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| Saturday, 23 November, 2002, 13:42 GMT Funeral for 100-year-old remains ![]() Police thought the beach may have been a burial site A funeral is to be held for a young woman whose 100-year-old remains were washed up on a Hampshire beach. The woman, thought to be aged between 17 and 20-years-old when she died, will be buried in a church cemetery after a service next week. A dog-walker found the remains washed up on the shore of Warsash beach on 16 November. Forensic tests showed the body parts were more than a century old. The woman's identity and cause of death remain a mystery after a coroner decided no inquest should take place due the age of the bones. It was originally thought the site at Warsash had been used as a burial site, but experts have dismissed this idea. Historian Dr John Stedman said: "You wouldn't deliberately bury a body on the foreshore because you would expect it to be exposed by the tide." | See also: 18 Nov 02 | England 17 Nov 02 | England 12 Nov 02 | England 23 Oct 02 | England Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top England stories now: Links to more England stories are at the foot of the page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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