Flax Bourton
Place
Somerset village pressed into service as coronial stage. Sir Hearty Luncheon’s accidental doom receives its official blessing here.
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…Luncheon was adjudged by the coroner - Mr Justice Silent, sitting for the purpose of this adjudication in Flax Bourton - to have been accidental. By this means, the people who loved Sir Hearty Luncheon were spared the inconvenience of shriving his corse at the crossroads, which no doubt considerably eased their burden.