Church of England allows Sylvia Plath fan to be buried alongside her 'literary heroine'
The Church of England has allowed a fan of poet Sylvia Plath to be buried alongside her 'literary heroine' in a Yorkshire graveyard 200 miles from her home in a 'possibly unique,' case. Plath, a celebrated poet and novelist who took her own life in 1963, is buried at St Thomas the Apostle's churchyard in Heptonstall, West Yorkshire. Despite living around 200 miles away in Oxfordshire, a 44-year-old woman has been allowed to be buried at the same site, saying she felt 'profoundly spiritual,' during a visit. A church judge who approved the request described it as 'unusual, possibly unique'. S...
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