Etched in local memory for generations, the tale of Nancy the circus elephant says that she died from yew leaf poisoning on the outskirts of Bristol 130 years ago, and was buried outside a church.
There are no traces of either the death or burial in newspapers from the time, but that didn’t stop the story from becoming part of the history of the town of Kingswood, where elephants can still be seen on plaques and in the local museum.
