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When a person died it was common for relatives of the deceased to hire a mortcloth from the church to cover the body or coffin during the funeral. The proceeds that the church received from these charges were often put towards providing poor relief. Thornhill Mortcloth Society was a society founded to provide funds for the upkeep of the cloths. The Society was also concerned with granting the transfer of lairs, the digging of graves and the upkeep of the cemetery in general. In 1923 the Society's two mortcloths were examined and ordered to be buried as they were no longer used for covering coffins as had been the custom
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Thornhill, Stirling
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ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997)
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Created 15 Dec 2020