Monument record 0557700000 - BROOK END

Summary

Seventeenth to eighteenth century Quaker burial ground known from nineteenth century map and find of burial in nineteenth century gravel pit

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Type and Period (1)

  • CEMETERY (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

BURIAL-GROUND ASSOCIATED WITH QUAKER MEETING-HOUSE (CASS 01057), NOW SEPARATED BY A ROAD AND 100YDS. REGISTER OF BURIALS AT SOMERSET HOUSE. SITE NOW AN ORCHARD. IN DIGGING A GRAVEL PIT C.1880 A COFFIN END FOUND AT 6FT, FROM LAST BURIAL HERE (B1).
TITHE MAP MARKS 'BURYING GROUND' APPROX AT NGR (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4519 Article in serial: George Eland. 1920. 'A MEETING-PLACE OF THE EARLY QUAKERS IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 11 PP11-24. Vol 11, part 1. pp23-24.
  • <2>SBC16518 Map: 1835?. WESTON TURVILLE TITHE MAP.

Location

Grid reference SP 86080 11230 (point)
Civil Parish WESTON TURVILLE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 10 2024 4:34PM

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