Surgeon's remains found in lead coffin at Victorian asylum

[Still Waters]

Excavations at Leicester Cathedral have uncovered the lead coffin of a surgeon at the city's Victorian asylum.

Edward Entwistle Wilkinson's remains were unearthed in a dig by University of Leicester archaeologists.

The find triggered research into his life and career as the first resident medical officer at the Leicestershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum.

Academics found he had made "a significant contribution" to modern medicine in the city.

It was among more than 1,000 burials so far revealed by the archaeologists in rows which were in use from the late 1820s to the closure of the cemetery in 1856.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-64415265