follows: Many years ago, before the days of anaesthetics and antiseptics, a local man had to have his leg amputated to save his life. He survived the surgery and asked that his amputated leg be buried in the churchyard, in the plot which he himself would occupy when he died. The clergyman agreed to his request. Years later, the man emigrated to America, leaving his leg behind. The leg is still buried in the graveyard, and is marked with a tombstone. You can request the reinstatement of my Retrospective feature on Strata Florida Abbey by visiting my Webpage Archive at http://home.clara.net/wfha/walespic/retro/ Kind regards, John ---------------------------- John Ball, Ystalyfera, South Wales, UK E-mail: wfha@clara.co.uk Homepage: http://home.clara.net/wfha/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 - Release Date: 09/10/2003