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There are some 2000 skulls in the Bonehouse of St Leonard’s Church, like the faces of the living they have their own characteristics and expressions. A few are of special interest as showing medical and dental conditions.

There are also about 8000 long bones – mainly thigh-bones – in a rather nicely designed pile. So that represents the remains of about 4000 people (men, women and children) – obviously the skulls being more fragile have not survived in such numbers.[1]

[1] - www.stleonardschurchhythekent.org

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