Monument record 0430901000 - RICKFORD'S HILL MEETING HOUSE

Summary

Eighteenth to nineteenth century Quaker burial ground attached to Friends Meeting House

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (2)

  • (Alternate Type) CEMETERY (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)
  • FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND (18th Century to Modern - 1727 AD to 1999 AD?)

Description

INTERMENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN SMALL PLOT ADJOINING MEETING HOUSE (B1).
BURIAL GROUND IS IN FRONT (SW) OF MEETING HOUSE & ORIGINALLY EXTENDED UNDER GARDENS & EXTENSIONS OF 9 & 11 RICKFORD'S HILL. SINCE REOPENING IN 1933, PRESENT BURIAL GROUND AGAIN USED FOR OCCASIONAL INTERMENTS & CREMATED REMAINS (B3).
The first burial took place in 1727 and the burial ground closed in 1855. There are records of 6 interments, but none are marked by headstones (B7).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC5653 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1885. A History of Aylesbury. pp454-456.
  • <2>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p5.
  • <3>SBC3424 Bibliographic reference: DAVIS E J 1978 THE QUAKERS IN AYLESBURY.
  • <4>SBC12572 Bibliographic reference: RCHM 1986 INVENTORY OF NONCONFORMIST CHAPELS & MEE TING-HOUSES:BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PP5-6.
  • <7>SBC24786 Unpublished document: Architectural History Practice. 2015. Friends Meeting House, Aylesbury.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 81807 13701 (14m by 17m)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13463)

Record last edited

Nov 4 2024 8:17PM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.