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21: 36: 66:. Beswick's apparently eccentric will made her a local celebrity, and visitors were allowed to view her at White's house. 63: 54:
The method of embalming was not recorded, but it probably involved replacing the blood with a mixture of
82: 86: 62:. The body was then put in an old clock case and stored in the house of Beswick's family physician, 70: 98: 44: 31: 93:
Cemetery on 22 July 1868, over 110 years after her death; the grave is unmarked.
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and kept above ground, to be periodically checked for signs of life.
40: 89:, that Beswick should finally be buried. The ceremony took place at 73:, where she was put on display and acquired the soubriquet of the 43:, England, was a wealthy woman who had a pathological fear of 69:
Beswick's mummified body was eventually bequeathed to the
81:. The museum's collection was later transferred to 85:, when it was decided, with the permission of the 71:Museum of the Manchester Natural History Society 35:(1688 – February 1758), of Birchin Bower, 8: 47:. Following her death in 1758 her body was 7: 28: 1: 116: 79:Mummy of Birchin Bower 83:Manchester University 87:Bishop of Manchester 107: 75:Manchester Mummy 64:Dr Charles White 45:premature burial 22:Featured article 115: 114: 110: 109: 108: 106: 105: 104: 26: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 113: 111: 32:Hannah Beswick 27: 18:Portal:History 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 112: 103: 101: 100: 94: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 67: 65: 61: 57: 52: 50: 46: 42: 38: 34: 33: 23: 19: 97: 95: 78: 74: 68: 53: 30: 29: 56:turpentine 37:Hollinwood 91:Harpurhey 77:, or the 60:vermilion 49:embalmed 20:‎ | 99:more... 41:Oldham 16:< 58:and 102:) 39:, 96:(

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Portal:History
Featured article
Hannah Beswick
Hollinwood
Oldham
premature burial
embalmed
turpentine
vermilion
Dr Charles White
Museum of the Manchester Natural History Society
Manchester University
Bishop of Manchester
Harpurhey
more...

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