WASHING “MOLLY GRIME”
< The custom of washing “Molly Grime” was peculiar to- Glentham in Lincolnshire. Until the year 1832 an annual rent-charge of 7s was derived from an estate at Glentham, when the proprietor became bankrupt, and the property was' sold without any reservation of the rent-charge. Such rentcharge is commonly reputed to have been left to seven old maids of Glentham, on condition of their washing, every . Lent, a tomb in Glentham Church, called Molly Grime, with water from Newell Well. Tin? conditions were obeyed until the rent-charge ceased to be paid. The figure was washed every Good Friday, and the seven old maids received one shilling each for the service.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 21 February 1931, Page 3
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112WASHING “MOLLY GRIME” Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 21 February 1931, Page 3
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