Life in England is still going well. I'm back in Harrogate today, paying $30 to have internet access for the next 12 hours, so I plan to make the most of it. I met Sarah over the Christmas holidays. Apparently she's the only wax effigy in the UK outside Westminster Abbey. I'll probably hear from someone that I'm wrong on that, but that's the way I heard it.
Sarah Hare was the daughter of the prominent family in Stowe Bardolph, and when she died young her family had her body placed in their church with this wax effigy. Her death has a story as well: she was doing sewing work on a Sunday and pricked her finger, which became infected. She died of blood poisoning and her story seves as warning to those who would break the Sabbath.
You can tell she accumulates some mold, but she is still absolutely incredible. To see her, you have to go through a creaky wooden door, through the ancient stone church, through through another creaky wooden door into the inner room of the church, and then you open a cabinet door and there she is. Sarah, I hope I didn't disturb your rest with the photos, but I think you are beautiful!
