Monument record MDO4661 - Friends' Burial Ground, 33 St James Street, Shaftesbury

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Summary

Burial ground of former Friends' Meeting House, which became derelict by 1950 and now garden of a house. It contained early 19th century and later headstones.

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Former Friend's Burial ground in front of former Friends' Meeting House on St James' Road, Shaftesbury. The meeting house was built in 1746 and became derelict in 1950. The burial ground had a number of small headstones of early 19th century date, including Robert Ackland, 1833. (1)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Stell, C. 1991. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses in South-West England. 127.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Stock, G. 1994. Six Quaker Burial Grounds in Dorset: A Brief Topographical Survey.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 86041 22653 (22m by 33m)
Map sheet ST82SE
Civil Parish Shaftesbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 045 182

Record last edited

Nov 1 2013 4:12PM

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