A modest blue plaque on a wall near the Holy Ghost Chapel marks the strange and grim story of Mrs Alice Blunden, a 17th-century Basingstoke woman who was buried alive after being mistakenly pronounced dead. Her case became a cautionary tale used by 19th-century campaigners against premature burial, and is one of the better-documented examples in English history.
The plaque itself is small and easily missed, but a visit ties together the Holy Ghost Chapel ruins immediately behind it. Local historians have written extensively about the case, including the questionable role of the parish doctor who failed to confirm her death properly. Worth a brief pause on a walk through the older parts of town.