Unburied: The True Story of Hannah Beswick, the Manchester Mummy

Folklore 2026

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Authors: Ceri Houlbrook
DOI: 10.1080/0015587x.2025.2580173
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Abstract

Unburied starts with a curiosity: ‘One of the most remarkable objects in the museum, is an English mummy, that of a Mrs Beswick, who gave orders in her testament that her body should not be buried,...

Fields of Study & Subjects

Death Funerary Practices and Mourning Folklore Mythology and Literature Studies Biographical and Historical Analysis

Publication details

Journal / source
Folklore
Volume
137
Issue
1
Pages
194–195
Publication date
2 January 2026
Language
EN