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| Eleanor Rigby's grave deeds to be auctioned with Beatles song score | Eleanor Rigby's grave deeds to be auctioned with Beatles song score |
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| Certificate of purchase and receipt for grave space to be sold with miniature bible belonging to woman whose name was immortalised by McCartney | |
| Helen Pidd North of England editor | |
| Mon 21 Aug 2017 07.00 BST | |
| Last modified on Mon 27 Nov 2017 18.14 GMT | |
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| What to buy for the Beatles fan who has everything? The documents for the Liverpool burial site of Eleanor Rigby, perhaps. | What to buy for the Beatles fan who has everything? The documents for the Liverpool burial site of Eleanor Rigby, perhaps. |
| The papers for the grave of the woman who may have been the inspiration for the Beatles song go on sale at an auction next month. | The papers for the grave of the woman who may have been the inspiration for the Beatles song go on sale at an auction next month. |
| Eleanor Rigby was buried in St Peter’s churchyard in Woolton, Liverpool, where Paul McCartney first met John Lennon at a church fete. | Eleanor Rigby was buried in St Peter’s churchyard in Woolton, Liverpool, where Paul McCartney first met John Lennon at a church fete. |
| A certificate of purchase and a receipt for the grave space will be sold in a lot with a miniature bible, dated 1899 and with the name Eleanor Rigby written inside. They are expected to sell for between £2,000 and £4,000. | A certificate of purchase and a receipt for the grave space will be sold in a lot with a miniature bible, dated 1899 and with the name Eleanor Rigby written inside. They are expected to sell for between £2,000 and £4,000. |
| They will go under the hammer alongside the original handwritten score for the song, which is expected to fetch £20,000. | They will go under the hammer alongside the original handwritten score for the song, which is expected to fetch £20,000. |
| Paul Fairweather, from Omega Auctions, which is selling both lots, said: “Each item is fantastic, unique and of significant historical importance in itself so to have both to come up for auction at the same time is an incredible coincidence and it will be exciting to see how they perform. I expect there to be fierce bidding from across the globe.” | Paul Fairweather, from Omega Auctions, which is selling both lots, said: “Each item is fantastic, unique and of significant historical importance in itself so to have both to come up for auction at the same time is an incredible coincidence and it will be exciting to see how they perform. I expect there to be fierce bidding from across the globe.” |
| Eleanor Rigby’s name was immortalised in the song which was released as the B-side of Yellow Submarine in 1966. | Eleanor Rigby’s name was immortalised in the song which was released as the B-side of Yellow Submarine in 1966. |
| McCartney, who wrote the lyrics about a woman who is “wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door”, reportedly said it was simply a name that came to him. But it later emerged that it was inscribed on a headstone in the graveyard which he and Lennon used to regularly use as a shortcut. | McCartney, who wrote the lyrics about a woman who is “wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door”, reportedly said it was simply a name that came to him. But it later emerged that it was inscribed on a headstone in the graveyard which he and Lennon used to regularly use as a shortcut. |
| Deeds for the grave space, purchased in October 1915 by Eleanor’s grandmother Frances, were discovered by a relative when the estate of two of Eleanor’s half-sisters was left to the family. | Deeds for the grave space, purchased in October 1915 by Eleanor’s grandmother Frances, were discovered by a relative when the estate of two of Eleanor’s half-sisters was left to the family. |
| She is buried in the same grave as various family members, including her grandparents, whom she lived with until she died on 10 October 1939, aged 44. | She is buried in the same grave as various family members, including her grandparents, whom she lived with until she died on 10 October 1939, aged 44. |
| The score, handwritten in pencil, is signed by producer George Martin and McCartney and notes that the song was to be recorded in Abbey Road Studio number two and was to include four violins, two violas and two cellos. | The score, handwritten in pencil, is signed by producer George Martin and McCartney and notes that the song was to be recorded in Abbey Road Studio number two and was to include four violins, two violas and two cellos. |
| The two lots will be among items on sale at the Beatles Memorabilia Auction to be held in Warrington on 11 September. | The two lots will be among items on sale at the Beatles Memorabilia Auction to be held in Warrington on 11 September. |
| • This article was amended on 22 August 2017 to remove references to the possibility of the purchaser of the papers then being able to use that grave space. The latter applies only to local authority cemeteries, not, as in this case, Church of England ones. | • This article was amended on 22 August 2017 to remove references to the possibility of the purchaser of the papers then being able to use that grave space. The latter applies only to local authority cemeteries, not, as in this case, Church of England ones. |
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