- published: 10 Sep 2014
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Coordinates: 52°45′57″N 1°47′33″W / 52.76572°N 1.79247°W / 52.76572; -1.79247
Yoxall is a large village in Staffordshire, England. It is on the banks of the River Swarbourn on the A515 road north of Lichfield and south west of Burton upon Trent. South of the village, Yoxall bridge crosses the River Trent.
The name Yoxall probably comes from Anglo-Saxon geoces halh = "yoke's nook" = "secluded piece of land small enough to be ploughed by one team of oxen, or providing feed for a yoke of oxen".
In October 2004, Yoxall became nationally known across the UK after an extremist group of animal rights campaigners stole Gladys Hammond's body from the village's graveyard. A group called the Animal Rights Militia claimed responsibility for the act as an attempt to force the closure of the nearby Darley Oaks farm, owned and run by family members, where guinea-pigs were bred for medical research. On 23 August 2005 the farm's owners announced that they would be ceasing breeding of animals in the hope that Mrs Hammond's remains would be returned. Following a police investigation, arrests were made and on 10 April 2006 three men pleaded guilty to blackmail. They were subsequently given substantial prison terms.
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Before I face the oceans and I'll face the storm
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Be my shelter when the rain is to fall
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Bleeding through my sacrifice to be strong
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Take me away
Far from the dark
Lead me when I am lost
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'Cause a part of me died
As long as I'm still
I'm still alive
Tell me everything that I'll never know
Let me see another scar that my life didn't show
Craving for a place where I can belong
Tell me the reason
Give me a reason
Take me away
Far from the dark
Lead me when I am lost
Take me away
'Cause a part of me died
But I'm still alive
I'm still alive
I'm still alive
I'm still alive
Take me away
Far from the dark
Lead me when I am lost
Take me away
'Cause a part of me died