- Some do****ents
relating to
mortsafes and
other protection devices are in
libraries and
record offices.
There are two
mortsafes in
reasonable condition outside...
-
protect a
grave by
preventing the body from
being dug up and
taken away.
Mortsafes were
specific for the task of
preventing bodies from
being stolen for...
- rich
placed their dead in
secure coffins, and
physical barriers such as
mortsafes and
heavy stone slabs made
extraction of
corpses more difficult. Body...
- men".
Measures to
ensure graves were left undisturbed—such as the use of
mortsafes—exacerbated the shortage. When a
lodger in Hare's
house died, he turned...
- frequently, or the
graves were
protected by a
framework of iron bars
called mortsafes, well-preserved
examples of
which may
still be seen in
Greyfriars churchyard...
-
eighteenth century.
Greyfriars also has two low
ironwork cages called mortsafes.
These were
leased and
protected bodies for long
enough to
deter the attention...
-
anatomy training at universities, etc.
Morthouses were
alternatives to
mortsafes,
watch houses,
watch towers, etc. A
morthouse differs from a mortuary...
-
access to graves. In Scotland, vaults,
watch houses, mort
houses and
mortsafes were used. Grave-robbing was a
widespread problem and in 1821, the minister...
- illegible,
though there are
plenty that can
still be read. An
example of a
mortsafe remains in the graveyard. By the size, it is
thought that the
grave belongs...
-
restricted for
safety reasons. The
graveyard includes a
number of cast iron '
mortsafes',
large coffin-shaped
containers used to
thwart the body
snatchers in...
