Monday 19 November 2012

Lived to be 125...

Yes, according to this old wooden board inside Adbaston Church, one parishioner there, William Wakeley, lived to a ripe old age - better than most of us can hope for even in this hygienic age. He died in 1714, aged 125.  So it says...
The effect of this historical object is a little offset by the wall-heater next to it, but I guess it gets cold in these old churches (St Michael & All Angels is twelfth century).

Funnily enough, his actual gravestone, which is by the church door, is not much to look at.

3 comments:

  1. Interesting. I really do wonder if these people actually lived to that age or just forgot how old tghey were.

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  2. I guess there weren't too many people around who could dispute his actual age!

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  3. My goodness! Does make one wonder .... what a cool find, though!

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