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Teenage 'witch' finally laid to rest...aged 700

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The funeral procession makes its way to Hoo St Werburgh Parish Church. Picture: Matthew Reading.
The funeral procession makes its way to Hoo St Werburgh Parish Church. Picture: Matthew Reading.

Hundreds of people gathered at Hoo St Werburgh Parish Church at the weekend for a funeral service with a difference.

Six years ago the remains of a girl suspected of being a witch were found in an unconsecrated area of the churchyard. The skeleton dates to medieval times.

The 700-year-old teenager, nicknamed Holly, was given a Christian burial on Saturday before a congregation of more than 200 people.

Nobody at the church knew the girl or her family. Nobody knows her real name.

The Vicar of Hoo, the Rev Andy Harding, said: "Everybody should receive a respectable funeral and that was something that had been denied her."

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