St Leonard’s Church ossuary

E321018

charnel house ossuary religious building

St Leonard’s Church ossuary is a medieval English charnel house in Hythe, Kent, renowned for its large collection of human skulls and bones displayed within the church.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ossuary at St Leonard’s Church	1
St Leonard’s Church ossuary canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	charnel house ⓘ ossuary ⓘ religious building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	medieval architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	St Leonard’s Church, Hythe ⓘ Hythe ⓘ surface form: town of Hythe
collectionContains	femurs ⓘ human bones ⓘ human skulls ⓘ other long bones ⓘ tibias ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
diocese	See of Canterbury ⓘ surface form: Diocese of Canterbury
estimatedNumberOfBones	several thousand ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfSkulls	over 1,000 ⓘ
hasAccess	guided visits ⓘ
hasConservationStatus	protected as part of a Grade I listed church ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	example of medieval English charnel practice ⓘ
hasDisplayType	piled long bones ⓘ stacked skulls on shelves ⓘ
hasFunction	secondary burial site ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ
inception	13th century ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the largest and best‑known ossuaries in England ⓘ large collection of human bones ⓘ large collection of human skulls ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Hythe ⓘ Kent ⓘ St Leonard’s Church, Hythe ⓘ
locatedInStructure	crypt ⓘ
locatedNear	English Channel coast ⓘ
locatedOn	Hythe High Street ⓘ surface form: Church Hill, Hythe
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significantPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
subjectOf	archaeological study ⓘ heritage tourism literature ⓘ local folklore ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
usedFor	heritage education ⓘ religious commemoration of the dead ⓘ storage of exhumed human remains ⓘ tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hythe → hasReligiousSite → St Leonard’s Church ossuary ⓘ

HYTHE → hasAttraction → St Leonard’s Church ossuary ⓘ

subject surface form: Hythe

this entity surface form: Ossuary at St Leonard’s Church