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If you're looking for indisputable evidence of lesbian culture and lesbian lives and wealth, almost any kind of queer history before like 1970, you are going to be in for a tough time.

But that's not to say that the clues aren't there if you know where to look.

Here in the modest, unassuming medieval church in the south of England

is a brass memorial etching laid into the stone beneath our feet.

These weren't uncommon, but they were usually done for

married couples. And what's notable about this one is that it features two women, Elizabeth

Etchingham and Agnes Oxenbridge. They're not wearing headscarves either, which typically

meant that they were unmarried. And rather than looking out at the viewer,

they're gazing into each other's eyes.

Could this be a glimpse into medieval lesbian life?

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