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Kathryn Tann

Kathryn Tann

Kathryn Tann

Writer, editor, creative producer.
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I’m a writer, editor and creative producer from the south coast of Wales. I’ve published numerous pieces and stories, and my debut essay collection, Seaglass, is out in May 2024 with Calon Books. Now a freelancer, I have seven years experience in content, publishing, podcasting and creative audio, as well as programming for New Writing North. With an English degree from Durham University and a Creative Writing Masters from the University of Manchester, I’ve spent lots of time in the north of England and am currently settled on the lovely and unpredictable banks of the River Ouse in York.
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corpse road

Also known as corpse way, coffin route, coffin road, coffin path, churchway path, bier road, burial road, lyke-way or lych-way. “Now is the time of night, That the graves all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide” – Puck in Midsummer Night’s Dream. A path used in medieval times to take the dead from a remote parish to the ‘mother’ church for burial. Coffin rests or wayside crosses lined the route of many where the procession would stop for a while to sing a hymn or say a prayer. There was a strong belief that once a body was taken over a field or fell that route would forever be a public footpath which may explain why so many corpse roads survive today as public footpaths. They are known through the UK.

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