Nearly all the headstones and grave markers have been cleared in St Nicholas churchyard, the headstones having been placed around the churchyard wall. However, the graves of three people of particular interest have been preserved. They are Captain Nicholas Tattersall, who took King Charles II to France after the battle of Worcester, Martha Gunn, Brighton's most famous bathing lady and bathing lady to George IV, and - seen here - Phoebe Hessel. Phoebe lived to be 108, having served for many years as a private soldier without her sex being found out - even after she received a bayonet wound in the arm.
Saturday, 10 September 2011
St Nicholas churchyard
Nearly all the headstones and grave markers have been cleared in St Nicholas churchyard, the headstones having been placed around the churchyard wall. However, the graves of three people of particular interest have been preserved. They are Captain Nicholas Tattersall, who took King Charles II to France after the battle of Worcester, Martha Gunn, Brighton's most famous bathing lady and bathing lady to George IV, and - seen here - Phoebe Hessel. Phoebe lived to be 108, having served for many years as a private soldier without her sex being found out - even after she received a bayonet wound in the arm.
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