The mid-19th century Charnel House, located in a corner of the graveyard at St Helen's Church in Cliffe, Kent, England. Until the start of the twentieth century, it was used as a make-shift mortuary for bodies pulled out of the nearby Thames Estuary. It is now classified as a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
This is the English translation of the Picture of the day description page from 7 May 2016.
The mid-19th century Charnel House, located in a corner of the graveyard at St Helen's Church in Cliffe, Kent, England. Until the start of the twentieth century, it was used as a make-shift mortuary for bodies pulled out of the nearby Thames Estuary. It is now classified as a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
