“TWO HUMAN SKELETONS UNEARTHED AT STAMFORD.
Workmen’s Discovery Whilst Laying Drains.
Whilst employees of Messrs. E. S. Ireson and Son were excavating in the yard adjoining Mrs. Starsmore’s shop in St Peter’s-street, Stamford, for the purpose of laying drains for two houses which the firm is building on the site for the Misses Starsmore, they unearthed, at a depth of about two feet two human skeletons.
One of the skeletons, which are obviously several centuries old, was practically complete, but both were damaged by the picks of the workmen before they realised what they were unearthing.
The skeletons have been re-buried.
It is conjectured that the spot at which the remains were found was the burial ground associated with Sempringham Hall, a monastic institution of the Gilbertine Order which existed in the Middle Ages, the site of which is now occupied by Messrs. King’s garage.”
Stamford Mercury, 10th February, 1933.