Help needed with abbreviation in burial records

[Bookbox]

I think it is a b, not a c. The letter c would not normally be written in this way in this hand. If we could see more of the page it might help with that point.

If it is indeed b, perhaps no b means 'no bell' (tolling of the bell would entail an extra cost).

[andygmandrew]

Having waded through more than 5,000 entries I can say that this is definitely a lower case ‘b’.

[jbml]

no[cturnal] b[urial], then ...

... but I think that bookbox probably has the right of it.

As the rector of Blunham once didn't say: "Do not send to know for whom the bell tolls, because it's a no b funeral"

[shanreagh]

no[cturnal] b[urial], then ...

... but I think that bookbox probably has the right of it.

As therector of Blunham once didn't say: "Do not send to know for whom the bell tolls, because it's a no b funeral"

I'm sure you are correct, ha ha.

[pwhhh]

How about nob being an abbreviation for nobis - Latin of/ by us, or something similar? Perhaps of this parish?
But then, I would guess that most people buried there at the time would have been locals, so why is nob only mentioned on a few burials?
But maybe an idea?

[andygmandrew]

Thanks for all the help! I think the ‘no bell’ theory is the most likely as it has a financial element which would explain why it was recorded.