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Box Hill - Labelliere's Grave

Near to Box Hill Fort is the grave of Dorking eccentric Major Peter Labelliere (1726-1800).

Labelliere
Labelliere's Grave
Image: Richard Purkiss

He left instructions that on his death he was to be buried upside down on Box Hill, claiming that the world was topsy-turvy and he wanted to be right in the end.

Contributor:Surrey Heritage

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